David Thomson

1867 - Abt 1940  (73 years)

• Name	David Thomson
  Birth	20 Feb 1867	Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt Sep 1940	Fundale, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Burial	Lacadena Cemetery, Lacadena, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I11254	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	John Thomson,   b. 16 Dec 1823, Bonese, Westerkirk, Dumfries. Scotland. d. 29 Mar 1907, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario. Canada. (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Adeline Elliott,   b. Abt 1831, Canada d. 25 Oct 1898, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	6 Apr 1852	Township of Blenheim, County of Oxford, Province of Canada
  Family ID	F2386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Albertha Allan,   b. 4 May 1878, Perth, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jul 1931, Fundale, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1902	Cartwright, Louise Area, Lisgar District, Manitoba, Canada
  Children	1. Edna Adelaide Thomson,   b. 5 Sep 1905, Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada d. 11 Oct 1971, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 66 years)   2. Robert Allen Thomson,   b. 25 Aug 1907, Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada d. 1 Jul 1971, Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 63 years)   3. Jessie Maud Thomson,   b. 17 Apr 1909, Lumbreck, Alberta, Canada d. 11 Oct 1981, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (Age 72 years)   4. Iola Jean Thomson,   b. 26 May 1912, Fundale, Municipality of Lacadena, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 22 Aug 1998, Swift Current Union Hospital, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F4488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  In 1898 David was living at home, in Minto Township, when his mother died. David went to Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada. This may be where he met his wife Florence Allan. Government of Manitoba, Vital Statistics, marriage registration 1902-002370 show David and Florence were married on April 8, 1902 in Cartwright. They later moved to Lumbeck, Alberta, Canada where they operated a store. After their store burned down and they lost all their possessions, they moved in 1910 to Fundale, (Lacadena) Saskatchewan where Florence's sister, Jean (Allan) Gilmour, lived. David filed on homestead SW Section 3 Township 22 Range 18 W 3rd Meridian and the SE 4-22-18-3. He was the first postmaster of Fundale Post Office when it opened in his home on SE 4-22-18-3 on August 11, 1911. (He operated the Post Office until August 12, 1915. He hauled the mail in and out of Fundale to Tuberose by his team of horses, later a Model T Ford car, on the 90 mile return trip). His wife and three children came by train in 1911 to Swift Current and made their way to the farm. Buried in grave 3 plot 72 in Lacadena Cemetery, SW 19-23-17 W3, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Homestead Records, Archives of Saskatchewan Microfilm R8.1299 Patent Application 2171193 for Homestead SE 4-22-18 W3 and Microfilm R8.1303 Patent Application 2177790 for Pre Emption SW 3-22-18 W3: David Thomson, 46, Farmer, Fundale, Sask., British Subject. Obtained entry to homestead and pre-emption on 30 May 1910. Lived on Pre-Emption 14 March 1911 to 6 March 1918 with wife and 4 children. On Homestead and Pre-Emption in 1911 broke 10 acres. In 1912 broke additional 22 acres and had 15 acres in crop. In 1913 broke additional 50 acres and had 30 acres in crop. In 1914 broke additional 5 acres and had 50 acres in crop. In 1915 broke additional 35 acres and had 75 acres in crop. In 1916 broke additional 15 acres and had 75 acres in crop. In 1917 broke additional 30 acres and had 90 acres in crop. In 1918 on Pre-Emption had a house 15' X 26', $400, a hog & poultry house 26' X 28' $250, 1 granary $100, 1 well $500 and 125 rods $50. Application signed and sworn 6 March 1918 in Swift Current, Sask., Land Agent recommendation 6 March 1918 in Swift Current, Sask., Accepted in Ottawa 10 April 1918.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photoghraph of tombstone taken in 2001. in Lacadena Cemetery