This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: patsteen143 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/11185.6.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Just a few minor comments: 1. I do not think Robert Thompson had 18 children. He was a school teacher and ran his own school in his house in Castle Street, Lisburn. 18 children probably refers to the number of children in his school. He had 8 known offspring. 2. William Thompson (1822 - 31 Oct 1842) was the son of a William Thompson and not Robert Thompson. (Ref: Those Hallowed Grounds, Vol 2. Published by the Lisburn Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society in 2005.) 3. Jane Thompson died in Castle Street, Belfast. Her death notice in the Belfast News-letter of Wednesday 26 March 1851 reads: THOMPSON March 23, at the residence of her brother, Castle-street, Belfast, Jane, second daughter of Robert Thompson, Castle-street, Lisburn. She was buried in the Friends Burying Ground, Railway St, Lisburn. 4. Robert Thompson of Richardson Sons & Owden, was living at 2 Wilmont Terrace, Lisburn Road, Belfast in 1861 (Ref: Street Directory) and he probably bought Walton in Fortwilliam Park around 1861 or very soon afterwards. So his children born in or before 1861 would not have been born at Walton. Incidently Wilmont Terrace still stands and is an attractive Victorian terrace on the Lisburn Road, adjacent to the City Hospital and is now used as offices. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.