James Andrew Thomson

1802 - 1884  (82 years)

• Name	James Andrew Thomson
  Birth	20 Mar 1802	Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Oct 1884	Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario
  Burial	St. Andrew's, Bendale
  Person ID	I5993	Whisperspast | Andrew
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2005

  
  

  Father	Andrew Thomson,   b. 25 May 1751, Netherknock, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 7 Aug 1823, Scarborough Township, Upper Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Jean Henderson,   b. 18 Jul 1771, Canonbie, Scotland d. 27 May 1842, Scarborough,York Co.,Ontario (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1792	Westerkirk, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F2121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Paterson,   b. 1807, Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland d. 3 Jun 1875, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1824	Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario
  Children	1. Andrew J. Thomson,   b. 23 Mar 1825, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 24 Apr 1895, Whitewater, Selkirk Dist., Manitoba (Age 70 years)   2. Thomas Thomson,   b. 7 Feb 1827, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 10 May 1909, Toronto, Ontario (Age 82 years)   3. Mary Paterson Thomson,   b. 26 Apr 1831, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 4 Jul 1850, Scarborough, Ontario (Age 19 years)   4. Hannah Jane Thomson,   b. 7 Apr 1833, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 14 Oct 1905, Vaughan Twp., York, Ontario (Age 72 years)   5. Robert William Thomson,   b. 13 Apr 1835, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 18 Dec 1877, Park Hill, West Williams, Middlesex, Ontario (Age 42 years)   6. Agnes Thomson,   b. 25 Sep 1837, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. Mar 1865, Leslieville, Ontario (Age 27 years)   7. James George Thomson,   b. 25 Jul 1839, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 16 Nov 1917, Scarborough, Ontario (Age 78 years)   8. John Christopher Thomson,   b. 5 Jul 1842, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 14 Sep 1848, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario (Age 6 years)   9. William Scotland Thomson,   b. 27 Jul 1845, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario d. 8 Sep 1848, Scarborough Twsp,York Co.,Ontario (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F2208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  In 1833 James A Thomson provided land to build a manse for St. Andrew's church. In 1834 a public library was established and James became the librarian. Also in 1834 James helped institute the first temperance society in Scarborough. In 1840 James Thomson built a fine brick residents on a sunny slope at Springfield farm a little east of St. Andrew's church. Found marriage at age 74 to Agnes S. Paterson (age 57 b. Haddington, Scotland) 15 Mar 1877 Port Hope, Ontario Her family name was Sabigny.