James Renny THOMSON

1855 - 1944  (88 years)

• Name	James Renny THOMSON  [1]
  Born	9 Oct 1855	Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1891	Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [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
  Person ID	I41	McNab/Kuhn
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Cathcart THOMSON,   b. 24 May 1828, Hanover Parish, County of Cornwall, Jamaica ,   d. 31 Dec 1908, St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ellen HOWE,   b. 3 Dec 1830, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1910, St John's Rectory, Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	22 Oct 1851	Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Cummings BOWN,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1919, Lévis, Québec, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1886	Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Cathcart Harold Howe THOMSON,   b. 26 Oct 1887, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Feb 1915, Grand-Mère, Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie, Québec, Canada  (Age 27 years)  [Birth] + 2. Kenneth Bown THOMSON,   b. 14 Apr 1890, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1978, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 88 years)  [Birth]   3. Maude Kathleen THOMSON,   b. 3 Nov 1892, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. July 13. 1913, Québec, Québec, Canada  (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
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Oct 1855 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Married - 29 Jun 1886 - Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Census - 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 Married - About 1921-1922 - Sicily, Italy Died - 4 Feb 1944 - Lausanne, Canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [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. [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. [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 [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 [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