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 > >