Isabella Erskine THOMPSON
1899 - -
Name Isabella Erskine THOMPSON Born 21 Sep 1899 London, Ontario, Canada 
[1] Gender Female Died Victoria, British Columbia Person ID I3944 Bob-Millie Family Tree Last Modified 22 Jan 2025
Father Alexander Cecil THOMPSON
b. 14 Jan 1862, St. Mary's, Perth County, Ontario
d. 19 Jan 1946, London, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Mother Annie Eleanor JACOBS
b. 13 Mar 1869, St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada
d. 02 Jun 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) Relationship natural Married 10 Jun 1894 London, Ontario, Canada Family ID F885 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ernest Thomas BUFFUM
b. 27 May 1901, Weare, New Hampshire
d. 16 Apr 1983, Victoria, British Columbia (Age 81 years) Married 23 Dec 1925 Kelowna, British Columbia [2] Children 1. Living BUFFUM [natural] 2. Living BUFFUM [natural] 3. Living BUFFUM [natural] 4. Joan BUFFUM
b. 02 Jul 1933, Vernon, British Columbia
d. 23 May 2003, Qualicum Beach, B.C. (Age 69 years) [natural]Last Modified 22 Jan 2025 Family ID F2054 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Per Jim Johnson 1-25-02:
The Thompsons: My grandmother Isabel Thompson and her two older sisters, Beth and Alice, got
into a car in London and drove across Canada to the West. They did jobs along the way as
stenographers or whatever for money. My grandmother met her husband at Bulman's Ranch in the Okanagan Valley of BC. That's where they settled and my mother and her siblings were born and raised.
I always thought my grandmother's and Alice's story of working their way across Canada was
romantic and exciting. Imagine three sisters on their own in the 1920s. I've always imagined George Jacobs as being another kind of romantic adventurer type.
Per Jim Johnson 2-25-02:
Apparently Grandma Buffum (Isabella Thompson) did a radio show in Vernon at one time. I only heard that when she died and I was at my aunt's house in Victoria and a guy came over to get info for her eulogy.
Grandma had an affected accent that was not normal Canadian. It was a put-on British accent, and in her defense I would point out that, after all, her mother had been around the Empire, and her grandfather was born and raised in Britain.
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Sources - [S2003] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907.
Name: Isabelle Erskine Thompson
Date of Birth: 10 Sep 1899
Gender: Female
Birth County: Middlesex
Father's name: Alexander Cecil Thompson
Mother's name: Annie Eleanor Jacobs
Roll Number: MS929_146
- [S1183] B.C. Archives, B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13750.
Vital Event Marriage Registration : Groom Name: Ernest Thomas Buffum
Bride Name: Isabel Erskine Thompson : Event Date: 1925 12 23 (Yr/Mo/Day) : Event Place: Kelowna : Reg. Number: 1925-09-294543
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13750
GSU Microfilm Number: 2074320
- [S2003] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907.
