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- NOTE 1./ e-mail from Jim Johnson 1-25-02
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.
Alice also settled in the West of Canada, although I guess she was married in Sweden. Her husband
was from Sweden and they had no children. The story has always been that they made and lost several fortunes. She was the family historian. She was your grandmother's cousin. I met her a few times.
NOTE 2./ e-mail from: Mike Leipe: bihun.leipe@sympatico.ca 9/27/2005
It was a copy of Alice's document that led me to Bond Head, Ontario, where stands the tombstone of the original Thomas Thompson and his wife. Interestingly, I doubt if this stone is more than 40 or 50 years old - I figure Alice probably had the old one replaced. I've got a photo somewhere...
I actually remember visiting Alice at her home along the highway in Williams Lake, BC, as a small child. What I remember best is her empty swimming pool!
As you may be aware, Alice & Paul were great travelers. Turns out they took a ton of pictures and copious notes of their travels. I have these photos and notes - probably a dozen of those Kodak carousels of black & white slides!
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1897 - 1971 (73 years)
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