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Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] THOMSON/RUTHERFORD
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:02:01 EST

Hi Karen Downie and fellow list members.

My mental antennae twitch at any mention of Thomsons in Edinburgh in the
early C19!

I have reached a dead end in tracing the family of one James Thomson whose
army papers record a d.o.b. of March 31, 1810 in Edinburgh. After the 1841
English census I have traced his life and career - but haven't tracked him in
OPRs or any Scottish source. He rose through the ranks in the Royal Artillery -
primarily in the UK but also seeing service in Spain and ending his career
as a Major.

In one English census (1851) his place of birth is given as Edinburgh St
Cuthberts.

Other relevant info is that some of his children were baptized into the
Presbyterian church, others into the Church of England. I understand a little of
Scottish naming conventions of the time so it may be relevant that his
children were:


James Robert THOMSON (1836- )
George THOMSON (1839- )
Ellen Jane THOMSON (1841- )
Charles THOMSON (1842- )
Janet (on some documents Jennet) Anderson THOMSON (1845-1884)
William THOMSON (1847- )
Henry Alexander James THOMSON (1851-1897)
Martha Elizabeth THOMSON (1857-1933)
George Alexander THOMSON (1859-aft1928).
If there's anything her that connects to Karen Downie's tree - or anyone
else's, do please mail me
ALASTAIR THOMSON
(GG Grandson of James Thomson b. 1810))

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