Harrower Family Tree » William Thomson (1826-1907)

Personal data William Thomson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born on March 17, 1826 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was christened on April 11, 1826 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
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  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1861 Limestone Miner in Burnbank, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1871 Farmer in West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1851 Ploughman in 2 Polworth Street, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1881 Farmer of 110 acres in West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1901 Farmer in West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1891 Farmer in Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 7
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Burnbank, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1871: West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1851: 2 Polworth Street, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1881: West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1901: West Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1891: Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 7
  • He died on January 27, 1907 in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 80 years old.Source 8
  • He is buried after January 27, 1907 in Beith Cemetery, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 8
  • A child of William Thomson and Janet Dickie

Household of William Thomson

He is married to Janet Burns Howatson.

They got married on June 1, 1850 at Hill, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 24 years old.Sources 9, 10


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Thomson  ± 1851-????
  2. Marion Thomson  1855-????
  3. William Thomson  1858-1891
  4. Elizabeth Thomson  1858-1888 
  5. Margaret Thomson  1859-???? 
  7. Janet Thomson  1853-????
  8. David Thomson  1873-1873

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Thomson

William Thomson
1826-1907

1850

Janet Burns Howatson
± 1831-1918

Mary Thomson
± 1851-????
Marion Thomson
1855-????
William Thomson
1858-1891
Elizabeth Thomson
1858-1888
Margaret Thomson
1859-????
Gavin Lindsay Thompson
1864-????
Janet Thomson
1853-????
David Thomson
1873-1873

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 2; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1861_88 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for William Thomson
    Name: William Thomson
    Age: 33
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Janet Thomson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
    Registration Number: 603
    Registration District: Loudoun
    Civil Parish: Loudoun
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: Burnbank
    Occupation: Limestone Miner
    ED: 7
    Household Schedule Number: 11
    Line: 25
    Roll: CSSCT1861_88
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Thomson 33
    Janet Thomson 29
    Mary Thomson 10
    Janet Thomson 7
    Marion Thomson 5
    William Thomson 3
    Elizabeth Thomson 3
    Margaret Thomson 1
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Beith; ED: 11; Page: 3; Line: 21; Roll: cssct1881_180 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William Thomson
    Name: William Thomson
    Age: 55
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Janet Thomson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
    Registration Number: 581
    Registration district: Beith
    Civil parish: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: West Highgate
    Occupation: Farmer of 110 acres
    ED: 11
    Household schedule number: 13
    Line: 21
    Roll: CSSCT1881_180
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Thomson 55 Head
    Janet Thomson 49 Wife
    Marion Thomson 25 Daughter
    William Thomson 23 Son
    Gavin Thomson 17 Son
    Margaret B Ramsey 26 Grandaughter
    Isabella Craig 15 Servant
  3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1826 Record for William Thomson Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for William Thomson
    Name: William Thomson
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1826
    Baptism Date: 11 Apr 1826
    Baptism Place: Mauchline, Ayr, Scotland
    Father: William Thomson
    Mother: Janet Dickie
    FHL Film Number: 1041395
  4. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Beith; ED: 10; Page: 5; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1901_220 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William Thomson
    Name: William Thomson
    Age: 76
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Janet Thomson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
    Registration Number: 581
    Registration district: Beith
    Civil parish: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: Wester Highgate
    Occupation: Farmer
    ED: 10
    Household schedule number: 19
    Line: 22
    Roll: CSSCT1901_220
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Thomson 76 Head
    Janet Thomson 69 Wife
    Marion Thomson 45 Daughter
  5. 1851 Scotland Census - FindMyPast, Record for William Thomson Parish: Galston 1851 Scotland Census [FindMyPast] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

    2, Polwarth Street, Galston, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland

    WilliamThomsonHeadMarriedMale211830Ploughman Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
    JanetThomsonWifeMarriedFemale191832- Ayrshire, Scotland
    Mary LThomsonDaughter-Female01851- Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
  6. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thompson Parish: Beith; ED: 11; Page: 4; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_107 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for William Thompson
    Name: William Thompson
    Age: 45
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Janet Thompson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
    Registration Number: 581
    Registration District: Beith
    Civil Parish: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: West Highgate
    Occupation: Farmer
    ED: 11
    Household Schedule Number: 15
    Line: 14
    Roll: CSSCT1871_107
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Thompson 45
    Janet Thompson 39
    Mary Thompson 20
    Janet Thompson 17
    Marion Thompson 14
    William Thompson 13
    Elizabeth Thompson 13
    Maggie Thompson 11
    Garris Thompson 7
    James Howston 17 Son
    Alexander Mclean 29 Boarder, Waggoner
    David Hobb 19 Boarder, Waggoner
  7. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Beith; ED: 11; Page: 8; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1891_200 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William Thomson
    Name: William Thomson
    Age: 66
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Janet Thomson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Galston, Ayrshire
    Registration Number: 581
    Registration District: Beith
    Civil Parish: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: Highgate
    Occupation: Farmer
    ED: 11
    Household Schedule Number: 28
    Line: 3
    Roll: CSSCT1891_200
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Thomson 66
    Janet Thomson 59
    Marion Thomson 35
    Elizabeth Thomson 33 Widow, Daughter-in-law. Married to William Thomson b. Dalry, Ayrshire
    Gavin Thomson 27
    Alice Arnott 16 General Servant - Domestic
  8. Findagrave, 1907 Record for William Thomson Son of William THOMSON, Cottar in Cessnock, Galston Parish, Ayrshire, by Janet DICKIE of Killochhead, Mauchline. Farmer in Burnbank, Loudon, then in Wester Highgate, Beith, Ayrshire. Married at Hill Farm, Loudon, 1850, Janet Burns HOWATSON (b Kilmarnock, ca 1830, daur of David HOWATSON, Limeburner, & Mary LINDSAY); she died at Ongar Park, near Colchester, Essex, 1918.
    Name: William Thomson
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1826
    Birth Place: Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
    Death Date: 27 Jan 1907
    Death Place: Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
    Cemetery: Beith Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
    Spouse: Janet Burns Thomson
    Children:
    Margaret Kerr
    Marion Thomson
    Mary Lindsay Calderwood
    Elizabeth Young
    URL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37392703/william-thomson
  9. Web Site Information, THE PIGOTT FAMILY OF QUEEN'S COUNTY, IRELAND; SOME ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS. Some details of the lives of Bartholomeo COMPAGNI, Florentine Merchant in London; Giovanni Battista CASTIGLIONE, Groom of Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber; Thomas KEYES, Sergeant-Porter; Sir Robert PIGOTT of Dysart, Queen's County; Major John PIGOTT of Grangebegg; Sir William GILBERT of Kilminchy; Captain John PIGOTT of Stradbally, M.P.; Rev Henry Robert PIGOTT of Dublin, Ceylon & N.S.W.; Rev John Eustace GILES; & Henry Robert Maguire PIGOTT, M.H.R.
    https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/robert-young-father-and-son-of-ayrshire.html
  10. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1850 THOMSON, WILLIAM JANET HOWATSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 603/40 160 Loudoun) Not downloaded
    1850 THOMSON, WILLIAM JANET HOWATSON 01/06/1850 603/40 160 Loudoun

Historical events

Birthday March 17, 1826

  • The temperature on March 17, 1826 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • February 11 » University College London is founded as University of London.
    • April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
    • June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

Christening day April 11, 1826

  • The temperature on April 11, 1826 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
    • May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
    • June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
    • July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
    • December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.

Day of marriage June 1, 1850

  • The temperature on June 1, 1850 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
    • May 15 » The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.
    • June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
    • July 10 » U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
    • September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
    • December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Day of death January 27, 1907

  • The temperature on January 27, 1907 was between -9.4 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
    • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
    • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
    • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
    • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
    • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.


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