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« on: Monday 21 May 07 20:50 BST (UK) »
This is GREAT! I am the greatgrandson of Robert Thomson, I have no memory of Da, as he was called by everyone, but do remember his wife, Mary Ann. She died when I was about 5 or 6, so that would have been around 1957. Recently, some of my cousins had decided to look into our background some and came up with some information that I questioned, so I got on the web and started searching. I was able to track Robert Thomson and family through Ellis Island, backtracked them to Aberdeen and Thurso. According to the info I gleaned out of the 1871, 1881 and 1891 census' William and Janet did indeed have 12 children, Robert T. falling about in the middle. The names and approximate birth years I found were:
William - 1861
Simon - 1863
Margaret - 1865
James - 1867
Donald - 1869
Andrew - 1871
Robert - 1873
John - 1877
Janet - 1879
Malcolm - 1882
George - 1890
Robert T had 3 children:
Cecilia - 1904
Robert Alexander and George Henry (twins) - 1906
Robert A had 4 sons:
Robert Everett - 1929
Alan Ernest - 1931
George Alexander - 1937
Bruce Cameron - 1939
George H had 1 daughter - Jean Ann
Cecilia had 2 children -
David
Kathleen
There's much more, but I'll add more later