James Hoccum Thomson

1901 - 1971  (69 years)

• Name	James Hoccum Thomson
  Birth	7 Feb 1901	Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1971	Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Burial	12 Jan 1971	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I7384	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Duncan Cameron Thomson,   b. 25 Sep 1868, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Jun 1954, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Nellie Gertrude Passmore,   b. 1 Sep 1876, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Jun 1950, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1895	South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen Roberta Jackson,   b. 14 Sep 1900, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Nov 1988, Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1925	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Claire Thomson   2. Martha Thomson
  Family ID	F2934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Birth Registration 039897 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS828 Reel 155. Birth was attended by Dr. J.N. Harvie. Was baptized on 15 April 1922 by Rev. N.H. McGillivray in Orillia St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. His father was listed as a Miller and resident of 156 Nolt Street. (Orillia Library microfilm 539). Received $100.00 from the estate of his great uncle James Thomson. Married under license D82307; groom identified as John Hoccum, 24, bachelor, resident of Orillia, born in Orillia, a miller, Presbyterian; bride was 24, resident of Orillia, born in Orillia, Presbyterian; witnesses Ada L. Douglas, Durham, Ontario and H.S. Jackson, Whitefield, Ontario; married on Colbourne Street on 5 September 1925 by Rev. N.H. McGillivray. (Orillia Library microfilm 539). Marriage registration 018769 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932 reel 730. Was living in Canton, Ontario, Canada in 1950 when his mother died. Orillia St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Death Register recorded age 69, resident of 26 North St. W. Rev. E.A. Beggs. (Orillia Library microfilm 539). Daily Packet and Times, Monday, 11 January 1971 THOMSON, James - Suddenly at Orillia on Saturday, January 9, 1971, James H. Thomson of 26 North St. W., beloved husband of Kathleen Jackson, age 69 years. Dear father of Claire (Mrs. R.A. Ball) of Richmond Hill and Martha (Mrs. E.J. Grandelius) of Birmingham, Michigan. Loving grandfather of eight grandchildren. Brother of Ruth of Orillia, Jean (Mrs. R.H. Norris) of Islington, Robert of Streetsville, John of Victoria, B.C. and Donald of Capetown, South Africa. Resting at the Doolittle Funeral Home for service on Tuesday, January 12 at 3:30 p.m. Entombment St Andrews Cemetery Vault, Orillia. In Lieu of flowers, donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Masonic Brethren will meet at the funeral home for service Monday evening at 7 p.m.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. year of death for James Hockum Thomson (date and place of death from church death register) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (date of burial from church death register)