Townsend Thomson was my GG grandmother. She was a dressmaker and must have been quite a "gal". She never married, but had 3 illegitimate children each by a different father. I have viewed all their birth certificates and they were all illegitimate. Her firstborn was Isabella Miller Thomson (my great grandmother) and no father's name is stated on the birth cert, but I assume it was someone with the surname Miller. Her 2nd child was Euphemia, the father being Thomas Shoolbred, and the 3rd was a son named David, no father's name mentioned. Townsend died in 1910 and her death certificate was witnessed by her grandson Robert Smith, the son of her daughter Euphemia. I know Townsend Thomson's grandparents were James Thomson & Townsend Dick but I would love to know where the Townsend connection came in. Townsend must have been the surname of one of the female relations in this line but I haven't found that person yet.