Elizabeth Thomson

1870 - 1938  (68 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Thomson
  Birth	25 Feb 1870	Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Apr 1938	Harriston, Minto Township. Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	29 Apr 1938	Harriston Cemetery, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I11255	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

  
  

• Notes

  Birth Registration 012513 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS929 Reel 3. The registration has no name on it. The birth was attended by a Mrs. Shaw. She was born on the Thomson homestead. Never married. Apparently Elizabeth was slow and needed to be looked after. (Sharon Mulder's notes from Mabel Kriter). Lived on the Thomson Homestead, Lot 36 & 37, Concession 4, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada until the death of her brother, Robert A. Thomson in 1919. She died in her home from cancer. Her funeral was held in her residence. Buried in Plot CC-1-37F in Harriston Cemetery, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, beside her parents. Elizabeth was a little slow and had trouble speaking. She was able to look after herself, which she did for about the last five years of her life. She never worked but Mary and Elizabeth took in high school boarders, Monday to Friday after they moved into Harriston. Following courtesy of Lorne Wallace Glendinning from Agnes Helen Baird's scrapbook: The Late Elizabeth Thomson There passed away at her late residence, corner of Young and John streets, Harriston on Wednesday of last week, Miss Elizabeth , who had been ill for some time. The late Miss Thomson was born in 1870 on Lot 36, Concession 4, Minto Township, being a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Thomson, pioneer settlers of the district. She resided in the township until nineteen years ago, when she and her sister moved to Harriston, after the death of their brother. Left to mourn her loss are the following sisters and brothers: - Mrs. John Baird (Annie), Lumsden, Sask.; William Thomson, of Neepawa, Manitoba; Mrs. Fannie Smith, of Palmerston; David Thomson, of Lacadena, Sask.; Mary Thomson at home in Harriston. Two sisters and two brothers predeceased her. The funeral on Friday was largely attended, those from a distance being from Brighton, Linwood, Guelph, Rodney, Drayton, Palmerston, and Kurtsville. The service was taken by her minister, Rev. T. Lewis Williams, of Know Presbyterian Church. The pallbearers were messrs. Wm. Fallis, Ben Fallis, Herbert Bride, John Inglis, Alexander Ferguson and Albert Connell.