Thomson/Campbell

Parents
Parents
27th December 1895 at 2 Drummond Street, Edinburgh
John Sneddon Thomson
Mary Sandilands Campbell
Age 25
Age 23
Railway Clerk
-
Station House, Trinity
9 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

Children
Douglas
Jemima Petrie  (Mima)
Margaret (Madge) Adamson
Elizabeth Porteous Campbell (Bet/Lizzie)
3rd September 1905
 4th January 1897

12th December 1899

9th April 1902
7 Hope Street, Corstorphine, Edinburgh
11 Watson Crescent, Dundee Street, Edinburgh
10 Victoria Place, Trinity,
Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Other Information

Certificate of Proclamation of Marriage

1901 John, Mary Campbell, Jemima and Margaret resided at 5 Victoria Place, Trinity.

John Sneddon Thomson (1871-1917)

Born 1871 8 Union Street, Tillicoultry.
1895 lived at Station House, 5 Trinity Crescent, Trinity
1905 Railway Audit Clerk,
1905 Lived at 7 Hope Street, Corstorphine
In 1906, when his son Douglas was 8 months old, he went to Canada to work on the railway spanning Canada.
He returned during WWI to fight with the Canadian Army and died 1917 of Influenza in France.  He is buried in France

Photo in uniform
Grave in France (with Douglas)
Inscription close up
Details1
Details2
Letter from JS Thomson to his daughter Jemima (transcript)

Letter to his daughter Jemima written on 16th July 1916

Letter to his daughter Jemima written on 4th March 1914

 page 1  page 2  page 3   page 4   Envelope

Mary Sandilands Campbell (1872-1955)

Probably moved back to her parents address 9 Thistle Street when her husband moved to Canada
She owned and ran a dairy. She lived in West Preston Street. After John died she moved to Kirkliston. She died at the home of Douglas Thomson at 'Morag' Newbridge on 29 Jan 1955 age 82 (myocardial degeneration) Buried at the Grange Cemetery.

Census and daughter data courtesy of John Lenaghen

Photos
Mary Thomson (nee Campbell) at Aberdour in 50s Margaret  
Margaret (Madge) Adamson