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Cathcart THOMSON

Male 1828 - 1908  (80 years)


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  • Name Cathcart THOMSON  [1] 
    Born 24 May 1828  Hanover Parish, County of Cornwall, Jamaica Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1874  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Pine Cottage, Northwest Arm 
    Census 1881  Ward 1, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    48 yrs old, living with wife Ellen, 4 children, mother-in-law, and two servants.  
    Residence 1891  Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    In the 1891 Canadian Census, Cathcart is shown in the residence of Letitia Ross and William Howe's daughters Josephine and Helen 
    Died 31 Dec 1908  St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried St. John's Cemetery, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I37  McNab/Kuhn
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2021 

    Family Ellen HOWE,   b. 3 Dec 1830, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1910, St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1851  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Cathcart Howe THOMSON,   b. 8 Oct 1852, Cornwallis. Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1853, Cornwallis, Deep Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Mary Ellen THOMSON,   b. 17 Jan 1854, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1890, Rathmullen, County Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
    +3. James Renny THOMSON,   b. 9 Oct 1855, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1944, Lausanne, Canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
     4. Albert Edward THOMSON,   b. 10 Jul 1860, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Eltham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Katherine Christian THOMSON,   b. 21 Jun 1867, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1952, Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1828 - Hanover Parish, County of Cornwall, Jamaica Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Oct 1851 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Pine Cottage, Northwest Arm - 1874 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - In the 1891 Canadian Census, Cathcart is shown in the residence of Letitia Ross and William Howe's daughters Josephine and Helen - 1891 - Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Dec 1908 - St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. John's Cemetery, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] 1871 Census of Canada, Dominion of Canada, (Library and Archives Canada), Year: 1871; Census Place: Halifax Ward 1, Halifax West, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10550; Page: 109 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S22] 1891 Census of Canada, Dominion of Canada, (Library and Archives Canada), 5 (Reliability: 2).
      Province of Nova Scotia, District of Halifax, Sub-District of Dartmouth, Family 28
      Gives birth as Jamaica

    3. [S70] McAlpine's Halifax City Directory 1869-1901, (McAlpine's Publishing Company), 333 (Reliability: 2), https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/37.
      Accessed at Ancestry.ca:

    4. [S21] 1881 Census of Canada, Dominion of Canada, (Library and Archives Canada), https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=&img&id=e008117180 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S22] 1891 Census of Canada, Dominion of Canada, (Library and Archives Canada), 5 (Reliability: 2).
      Province of Nova Scotia, District of Halifax, Sub-District of Dartmouth, Family 28

    6. [S86] Historic Graves, https://historicgraves.com/st-john-s-knockainey/li-sjky-263/grave., https://historicgraves.com (Reliability: 1).
      https://historicgraves.com/st-john-s-knockainey/li-sjky-263/grave

    7. [S86] Historic Graves, https://historicgraves.com/st-john-s-knockainey/li-sjky-263/grave., https://historicgraves.com (Reliability: 1).
      IN BELOVED MEMORY OF CATHCART THOMSON ESQ
      OF HALIFAX IN S. CANADA WHO PASSED AWAY AT KNOCKANEY RECTORY DEC 31ST 1909
      AGED 82
      https://historicgraves.com/st-john-s-knockainey/li-sjky-263/grave

    8. [S85] Joseph Howe: The Briton becomes Canadian, 1848-1873, J. Murray Beck, (McGill University Press), 299 (Reliability: 2).
      Nova Scotian (Feb 15) citing Joseph Howe's speech on Feb 27, 1854 - the daughter, Ellen, his oldest surviving child, had married Cathcart Thomson in October 1851

    9. [S40] Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers, 1848 - 1851, Punch, Terrence M., (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. 1987), 168, No. 2984 (Reliability: 1).
      Oct 22 (1851) by Rev A. Forrester: Cathcart Thompson/Ellen, eldest d/o Joseph Howe
      extracted from the Oct 25, 1851 edition of the Acadian Recorder


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