Hi- Not that I'm aware of- that's what I'm trying to find out- if he is s/o JOHN THOMSON, bro of my THOMAS orig. from Westray/PapaW. cheers Dutch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan and Bob Grant" <grantos@ozemail.com.au> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] THOMSONs & HBC > Hi Dutch > > Is there any record of parents for this James Thomson??? > > Thanks > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R.A.(Dutch) Thompson" <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca> > To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:41 AM > Subject: [ORKNEY] THOMSONs & HBC > > >> Hi- >> It never dawned on me to look for long-ago relatives from Orkney in >> the > Hudsons Bay Co archives >> http://www.gov.mb.ca:80/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/index.html >> >> because my THOMAS THOMSON and ELIZABETH BURGAR emigrated to Nova Scotia >> ca > 1810 and we have no family tradition of links with the HBC- >> however, some of Thomas' sibling- notably bro JOHN THOMSON of Papa >> Westray > and later Kirkwall- may have had offspring work for the HBC- wondering if > anyone can help with parents/siblings of : >> >> JOHN A THOMSON- from South Ronaldsay, started w/ HBC 1850 died in western > Canada. >> >> JOHN C THOMSON from South Ronaldsay, joined HBC 1867 >> >> JOHN THOMSON from S. Ronaldsay, joined HBC 1863 died 1864. >> >> JOHN D THOMSON from S Ronaldsay, joined HBC 1876. >> >> Also- >> Where is Milster House in Orkney ? HBC records have a >> JAMES THOMSON who started work with HBC in 1770, was stranded on ice floe > and died 1772. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dutch Thompson in PEI Canada >> >> ------------------ >> 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 > > ------------------ > 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