Elizabeth Thompson

[dlloyd]

Hi, are you Michael and Leola's son?  My mother-in-law Beryl is Leola's cousin.   My name is Donna Lloyd and I met Michael and Leola about 20 years ago at Lois and Don's.  Michael was very keen in geneaology and so am I.  I have been working on the Johnston and Thompson family trees.  I have also been confused with marriage certificate for James Thompson and Elizabeth Taylor Thomas so thanks for that.  I have loaded all the information I have on both families on www.ancestry.co.au.  My email is ^(*).  If you want to send me your email address and then I can post an invite to the ancestry site.  Thanks


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[dlloyd]

RE:  Elizabeth Taylor Thompson (nee Thomas)
Elizabeth known as "Bessie" is my husband's great great grandmother.  Her daughter Mary Ann Johnston was his great grandmother.
I have a letter from Bessie to Mary Ann who had asked her where she and her father James Thompson were born.  She said "I think your father (James) was born someplace in Scotland and when a baby they went to Ireland and lived in a place named Creslaugh, County Donegal, Ireland until he came to New Zealand...In regards me, in a place Osborne St Just in Penzance, Cornwall."   Bessie also mentions the Napier Earthquake "Louise (her daughter who died in 1931) has left what she had to me I will be sending the girls something later on its summer frocks so its not too late the best things were lost.  We had another shake a few days ago." I also have a copy of a lovely letter that James Thompson send his granddaughter Elizabeth Melville (eldest daughter of Mary Ann Johnston and William Aitken Johnston.

[dlloyd]

Re:  James Thompson
I also have some information about James Thompson's brothers Samuel and James.

[rbarkman]

Hi, Donna - yes, that's me.  Been carrying on the research from where my dad left off.  Looking at my tree, you must be Kevin's wife - not sure if I ever met him.  I don't even recall meeting his mother, but I knew his grandparents (my great aunt & uncle) well from various family get-togethers.

That's useful info - it explains how James could be considered to come from both Scotland and Ireland.  I'll send you a private message with my email address and hopefully you can send me copies of some of those documents.  I can send you a GEDCOM file with all my Johnston & Thompson stuff.

I wonder if Louisa's death was related to the 'quake - she died only three months after.  The headstone doesn't mention it, so probably not, but it would be interesting to see the death record.