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Family History Notes - Thomson, W

THOMSON FAMILY HISTORY

BARQUE MOFFATT - c316 passengers from London 19/12/1839

GILBERT, Captain James 2nd largest vessel to arrive in SA that year. 28 people died of natural causes on board, and two more drowned.

!THOMSON, John Senr (c1796-12/11/1869) Born Kirkcaldy, Co Fife, Scotland. Died Mt Pleasant SA, at his residence Lilybank. Bootmaker from Parkhead, Kirkaldy. Shoemaker; Adelaide then Farmer; Woodside, Lilybank Mt Pleasant. Presbyterian.

!THOMSON, Mrs John nee Janet Logie (c1800-18/6/1882) Born Kirkcaldy, Co Fife, Scotland. Died Mt Pleasant SA, at her residence Lilybank.

!THOMSON, Robert (//1827-30/9/1912) Died North Adelaide. Farmer; Mt Pleasant, then; farmer; station overseer, pastoralist; Murray Flats. m 27/4/1849 Manse Freeman St Adelaide, Elizabeth nee THOMSON (//c1829-//)

!THOMSON, Euphemia (//1829-31/10/1887) Died Mt Pleasant SA, at home Rosebank. m 24/5/1847 Pirie St Adelaide, George Melrose.

!THOMSON, Jane (c1831-23/2/1866) m 11/4/1849 Mt Barker, Priestly Hillam.

!THOMSON, David (15/4/1833-14/6/1921) Shipbuilder; Pt Adelaide then Farmer; Mt Pleasant Farmer & grazier; Gulnare. Biog Aldine Vol 2 p626 m (1) 6/3/1860 Bride father’s residence Onkaparinga, Margaret nee HAY m (2) 9/3/1882 Bride residence Yongala, Grace nee CRAM (//c1841-//) Father; Robert.

!THOMSON, perhaps John Junr (//c1836- 2/5/1893 or perhaps 11/10/1896) Died Adelaide SA. m 13/2/1878 Christ Church North Adelaide, Elizabeth nee Freeman, schoolteacher of Mt Pleasant. To SA 1856 Fitzjames.

THOMSON, Lilly (27/11/1839) Born and died at sea.

Born in SA

THOMSON, William (//c1843-//) m 4/3/1873 Mr Cram residence (not the bride father) Mt Crawford, Jessie nee Cram.

THOMSON, Frances known as Daisy (//c1846-//1927)

The Robert Cram family

Barque Irene – from London 23/10/1860 Some records say the Irene 1858 – you would have to check the newspaper listings for those two ships – arrived 14/7/1858 from London

BRUCE, Captain David

CRAM, Robert (//c1794-14/3/1861) Born Co Caithness, Scotland. Died Murray Vale SA.

CRAM, Mrs Robert nee Agnes STEWART (//-//)

CRAM, Elizabeth (//c1832-//) m 4/10/1861 Grace Cram residence Mt Crawford, William Liddle 31 Father – John Liddle

CRAM, John (//c1837-//) m 30/8/1861 St George Gawler, Ruth nee MEWETT 16 Father – Samuel Mewett

CRAM, James (//c1838-//) m 12/4/1876 Bride father Donald Bain residence Grace Plains, Jessie nee Bain

CRAM, Grace (//c1841-//) m 9/3/1882 Bride residence Yongala, David Thomson 47 Father John

CRAM, Isabella (//c1842-//) m 27/6/1877 Bride residence Yongala, John Henry Paul Moyses 37 Father – John Mark Moyses

CRAM, Allan (//c1844-//) m 28/9/1876 Bride father Robert Mitchell residence Belalie East, Ann nee Mitchell 35

CRAM, Duncan Forbes (//c1847-//) m 23/3/1876 Bride father Joseph Noblett Jamestown, Sarah nee Noblett 21 Father – Joseph Noblett

CRAM, Ann (//c1848-//) m 9/7/1868 Presbyterian Church Mt Pleasant, James Ramsay 27 Father - James Ramsay

CRAM, Charlotte (//c1848-//) m 8/8/1867 Presbyterian Church Mt Pleasant, James Robertson 25 Father – Samuel Robertson

CRAM, Jessie apparently known also as Janet (//c1852-//) m 4/3/1873 Mr Cram residence (not the bride father) Mt Crawford, William Thomson

William Thomson & Janet nee Cram

William Thomson 30 Father – John Thomson m 4/3/1873 Mr Cram residence Mt Crawford, Jessie nee Cram 21 Father; Robert Cram, who had already died when his youngest daughter married.

Robert John Thomson b 4/1/1877 Gulnare

Grace Forbes Thomson b 24/3/1879 place not recorded

William Malcolm Thomson b 27/12/1880 place not recorded District of Clare

Bruce Valentine Thomson b 14/2/1883 Cloverhill near Georgetown

Alick Thomson b 22/5/1887 near Georgetown

Jessie May Thomson b 28/11/1885 near Georgetown

Euphemia Melrose Thomson b 21/10/1888 Georgetown

Allan Forbes Thomson b 30/9/1890 near Georgetown

William Malcolm Thomson m Daisy nee Playford

Marriage not registered

William Thomson b 13/12/1913 Lameroo

Robert Copley Thomsom b 15/10/1915 Lameroo

Bruce Playford Thomson b 8/7/1821 Balaklava

Jeff Malcolm Thomson b 24/11/1922 Balaklava

Jessie Emily Thomson b 22/6/1924 Balaklava

George Edward Thomson b 19/3/1927 Balaklava

Allan James Thomson b 3/9/1928 Balaklava