There are the following James Thomson's born around this time. 1 1860 THOMSON JAMES M HOY AND GRAEMSAY /ORKNEY 020/00 0005 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER 2 1861 THOMSON JAMES M SOUTH RONALDSAY AND BURRAY /ORKNEY 029/00 0041 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER 3 1861 THOMSON JAMES M PAPA WESTRAY /ORKNEY 033/02 0010 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER Can you give any more information, parents etc. Willie Sinclair 2008/12/20 philip booker <ky3215@yahoo.com.au>: > 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 >