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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 28 September 19 21:36 BST (UK) »
George Fairley became a well-known butcher in Calgary. His sons Henry Grant Fairley and Andrew Thomson Fairley took over the family business, which only closed in the late 1990s.

Henry Grant Fairley..............obituary

Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 25 Oct 1975, Sat  -   Page 59

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36461589/henry_grant_fairley_25_october_1975/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 28 September 19 21:38 BST (UK) »


Nancy Fairley Nancy Wynn (nee Hodgson) - wife of "G" (son of Henry Grant and Agnes (Nancy)

Published in The Globe and Mail on Feb. 5, 2002

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-wynn-fairley-hodgson&pid=189763372

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 28 September 19 21:45 BST (UK) »
Andrew ( https://familytrees.genopro.com/bonjedward/terkelanderik/Thomson-Andrew-ind00302.htm ) was a watchmaker who started a business, but later worked as a farmer in Michichi.
They had one daughter, Rhoda St. Clair Robertson Thomson (1910-1994) who married Norman Kennedy and later moved to British Columbia.


Andrew Thomson............

Surrey Leader Surrey, British Columbia, Canada - 8 Sep 1949, Thu  -   Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36463196/andrew_thomson_8_september_1949/

Rhoda and Norman Kennedy - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147018801

Rhoda - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 Feb 1934, Mon  -   Page 13

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36463749/rhoda_thomson_shower/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 28 September 19 22:17 BST (UK) »
Andrew ( https://familytrees.genopro.com/bonjedward/terkelanderik/Thomson-Andrew-ind00302.htm ) was a watchmaker who started a business, but later worked as a farmer in Michichi.
They had one daughter, Rhoda St. Clair Robertson Thomson (1910-1994) who married Norman Kennedy and later moved to British Columbia.


Andrew Thomson............

Surrey Leader Surrey, British Columbia, Canada - 8 Sep 1949, Thu  -   Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36463196/andrew_thomson_8_september_1949/

Rhoda and Norman Kennedy - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147018801

Rhoda - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 Feb 1934, Mon  -   Page 13

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36463749/rhoda_thomson_shower/

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spouse Agnes Thomson - The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 Mar 1963, Mon  -  Page 29

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36464525/agnes_fairley_15_march_1963_white_rock/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 29 September 19 04:21 BST (UK) »
Mary (1873-1955) ( https://familytrees.genopro.com/bonjedward/terkelanderik/Thomson-Mary-ind00299.htm ) emigrated first - she married John Swanson (1864-1945) in Broxburn in 1896, and they emigrated with their four children in 1907.

Mary Swanson death notice - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 29 Jan 1955, Sat  -   Page 22

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36479032/mary_thomson_swanson/

obituary - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 27 Jan 1955, Thu  -   Page 26

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36479542/mrs_mary_swanson_1955/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127457455/mary-winnifred_findlay-swanson

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 29 September 19 04:28 BST (UK) »

John Swanson (wife of Mary Thomson) - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada
01 Feb 1945, Thu  -   Page 16

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36479325/john_swanson_passed_away_grace/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 29 September 19 04:42 BST (UK) »

 
Mary Winnifred Findlay Swanson - 1912 - 16 August 1914 - (daughter of John and Mary Swanson)

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Union Cemetery Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Plot   Section E, Block 11, Plot 3

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127457455

obit - Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 17 Aug 1914, Mon  -   Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36479912/mary_swanson_1912_1914/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 29 September 19 04:52 BST (UK) »


Andrew Galloway Swanson - son of John and Mary

Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada 29 Feb 1916, Tue  -   Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36480098/andrew_galloway_swanson_1916/

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Re: Thomson, Swanson, Fairley - Scottish emigrants in Calgary around 1910
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 29 September 19 05:04 BST (UK) »

William Lumsden Swanson - son of John and Mary -

Canadian Attestation Papers - https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=260583

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B9456-S011

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Goleta Cemetery Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California.
PLOT   5 East- Lot- 146- Space- 6

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