Notes:

NOTE 1./
5-05-02: Searched the entire LDS Canadian 1881 census for Annie (Ann) and then Jane Thompson with a husband named Robert. There were about 4 returns on Anne, 2 returns on Jane, for a total of about 4 of which were in Northern Ontario, but none matched any of the childrens names on record of; Ben, Alexander Cecil or Will. Possible re-evaluation looking for Annie Jane as a widow, living with a son named Ben or Alexander or Will. If found living with a daughter, nothing could be confirmed since there is no record of a daughter from this union.

NOTE 2./ LISTS OF THE PIONEERS
This is a list of approximately 1800 names of settlers before the year 1837. It is an appendix to the book "The History of Simcoe County" by Andrew F. Hunter. I found it necessary to add verbatim his narrative about the list and the problems that arose in preparing the list. I strongly suggest you read it before viewing the list.
TECUMSEH TOWNSHIP
Settler Concesssion Lot
THOMPSON, John 6 23
THOMPSON, Robert 4 23 (S1/2)
THOMPSON, Wm. 4 24 (S Pt)
THOMPSON, Thomas 4 23 (N1/2)
Cannot explain the Unknown John Thompson. but Robert, William ans Thomas seem to be close enough to be the sons of Thomas Thompson b. 1789.

NOTE 3./ 1871 Stratford Town, Perth North, Ontario census

Name: Robert Thompson
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ontario
Residence District: Perth North
Residence Location: Stratford Town
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: Church of England, Anglican
Occupation: Cabinet Maker
Division: 5
Microfilm Roll: C-9940
Page: 35
Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household

NOTE 4./ 1891 Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario census,

Name: Robert S Thompson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Province: Ontario
District Number: 107
District: Oxford North
Subdistrict: Woodstock
Archive Roll #: T-6360

Household Members: Name Age
Robert S Thompson 60
Mary Thompson 48
Sarah J Thompson 10
Annie Thompson 7
George Thompson 11

Family/Spouse: Anne Jane WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Emma WINN on 18 Sep 1876 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario. Mary (daughter of John WINN and Ann UNKNOWN) was born on 24 Mar 1852 in WindhamTwp, Norfolk County, Ontario; died on 16 Sep 1918 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Woodstock Baptist, Oxford County, Woodstock, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Notes from Alice Georgina nee Thompson Jorgenson family tree indicate Alexander Cecil Thompson was born in Stratford, St. Mary's, Canada.

NOTE 2./ 1901 Wentworth South, Ontario, Canada census

Family Name Sex Relationship Single/married, DOB Age at last birthday
2 Thompson Alex M Head M Jan 14 1865 36
2 Thompson Annie F Wife M Mar 13 1869 32
2 Thompson Elisbeth F Daughter S May 29 1896 5
2 Thompson Alice F Daughter S Jun 10 1897 4
2 Thompson Eliza F Daughter S Sep 23 1899 2

Alexander married Annie Eleanor JACOBS on 10 Jun 1894 in London, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of George JACOBS and Elizabeth Eleanor ERSKINE) was born on 13 Mar 1869 in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 02 Jun 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Woodland, London (Section P,R) Middlesex London MX-152-6. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1911 Hamilton East, Ward 7, Ontario census,

Name Sex Relation M/S Birth Year Birthplace Age
187 Thompson Benjamin M Head M Nov 1865 Ontario 45
187 Thompson Emma F Wife M Sep 1871 Ontario 39
187 Thompson Wesley M Son S Mar 1906 Ontario 5
187 Ecclestone James M Father in Law W May 1841 England 70

Benjamin married Emma Louisa ECCLESTONE on 07 Jun 1905 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario. Emma (daughter of James ECCLESTONE and Sarah Ann BRIGGS) was born on 18 Sep 1871 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario; died after 1911 in Hamilton East, Wentworth, Ontario; was buried in Hamilton Wentworth Hamilton HM-289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Genealogy compiled by Alice Georgina nee Thompson Jorgensen notes that " George was with the Mounted Police in Toronto, thrown from his horse. Died one year later in New Zealand, his wife's home".

George married Violet Addison SHEW on 24 Jun 1903 in York County, Ontario. Violet (daughter of Thomas A SHEW and Hannah JUDE) was born in 1884 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lilly married John James Innes STEWART on 12 Apr 1906 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario. John was born in 1885 in Inverness, Scotland; died in 1965 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married William SUTHERLAND on 26 Dec 1901 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario. William (son of John SUTHERLAND and Emily MARSHALL) was born in 1878 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Per Jim Johnson 1-25-02:

Beth Thompson was a nurse and never married. She lived in Long Island. Another of those
Thompsons lived in New Jersey and their
funeral was in Short Hills, which kind of impressed me, as that's one of those too-too suburbs. Another Thompson cousin lived in the mid-Hudson Valley and my mother looked her up on one visit.

NOTE 2./ Ontario Births

Name: Elizabeth Alexa Thompson
Date of Birth: 29 May 1896
Gender: Female
Birth County: York
Father's Name: Alexander Cecil Thompson
Mother's Name: Annie Edeanor Jacobs
Roll Number: MS929_136

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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: [email protected] 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!

Alice married Paul JORGENSEN in 1936 in Malmo, Sweden. Paul was born in in Sweden; died in May 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Isabella married Ernest Thomas BUFFUM on 23 Dec 1925 in Kelowna, British Columbia. Ernest (son of Thomas H. TURNBULL and Ada Elvira HARRIS, son of Albert Luther BUFFUM and Ada Elvira HARRIS) was born on 27 May 1901 in Weare, New Hampshire; died on 16 Apr 1983 in Victoria, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Florence Deborah MARTIN on 02 Oct 1928. Florence (daughter of Ovide MARTIN and Mary UNKNOWN) was born on 29 Sep 1904 in Ferris, Nipissing, Ontario; died before 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario; was buried in Capital Memorial Gardens Carleton Nepean OT-95-CMG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Ontario Births

Name: Robert Alexander Thompson
Date of Birth: 20 Oct 1904
Gender: Male
Birth County: Middlesex
Father's Name: Alexander Thompson
Mother's Name: Annie Eleanor Jacobs
Roll Number: MS929_169

Family/Spouse: Victoria D. PATTERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jean LA DOUCEUR on 17 Jun 1937 in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada. Jean was born in 1913; died on 23 Oct 1940 in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907,

Name: Edmund Cecil Thompson
Date of Birth: 27 Feb 1909
Gender: Male
Birth County: Middlesex
Father's Name: Alexander Cecil Thompson
Mother's Name: Annie E Jacobs
Roll Number: VRBCAN1908_102556

NOTE 2./ LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY <>

THOMPSON, EDMUND CECIL
T5 US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/27/1909
DATE OF DEATH: 06/20/1957
BURIED AT: SECTION X SITE 4949
LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY
2040 WELLWOOD AVENUE FARMINGDALE, NY 11735-1211
(631) 454-4949

Edmund married Helen B. MCSHANE in 1936. Helen (daughter of James C MCSHANE and Helen C UNKNOWN) was born on 07 Jul 1904 in New York; died on 23 Jun 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gordon WING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living LUNY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aleta MCGUGGAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary COWAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living CHUBA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living JOHNSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frederick George WALLACE. Frederick was born on 03 Jun 1921 in Limerick, Ireland; died on 07 Jun 1985 in Victoria, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living LEIPE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susan JAMES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3-16-02 per Peggy nee Buffum Johnson e-mail:
Francyl Sue. I met her in NYC years ago, and I cannot remember just when. Her mother, Jean, was killed in an auto accident. At one time she could have been raised by Alice and Paul. I think Sue spent some time with Alice and was included in her will, even though Sue did not write. She did not write anyone. Grant Thompson knew her as children. I heard some of the horror stories regarding her dad's second marriage, to Victoria, who was the epitome of rotten step-mothers. Sue married ..... and had two children. I believe she lived near Chicago. She married David Dauley. Sue was a nurse who worked with autistic children. She was a heavy smoker.

E-mail 5-20-2004 per Peggy nee Buffum Johnson:
When Uncle Bob Thompson's first wife was killed in an accident in - where? -Canada -Alice tried to get Bob to let her raise Francyl Sue. Well, the gods were watching and it did not work out. I met Francyl Sue in NYC many years ago... with Aunt Beth Thompson. Sue smoked up a storm. Kept in touch with very little since she hated to write letters, She was an RN working with autistic children. Had her son with her first marriage and a daughter by Dauly.

Family/Spouse: Norman BENTLEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David DAULEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living ANDERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. was born in in Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living WARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living FITZGERALD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nancy KEHOE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]