Ethel Muriel Thomson

1898 - 1972  (73 years)

• Name	Ethel Muriel Thomson
  Birth	18 Sep 1898	York Co., Ontario
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 May 1972	Markham, York, Ontario
  Burial	Groveside, Brooklin, Durham Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I5928	Whisperspast | David
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	James Andrew Thomson,   b. 29 Jan 1865, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Upper Canada d. 2 Apr 1924, Agincourt, Ontario (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Isabella Jane Sanderson,   b. 17 Nov 1865, Scarborough,York Co.,Upper Canada d. 9 Mar 1936, York Co., Ontario (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1893	Wexford, Scarborough, Ontario
  Family ID	F2124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hughbert Winston MacPherson,   b. 28 Aug 1900, Ringwood, York, Ontario d. 19 Apr 1973, Markham, York, Ontario (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1923	York Co., Ontario
  Family ID	F2161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Ethel wrote the first “Genealogical Chart of Descendants of David Thomson and Mary Glendinning” in 1958. In the preface she wrote: For many years it has been my fondest dream to compile a book of the David Thomson Descendants, and as the saying goes nothing ventured, nothing gained. The descendants are scattered all over the North American Continent, and it has been impossible to contact every one, so this list is far from complete, and there may even be errors in the names and dates. Even though I have done all the writing, typing and talking, much of the credit goes to my husband Hughbert MacPherson, who has willingly driven several hundred miles, and sat patiently in the car for hours at a time, while I interviewed the people for names and dates. Many, many hours have been spent on this project, but every minute has been a pleasure, and so all good things must come to an end. Ethel MacPherson, February, 1958. Brooklin, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Ethel began her collecting as far back as 1944. Long before the use of computers, recording her findings on a typewriter. She was asked to publish her work as a tribute for the opening of the David and Mary Collegiate in Scarborough, Ontario in 1958. Ethel continued to obtain information after the book was published the last entries in her notes were in 1972, the year she passed away. Sources: "Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM46-DKM), Ethel Muriel Thomson, 18 Sep 1898; citing Birth, Scarborough, York, Ontario, Canada. "Canada Cansus 1911 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XD-5568) York Centre Sub-Districts 1-42, Ontario "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-N9XW), Hubert Macpherson and Ethel Muriel Thomson, 02 Jun 1923; citing registration , Toronto, , Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,266,943.