Jane Scott

1852 - 1934  (81 years)

• Name	Jane Scott
  Birth	18 May 1852	Ross Shire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Mar 1934	South Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	14 Mar 1934	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I11429	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Family	David Park Thomson,   b. 23 Jan 1850, Glenelg, Invernesshire, Scotland d. 13 Aug 1947, North Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1884	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. James William Thomson,   b. 15 Jul 1885, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Feb 1963 (Age 77 years)   2. Jessie Park Thomson,   b. 14 Sep 1887, South Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1957 (Age 69 years)   3. David Thomas Scott Thomson,   b. 5 Jun 1890, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jun 1968, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F4036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Birth year from her age of 38 from 1891 Ontario Census. Came to Canada with her family in 1872. In her marriage registration was listed as being born in Scotland and a resident of London England. The Orillia Packet and Times, Thursday, March 15, 1934, Archives of Ontario microfilm N039 Reel 70NP reported: "MRS. DAVID P. THOMSON One of the oldest residents of South Orillia, Mrs. David P. Thomson passed away at her home, Dunedin Park, on Monday, March 12, in her eighty-second year. Mrs. Thomson was born in Ross Shire, Scotland, second daughter of the late James and Willamina Scott, who immigrated to Canada with their family in 1872, settling in Orillia. Mrs. Thomson was the last of the Scott family. She was married in June 1884 to David P. Thomson, son of the late William and Jessie Thomson, the ceremony being performed in St. Andrew’s Church, Toronto, by the Rev. Dr. Macdonnell. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson had been looking forward to the celebration of their fiftieth anniversary during the coming June. Two sons and one daughter remain, Mr. J.W. Thomson, Orillia; Mrs. William Duncan, North Orillia; and D.T.S. Thomson, Orillia. One remaining niece is Elsie Scott, wife of William Dunn of Newmarket. There are also seven grandchildren. Mrs. Thomson was the first president of the Deep Sea Mission Band of Forest Home, South Orillia and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, service being conducted by the Rev. J.A. MacInnis. Pallbearers were her son-in-law William Duncan,; four nephews Messrs. William Dunn, Gordon Dunn, William Thomson and George Bell, and a cousin T.S. Thomson. The sympathy of many friends was expressed in the flowers including besides those from personal friends and neighbors, some from the Ladies Aid Society of Hampshire Mills, the WMS of Hampshire Mills, and Deep Sea Mission Band, Forest Home, The Ontario Hospital and the Masonic Lodge."

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of birth for Jane Scott (place from obituary in The Orillia Packet and Times) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of death for Jane Scott (place from obituary in The Orillia Packet and Times) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery (date of burial from obituary)