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James Thomson 1780–1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1780

Birth Location: Stringston, Angus

Death Date: bef 1855

Death Location: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Father: William Thomson

Mother: Catharine Laurie

Spouse(s): Jane\Jean Smith

Children(s): Agnes Thomson, John Thomson, Helen Thomson, Alexander Thomson, Jane Thomson, Catherine Thomson, William Miller)

James Thomson was born in 1780 in Stringston, Angus, the child of William Thomson And Catharine Laurie. James Thomson married Jane Jean Smith, and had children including Agnes Thomson, Alexander Thomson, Catherine Thomson, Helen Thomson, Jane Thomson, John Thomson, William Thompson, William Thomson Corn Miller. James Thomson passed away in 1855 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Thomson was born in 1780 in Stringston, Angus, the child of William Thomson And Catharine Laurie.
  • James Thomson married Jane Jean Smith, and had children including Agnes Thomson, Alexander Thomson, Catherine Thomson, Helen Thomson, Jane Thomson, John Thomson, William Thompson, William Thomson Corn Miller.
  • James Thomson passed away in 1855 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Thomson's Ancestors

Self
James Thomson
1780–1855
Birth Place: Stringston, Angus
Parents
William Thomson
1760–1830
Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Catharine Laurie
1763–
Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Thomson
1738–
Mill of Monquich, Cookney, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Milne
1741–
Cottown, Maryculter, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Thomson
1698–1740
Rebecca Mowat
1700–1740
Andrew Milne
1706–1751
Margaret Robb
1705–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Thomson
1676–
Jannet Allan
1678–1777
Hugh Mowat
1650–1710
Margaret Gordon
1658–1710
Andrew Milne
1677–1724
Margaret Collie
1677–1729
John Robb
1675–
Margaret Moire
1676–

James Thomson's Descendants

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James Thomson (abt 1780–bef 1855) m. Jane\Jean Smith (1781–bef 1855)
  1. 1. Agnes Thomson 1813–1905
    1. 1. Alexander Silver 1842–1886
  2. 2. John Thomson 1824–
  3. 3. Helen Thomson 1822–
  4. 4. Alexander Thomson 1816–1851
  5. 5. Jane Thomson 1811–1889
  6. 6. Catherine Thomson 1820–1914
  7. 7. William (Thomson (Corn) Miller) 1818–1905 m. Isabella Anderson 1825–1908
    1. 1. William Thomson 1850–
    2. 2. Jane Thomson 1860–
    3. 3. Alexander Thomson 1858–
    4. 4. James Thomson 1852–
    5. 5. Isabella Thomson 1848–1929 m. Robert Masson 1843–1893 m. Andrew Milton 1843–1929
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Masson 1880–1982 m. William (George) Forbes 1881–1962
        1. 1. Margaret (Jane Masson) Forbes 1913–2003 m. Charles (William) Johnson 1908–
        2. 2. Robert (Masson) Forbes 1906–1985 m. agnes (junner) galley 1904–2002 m. Julia Kenny 1918–1988 m. annie (sybella allan) marshall 1915–1976
        3. 3. William (George) Forbes 1905–1998 m. Jessie (C) Macleod 1906–1969 m. Georgina Sim 1910– m. Lauretta (Eugene) Mackay 1914–2002 m. Marjorie (Vivian) Bruce 1921–2002
        4. 4. Evelyn (Ironside Forbes) Parsons 1921–2013 m. Robert ((Roy)) Parsons 1913–1988
        5. 5. James (Masson) Forbes 1909–2003 m. Agnes (Harriet "Hetty" McCrombie Benzie) Yeoman 1903–1971
      2. 2. Alexander (Thomson) Masson 1893–1966 m. Ethel Dew 1896–
      3. 3. James Masson 1878–1958
      4. 4. William (Robert) Masson 1885–1911

James Thomson's Timeline

5 Records

1780
30 Apr 1780
Birth of James Thomson in Stracathro, Angus, Scotland
Stracathro, Angus, Scotland
1780
abt 1780
Birth of James Thomson in Stringston, Angus
Stringston, Angus
1780
30 Apr 1780
James Thomson was baptized in Stracathro,Angus,Scotland
Stracathro,Angus,Scotland
1851
1851
Age 71
James Thomson resided here in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1855
bef 1855
Age 75
Death of James Thomson in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1780
    Event Place: Stracathro, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1780
    Event Place: Stringston, Angus
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Fetteresso; ED: 8; Page: 9; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_55; Year: 1851
    [2] Web: Scotland, General and Admission Registers for Asylums, 1858-1918, Website: ; Archive: Scottish Indexes; Archive Location: Glasgow, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1780
    Event Place: Stracathro,Angus,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Fetteresso; ED: 8; Page: 9; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_55; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ruthrieston, Aberdeenshire
    Record Source: Web: Scotland, General and Admission Registers for Asylums, 1858-1918, Website: ; Archive: Scottish Indexes; Archive Location: Glasgow, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: bef 1855
    Event Place: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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