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James Alexander, Bain Thomson 1880 – 1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1880

Birth Location: Dunedin

Death Date: 1962

Death Location: Lower Hutt

Father: Henry Thomson

Mother: Eliza Brown

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Paterson

Children(s): Unknown Thomson, Henry Thomson, Alexander Thomson, Evelyn Thomson

In 1880, James Alexander Bain Thomson entered the world in Dunedin, born to Henry Thomson and Eliza Brown. Years later, James Alexander Bain Thomson married Elizabeth Paterson, and the couple became parents to Unknown Thomson, Henry Thomson, Alexander Thomson and Evelyn Brown Thomson. James Alexander Bain Thomson died in 1962 in Lower Hutt.

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Parents

Henry Thomson
1847 –
Birth Location: Unst, Shetland, Scotland
HT
Eliza Brown
1850 –
Birth Location: Brae, Shetlands
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Paterson
1884 – 1960
Birth Location: Dunedin
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Children(s)

Unknown Thomson
1910 –
Birth Location: –
UT
Henry Thomson
1912 –
Birth Location: –
HT
Alexander Thomson
1916 – 1996
Birth Location: Petone, Wellington, New Zealand
AT
Evelyn Thomson
1918 –
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Dunedin

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1962
    Event Place: Lower Hutt
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