William John Thomson

1874 - 1956  (82 years)

• Name	William John Thomson
  Birth	20 Feb 1874	South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1956	Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Burial	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I10123	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Robert Thomson,   b. 26 Mar 1830, Bonese, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 20 Jan 1879, Toronto, Ontario (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Cameron,   b. 29 Jun 1847, Oro Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Oct 1935, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1867	Oro Township, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gertrude Julia Wilson,   b. 10 Jul 1882, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Jun 1908, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1903	Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario
  Children	1. Grace Marie Thomson,   b. 16 Jul 1904, Orillia Township, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Feb 1983, Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F2463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Eva May Dudenhoffer,   b. 6 Dec 1888, Mara Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Jul 1970, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1918	The Church of the Advent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Dorothy Louise Thomson,   b. 13 Oct 1921, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Birth Registration 021470 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS929 Reel 17. Dr. Elliott attended. Marriage Registration 017360 (Gertrude Julia Wilson) Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932 Reel 112, William was listed as a 28 year old Miller of Orillia. Witnesses at the wedding were Thomas Thomson and Esther Wilson of South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The service was conducted by R.E.W. Greene. Marriage registration 004030 (Eva May Dudenhoffer) Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932 reel 445, William was listed as 43, born in Orillia Township, widower, Miller, resident of Town of Orillia, Presbyterian. Witnesses were Mildred Hurl, West Street, Orillia and Eva Vera Kirkwood, 130 Annette Street, Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Herbert Naylor, Church of England in The Church of the Advent, Toronto, York County, Ontario on July 10, 1918. William John was a partner with his brother, Duncan Cameron in the City Flour Mill in Orillia. The mill burned in 1931, it was across Market Square from the Opera House. After the mill burned, they lived in Canton, Ontario for many years. He was asked to go to Canton by Vincent Massey (future Govenor General of Canada) to run a flour mill there. Was living in Orillia, Ontario in 1947 when his sister, Jane Robina (Thomson) Bruce died. Was a Millwright and lived in South Orillia near Netherby Farms, the home of his great aunt and uncle Janet and Simon Thomson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of death for William John Thomson (place from Dorothy Louise (Thomson) Robillard) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery