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- Birth registration 003584 microfilm MS929 reel 120, Archives of Ontario, registered as Thompson. Dr. Stewart attended. United Church Archives have birth place as Riversdale, Ontario. James signed his enlistment Attestation Papers for WWI on 15 May 1916. "Was born at Riversdale, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada on 1 June 1894. Was single, a school teacher and a Presbyterian living at Teeswater, Bruce County. Was 5' 10" tall, had a 35 1/2" chest, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair and had a mole of the left side of his abdomen. Regimental Number 249596." Attended University of Toronto and Knox College. Reverend James Currie Thomson was ordained into the church on April 15, 1925. In the British Columbia Directories, 1935-37, Rev. James Thomson (United) was listed in Enderby. Government of British Columbia Vital Statistics, death registration 1952-09-005025, microfilm B13212 GSU#2032861 James Currie Thomson died 5 May 1952 in Saanich at age 57. Cremated and scattered on the hill by the chapel in Royal Oak Burial Park (burial permit), Falaise Drive, Victoria, British Columbia. There is no gravestone.
United Church Archives, British Columbia Conference Minutes 1952
REV. JAMES CURRIE THOMSON B.A.
The Rev. J.C. Thomson, B.A., died on 5th May 1952, after serving Wilkinson Road and Garden City United Churches (Victoria) for nine years. The end came without warning. He was 57 years old.
Before ordination he served summer fields in this province: Coalmont 1920, North Thompson 1921, Notch Hill 1923-24.
The summer of 1922 was spent at Grassy Lake field, Alberta.
After ordination at Toronto in 1925 he went to Clinton for the summer, then to Quesnel 1925-33, Enderby 1934-38, Mission City 1938-41, Cowichan Lake 1941-43 and Wilkinson Road 1943-May 1952.
In pulpit and pastoral work Mr. Thomson made a deep and lasting impression. An authority on Church Law and administration, he was an invaluable servant of Presbyteries in which he served terms as secretary and chairman. Funeral services in Victoria were conducted by Rev. Robert Moses, chairman of Presbytery. Rev. William Allan (a former minister of Wilkinson Road) gave a memorial address.
Surviving are Mrs. Thomson, two sons and one daughter.
Victoria Colonist, Wednesday, May 7, 1952
THOMSON -- Suddenly in Victoria on May 5, 1952 Rev. James Currie THOMSON, age 57 years, of Glyn Road, Saanich. He is survived by his wife Margaret, one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Anna Kelly of Vancouver, two sons, Robert Currie and Peter Lee Thomson at home; his mother Mrs. Anna Thomson of Keswick, Ont., also a brother Frank Thomson in Western Ontario. At the time of his passing the Rev. Mr. Thomson was pastor of Wilkinson Road and Garden City United Churches. Funeral services from McCall Bros. Floral Funeral Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, May 7, at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Wm. Allen and Rev. M. Moore officiating. Cremation.
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1895 - 1952 (56 years)
