Here is what I found at : http://www.cursiter.com/txt-exe-files/Thomson.txt James Thomison b. April 11, 1862                            @ orphir, Orkney, Scotland                   Father - James Thomison                   Mother - Margaret Groundwater There are other Thomson's there. Isabella ----- Original Message ----- From: David Palmquist <davidpalmquist@dccnet.com> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:09 am Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] ORKNEY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 178 To: orkney@rootsweb.com > I started with the BC Vital Statistics, and could only find a > James > Thompson, not Thomson, who died that date in Vancouver.  > Since the > age matches the birth year 1861, I suspect you're searching > Orcadian > sources with the wrong spelling of the name.  See if you > have better > luck with the p. > > > Vital Event Death Registration > >          > Name:     James Thompson > >          Event > Date:     1948 12 12 (Yr/Mo/Day) >          > Age:            87 >          > Gender:         male >          Event > Place:    Vancouver > >          Reg. > Number:    1948-09-011117 >          B.C. Archives > Microfilm Number:  B13199 >          GSU Microfilm > Number: 2032569 > > David > > At 00:01 2008-12-21, you wrote: > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 2 > >Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:40:02 -0800 (PST) > >From: philip booker <ky3215@yahoo.com.au> > >Subject: [ORKNEY] James Thomson (1861-1948) > >To: List Orkney <orkney-l@rootsweb.com> > >Message-ID: <163405.97386.qm@web54205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > >Given the recent interest in Canadian Thomsons I'd like to > mention > >again my James Thomson who died in Vancouver on 12 December > 1948 and > >who's death certificate says he was born on 13 April 1861 in > the > >Orkney Islands. He was a prospector, hotelier, landlord and > athlete > >and had financial and personal links with the Orkney Islands. > >However no record can be found of his birth or parents in Orkney. > > > >Does anyone have him in their records? > > > >Regards > > > >Philip Booker > > > > > >       Stay connected to the > people that matter most with a smarter > > inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox > > > > > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, > Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >