Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

John Arnold Thomson

Male 1876 - 1949  (73 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Arnold Thomson was born 2 Mar 1876, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Rev. John Thomson Thomson and Kate Martha Thomson); died 12 Mar 1949, Leaside, East York Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried 14 Mar 1949, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340588
    • Residence: 1943, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    John A. Thomson Passes

    Prominent architect of Belleville, John Arnold Thomson died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. Alfred Elliott, 114 Glenvale Blvd., Leaside. He was in his 74th year. Mr. Thomson went to Toronto on business some two weeks ago. Stricken as he left the train, he collapsed in the Union Station. He was a brother of Major George M. Thomson, Toronto, who died less than three weeks ago.

    Mr. Thomson was for some years chief draughtsman with the Public Works Department, Dominion Government, Ottawa.

    A native of Ayr, he was a son of the late Rev. Dr. John Thomson who served for 40 years as minister of Knox Presbyterian Church. He had been a resident of Belleville since 1924 and had designed a number of important buildings, including Belleville Collegiate and Vocational School and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Recently he was working on the plans for the new Hastings County Home for the Aged. He was a member of Moira Lodge, AF & AM, Belleville, and life member of Civil Service Lodge, AF & AM, Ottawa.

    He leaves his wife, the former Eleanor Fetherstonhaugh; three daughters: Mrs. Elliott, Toronto; Mrs. Cecil D. wight, Ottawa; and Mrs. Oliver Smith, Braeside, and two brothers, Pierre C. and W. Raymond Thomson, both of Toronto.

    Following service in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, interment was made in the Ayr Cemetery on Monday after the arrival of the morning train from Toronto.

    The Ayr News Mar 17 1949 pg 1


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. John Thomson ThomsonRev. John Thomson Thomson was born 18 Apr 1841, Rutherglen, , Lanark, Scotland (son of John Thomson and Margaret Garth); died 12 Jan 1926, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Jan 1926, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57846
    • Immigration: 1871, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1871, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clergyman
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clergyman (Minister)
    • Occupation: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clergyman - Knox Church
    • Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    John — Kate Martha Thomson. Kate (daughter of John Wylie Thomson and Ann Foster Vose) was born 29 Jan 1845, , USA; died 1 Apr 1904, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Kate Martha Thomson was born 29 Jan 1845, , USA (daughter of John Wylie Thomson and Ann Foster Vose); died 1 Apr 1904, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Kate Martha Thomson
    • Name: Martha Kate Thomson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340587
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. Mary Thomson was born Jun 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. James Herbert Thomson was born 19 Jul 1873, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Apr 1943, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John M. Thompson was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 1. John Arnold Thomson was born 2 Mar 1876, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1949, Leaside, East York Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried 14 Mar 1949, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Robert Fergus Thomson was born 19 Feb 1879, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1880; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Pierre Chilton Thomson was born 1 Aug 1881, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Maj. William Raymond "Raymond" Thomson was born 22 Jan 1884, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 1954, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Jul 1954, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Major George Miller Thomson was born 5 Mar 1886, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1949, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Mar 1949, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Thomson was born Abt 1811, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58660

    John — Margaret Garth. Margaret was born 6 Apr 1818, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland; died 27 Sep 1895; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Margaret Garth was born 6 Apr 1818, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland; died 27 Sep 1895; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Margaret Thomson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58661

    Children:
    1. 2. Rev. John Thomson Thomson was born 18 Apr 1841, Rutherglen, , Lanark, Scotland; died 12 Jan 1926, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Jan 1926, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. George Thomson was born 13 Sep 1848, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland; died 14 Oct 1918, Welland, Welland Co., Ontario; was buried 16 Oct 1918, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Wylie Thomson was born 3 May 1814, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; died 10 Nov 1844, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340591

    Notes:

    In Ayr, at Knox Church Manse, on Sabbath, 31st Oct., Annie Foster Vose, native of Augusta, Maine, widow of the late John Wylie Thomson, in her 84th year.

    Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

    John married Ann Foster Vose 26 Oct 1835, New York City, New York, USA.. Ann was born 24 Aug 1803, Augusta, Maine, USA.; died 31 Oct 1886; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ann Foster Vose was born 24 Aug 1803, Augusta, Maine, USA.; died 31 Oct 1886; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Foster Thomson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340592

    Children:
    1. 3. Kate Martha Thomson was born 29 Jan 1845, , USA; died 1 Apr 1904, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.