Is anyone able to help im really stuck as to the Thompson line on my family tree and stuck at my 2nd great grandparents and i know some of you are absolute amazing at this whereas i feel like i've run out of avenues!
I dont have anything on James from before coming to canada in i believe 1882 and cannot find anything on his parents. Ann help would be massively appreciated as without knowing anything on his parents im stuck
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/invite-ui/accept?token=d-ofiqRYgRMIfRj0g7-ZqfbrYpHg9y0Bbt3cb1ObP8U=James Thompson (great grandfather ) parents are Harry or Henry Thompson (2nd Great Grandfather) and Mary Ann Lawson (2nd great Grandmother) Harry Thompson (Great Great Grandad) was born in Scotland (DOB unknown and no further details)
According to James records his mother is called Mary Ann Lawson (Great Great Grandmother) and she was born in Scotland, her father was born in Ireland and her mother in scotland. I dont have any siblings i could find.
Here is what i have on their son James Thompson :
Harry and Mary gave birth to James Thompson (Great Grandfather) on 02/12/1864, according to his death certificate and census records he was born in India. However his obituary says he was born in South Wales. And his marriage certificate says was born in Ireland, his sons marriage certificate he has inputted that he was born 5 miles from Ireland in the sea which makes more sense as to my limited records.
His death certificate confirms that he emigrates to Ontario 40 years before his death and in the 1921 census it confirms he emigrated in 1882, I’ve checked on the canadian gov records website and on their passenger lists , there were 3 james thompsons who came in 1882: 1/ 2- on the Nova Scotian ship via halifax on 1882-12-00 3- On the Brooklyn ship via Quebec on 22/5/1882
According to history notes at this time this was the year of significant change , improvement in infrastructure within Nipissing, The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) arrived in 1882,
He married Kathleen/Catherine Faughnan (Great Grandmother) in 1904 , according to the registrars record he was 34 at the time and she was 23 , he was born in Ireland and she was born in Toronto, he is recorded as a hotel keeper at this time which fits with what we know of his work in the hotel industry, his father is logged as henry Thompson and mary ann lawson and her parents are logged as Bernard Faughnan and Catherine Tierney
Harry (grand uncle), Gordon (grand uncle) and William (Grandad) were all born between 1906-1910.
When he was 40 years old he is recorded on the 1911 Canadian census as residing at 35 Sherbrook, North Bay, he was head of the household and worked as a hotel clerk at the time. He resided here with his with Catherine Thompson/ Kathleen Thompson, (29), Harry Thompson (5) , Gordon Thompson (3) and William Thompson (2). They also had an Irese Faughnan (18)residing with them , she is listed as sister however there are no other records of there being a sister in the family and her occupation is listed as Maid. This is likely a relative as his wifes maiden name is faughnan
All children are listed as being born in Ontario and all of the family are listed as being Irish Roman Catholics with Canadian Nationality
His obituary states that he opened a billiards room (left) on the Queens block facing main street, based on the location and internet searched the primary building with the curved top is where this would have been , it was a hardware shop and the owners would rent out multiple spaces to other business and this is where the billards hall would have been , at the time they were a bit of a taboo due to the gambling issues etc. The site is now called the Block and is a public house.
He passed away on 03/04/1925 at the age of 60 years old, according to his death certificate he passed away at 29 Main Street, West, and died due to angina Pectoris ( Angine/Stroke/Heart Problems).
He is buried in North Bay St. Mary's Cemetery (Roman Catholic Church ). He was buried 06/04/1925 in Block C, Plot 79, Grave 2
