James H. "Judge" Thompson

1835 - 1899  (64 years)

• Name	James H. "Judge" Thompson
  Born	1835	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	religion, black, life story,
  Race	Black
  Tribe	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Indian
  Name	Judge Thompson
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Barber
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-159558
  Died	6 Mar 1899
  Person ID	I159558	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James "Judge" Thompson,   b. 1784, , Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 May 1863, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lucy,   b. 1803, near, Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States ,   d. 11 Jun 1850  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F39886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JAMES "JUDGE" THOMPSON 1835-1899 James H. "Judge" Thompson was a black barber and Baptist preacher. He was the son of James and Lucy Thompson, former slaves who had moved to Canada from the United States. His father, also a barber, was one of the founders of the black Baptist church which held services, in the 1850's and 1860's, in a small rough cast frame building on King St., now part of Ainslie St. Mr. Thompson was described as a powerful preacher delivering "impressive discourses to large congregations". The Baptist congregation led by Mr. Thompson, is said to have disintegrated in the 1860's as members moved to other parts of the province. However, there was a renewal of the Baptist congregation in 1875 with the formation of the Galt Baptist Church. This church, in turn, became the South Water Street Baptist Church. Mr. Thompson died on March 6, 1899. Sources: 1. Linda Brown-Kubisch "In Search of Freedom, Early Blacks in Waterloo County:, Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 80, 1992. 2. Obituary Galt Daily Reporter Tuesday March 6, 1899. 3. Walter Gowing Tender Roots, A Century of Growth 1895-1995, WaltStar Publishing Co., Cambridge, Ontario. 1996. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.41. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 1 Page 2.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1835 - , Ontario, Canada Tribe - Indian - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Barber - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth