Good Morning Everyone , i was wondering if you could help as i feel like ive exhausted ancestry and am now completely stuck and due to being in the UK struggling to answer some questions on the family and work out where i can take the line from here.
The Main questions are :
- confirming where james travelled in to canada from so i can try and work out a birth certificate to establish him mum/dads details
-marriage certificate and confirm actual details of his wife so i can explore that geneology line
- find out when harry and gordon died and if they have any children
-establish when William left canada to marry ellen
Harry Thompson (Great Great Grandad) was born in Scotland (DOB unknown and no further details at this time, he would have gone to india at some point)
According to James Thompsons (Great Grandad)records his mother is called Mary (Great Great Grandmother) and she was born in Scotland, however according to his death certificate her surname was unknown, her father was born in Ireland and her mother in scotland
James Thompson (Great Grandfather) birth: 02/12/1864, according to his death certificate and census records he was born in India. However his obituary says he was born in South Wales.
His death certificate confirms that he emigrated to Ontario and in the 1921 census it confirms he emigrated in 1882, I’ve checked on the canadian gov records website and on their passenger lists , there were 3 james thompsons who came in 1882:
1/ 2- on the Nova Scotian ship via halifax on 1882-12-00
3- On the Brooklyn ship via Quebec on 22/5/1882
I cant work out which one and whether he travelled from India or from the UK :/
According to history notes at this time was the introduction of the The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1882,
He married in 1903 but i cant find a marriage certificate and there are multiple spellings of her name as Kathleen/Catherine and records show her last name recorded 3 ways Franklin/Faughnan/Turney (Great Grandmother), she was born in pembroke, Ontario, (more details on her below)
When he was 40 years old he is recorded on the 1911 Canadian census as residing at 35 Sherbrook, North Bay, with his with Catherine Thompson/ Kathleen Thompson, (29), and 3 children Harry Thompson (5) , Gordon Thompson (3) and William Thompson (2).
All children are listed as being born in Ontario and all of the family are listed as being Irish Roman Catholics with Canadian Nationality.
His obituary states that he opened a billiards room (left) on the Queens block facing main street,
He passed away on 03/04/1925 at 29 Main Street, West, and died due to angina Pectoris , He is buried in North Bay St. Mary's Cemetery (Roman Catholic Church ). He was buried 06/04/1925 in Block C, Plot 79, Grave 2.
Kathleen (Great grandmother) was born in July 1881, date unknown, When looking at Kathleen her last name is unclear in terms of Maiden Name , there are two potentials :
Kathleen Franklin : this maiden name is on Gordons Marriage certificate to Dorothy as the details of the bridegrooms mother, however it is noted that the witnesses appears to have the other questionable last name ‘ Mr James Turney and Miss Gar…. Turney’ (potentially an uncle/aunt?)
Kathleen Faughnan- this name is used in the obituary for James and also states she resides in Pembroke, Ontario.
In regards to their sons:
Gordon Lawson Thompson born in April 1908 in Ontario, he was married on 12/11/1930 to Dorothy Marie Galbraith, Dorothy was from York Country in Ontario, i dont have any further information on when gordon died and if he had any children
Harry Thompson born in April 1906 in Ontario , no further details could be found on him
William Thompson (Grandad) was born on 09/04/1910 in Canada.He is recorded in the 1911 Census as residing in Nipissing , also within the 1921 census , at this point he is listed as a scholar, He married Ellen Grace Bland in January 1953 in Islington , so appears to have returned to the UK at some point between 1921 and 1953 but i cant find anything. He passed away in 1973/1974 in London.
Any help would be so appreciated !
