James Renny THOMSON

Male 1855 - 1944  (88 years)


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  • Name James Renny THOMSON  [1
    Born 9 Oct 1855  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1891  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family listed as:
    Ellen aged 45
    Mary aged 23
    James R. aged 23
    Albert E. aged 20
    Cathcart aged 13
    Howe, Sarah aged 73 
    Miscellaneous James Renny Thomson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia 9 October 1855. Family tradition says he was a student at Dalhousie. "To his grandson James Thomson, who had lost all his trappings in a fire aboard ship on a trip to Spain, Joseph Howe sent $10 accompanied with his usual advice..." McAlpine's directories of 1875-76 and 1876-77 list James as a clerk whose residence was Pine Cottage, Northwest Arm, his parents' home. McAlpine's directory of 1877-78 lists him as a bookkeeper for the Bank of Montreal in Halifax. He later worked for the bank as a supply accountant in Montreal and London, Ontario. He settled in Brantford Brant, Ontario in 1881. James married 29 June 1886 in Brantford, Margaret Cummings Bown. They had a new 2-storey brick house at 83 Dufferin Avenue from about 1888. James was transferred to Quebec City in 1898 and lived at 260 Grande Allée. Later, he worked at Thetford Mines and Levis, both in Quebec.

    Margaret died 18 January 1919 in Levis, Quebec. James retired and did some travelling. He went to Bermuda in December 1920, then on 20 May 1921, arrived in Halifax on the Chignecto from Bermuda, giving his destination as Peace River where he would visit his son. James went to Europe later and enjoyed the popular watering holes. He married Albertina B. M. "Bertie" in Taormina, Sicily, 1921 or 1922. In 1936, they arrived in Southampton, England aboard the Christiaan Huygens from Batavia, Indonesia via Colombo, Port Said and Algiers. When war seemed imminent, James and Bertie went to Lausanne, Switzerland to find a way home, but it was too late, so they stayed there during WWII. James died 4 February 1944 in Lausanne at 88 years of age. Bertie lost the will to live and died soon after.
    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomson-3156 
    Died 4 Feb 1944  Lausanne, Canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I41  McNab/Kuhn
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2021 

    Father Cathcart THOMSON,   b. 24 May 1828, Hanover Parish, County of Cornwall, Jamaica Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1908, St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 22 Oct 1851  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Cummings BOWN,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1919, Lévis, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 29 Jun 1886  Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Cathcart Harold Howe THOMSON,   b. 26 Oct 1887, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1915, Grand-Mère, Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Kenneth Bown THOMSON,   b. 14 Apr 1890, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1978, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
     3. Maude Kathleen THOMSON,   b. 3 Nov 1892, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. July 13. 1913, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Albertina UNKNOWN 
    Married About 1921-1922  Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Oct 1855 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Jun 1886 - Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Family listed as: Ellen aged 45 Mary aged 23 James R. aged 23 Albert E. aged 20 Cathcart aged 13 Howe, Sarah aged 73 - 1891 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - About 1921-1922 - Sicily, Italy Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Feb 1944 - Lausanne, Canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
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  • 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. [S208] Howe Genealogies, Daniel Wait, (Ancestry.Com ), page 69.
      Ancestry.com. Howe genealogies [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
      Original data: Howe, Daniel Wait,. Howe genealogies. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1929.

    3. [S22] 1891 Census of Canada, Dominion of Canada, (Library and Archives Canada), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LK7-2TL?i=79&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMV6L-W9V.

    4. [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

    5. [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

    6. [S107] Ontario, Canada, Marriages 1826-1938, (Ancestry.Com ) (Reliability: 2).
      Name: James Rennie Thomson
      Age: 30
      Birth Year: abt 1856
      Birth Place: Nova Scotia
      Marriage Date: 29 Jun 1886
      Marriage Place: Brant, Ontario, Canada
      Father: Catheart Thomson
      Mother: Ellen Thomson
      Spouse: Margaret E Bown