S. THOMPSON

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• Reference Number: 56.14
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• _UID: 729C0BEF2B9F4E4799EDAC77E52ACD3723E6
• Education: Abt 1848, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada
• Land: Abt 1858, Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; farm of 100 acres that was 2 miles north of Decewsville, 12 miles from the lake and 50 miles west of Niagara
• Residence: 1894, Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada
• Death: 1896, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; of a brain tumor

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Physical Description:
W. P. Thompson, his son, described Wesley as "a very tall, thin man with a long face, the boney structure of which was not concealed by a thin red beard."

Character:
His son, W. P. Thompson, described his character. "He was a very stern, austere man and very religious, a staunch, old-fashioned Methodist and active in that church. He conducted family prayers and bible reading morning and night. He had no vices that I know of and no humor in his make-up."

Family:
W. P. Thompson recorded his family life. "He was very strict with his children; permitted no games on Sunday and no reading except of a religious paper. There was little affection between him and them. I cannot recall any demonstrations of affection for mother or any of the children. We did not fear him; he never punished ups physically."

Interests:
"I cannot recall any social, political, or community enterprises in which he took part except church work."

Will:
There was a will probated by a Wesley Thompson in Haldimand County. The refence numbers were: non-contentious business book # 94, grant book # 91, instrument # 1643, register book # 651, C.

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Wesley THOMPSON, N. Cayuga, 1643, 1896. FHL microfilm # 0,589,539 covers # 1612-1705, 1896-1897. N. Cayuga. Probate of a Wesley Thompson in non-contentious business book 94, grant book 91, instrument # 1643, register book 651, C.

Education:
His education "was confined to the elementary grades like that of all farm boys of the time, but as a man he seemed to be better educated than his neigbors, using good English with none of the ordinary mistakes. He owned only two books, the bible and a history of the North West Rebellion. But he was a regular subscriber to the Toronto "Globe" and the Montreal "Witness" (a weekly) and read them thoroughly; he often read long passages (political speeches, etc) from them aloud to the family. At that time the "Globe" reported political speeches verbatim in full."

Residence:
Since the farm was on good land, he was fairly prosperous. "He built a fine large house in 1894."

Wesley married Sarah BIGGAR in 1870. Sarah (daughter of James BIGGAR and Unknown CLEMENT) died in 1909 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 56.14*
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• _UID: D5E4763A46544DBDA29C48CC462E32FC019F
• Death: 1909, Ontario, Canada; from pneumonia

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SARAH THOMPSON died in 1909 - likely Haldimand County. FHL index microfilm # 1,819,303 items 4-6, T-V 1869-1919.

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• Reference Number: 56.1
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• _UID: 623CF184588E4CDAB8627DF5300AAC099AC6
• Birth: 9 Aug 1797, Queen's County, Ireland
• Emigration: 1832, Ireland; to Canada, aged around 30, with his brother, William Thompson,
• Residence: Abt 1832, Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada; at a farm that was adjacent to his brother William's farm
• Residence: Aft 1831, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; Caledonia
• Residence: 1837, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1844, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; at lot 8, concession 1 east of the plank road,
• Land: 25 Aug 1853, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1860, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; farm near Caledonia
• Residence: Abt 1868, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; farm near Caledonia which was sold when he died
• Burial: Aft 4 Sep 1868, Caledonia, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; in the old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery at the former Seneca Village

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1853 Seneca Township, Seneca Reserve?, W 1/2 of lot 8 EPKRD {east of the plank road}. ID 5, 1853 08 25, ND, Type S, Deed no. 01, R.G. series C-111-7, reference volume 003, page 035. FHL microfilm # 1,376,446 is index.

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Jacob THOMPSON died in 1868. Check microfilm # 0,589,520 - Haldimand County probate index v. 1-2 1851-1969. Also, Register books A (1851-1876) microfilm # 0,589,521, B (1876-1889) microfilm # 0,589,522, C (1889-1901) microfilm # 0,589,523. Also probate papers starting microfilm # 0,589,524.

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microfilm # 1630792. NAC # C-2960. Petition # W 22 / 14. August 6, 1840. Jacob Thompson.

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microfilm # 1,630,792. NAC # C-2960. Petition # W 22 / 14. August 27, 1840. (different date, but same number). Jacob Thompson.

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microfilm # 1,630,793. NAC # C-2961. Petition # W 22 / 96. December 8, 1840. Jacob Thompson, in Hamilton & Port Dover Road.

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Abstract for lot 8, concession 1 east of the plank road [?], Seneca Township. Ref: Legacy source A00582.

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Jacob and Eliza were likely in Seneca Township or Oneida Township.

Birth:
Since he died on September 4, 1868 aged 71 years and 26 days, his birthdate was calculated as August 9, 1797.

Residence:
The farms were "five miles south of Caledonia and one mile east of the Grand River".

Residence:
Jacob was listed, with his brother, William Thompson, on the Haldimand County Collector's Roll 1837. He was assessed 1 shilling, 5 pence for the District Tax, 7-1/2 pence for the 'Members Wage', for a total of 2 shillings, 4-1/2 pence.

Land:
Jacob bought land in Seneca, "res. Seneca W 1/2 of lot 8 EPK RD {east of the plank road} ID, type S, Deed no. 01. R.G. series C-111-7, reference volume 003, page 035".

Residence:
W. P. Thompson records that "his farm near Caledonia was a good one and he was prosperous. He built a fine large house on the farm."

Burial:
His gravestone was recorded as "In Memory Of / Jacob Thompson / Died 4 Sept. 1868 / Aged / 71 Yrs, 26 D's / A Native Of / Queens Co. Ireland".

Buried:
Jacob was buried in the Old Methodist Cemetery in the former Seneca Village, now part of Caledonia. His monument was numbered 32 in the OGS cemetery transcription.

Jacob married Elizabeth MAY. Elizabeth was born about 1808; died on 30 Mar 1881 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 30 Mar 1881 in Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Surname: Ireland
• Name: Eliza Waldron
• Name: Elizabeth
• Reference Number: 56.1*
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• _UID: C596A4C99F8549D1A85CCDB1AFCCB549017F
• Birth: Abt 1808
• Burial: Aft 30 Mar 1881, Caledonia, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; in the old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery at the former Seneca Village

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Surname:
W. P. Thompson states that her surname was "Waldron".

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ELIZA THOMPSON. FHL index microfilm # 1,819,303 items 4-6. T-V 1869-1919. Wife of Jacob, died March 30, 1881. Buried in Seneca Township.

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ELIZA THOMPSON. She was a widow, aged about 65. She may have been in Brant County. The farm may have been sold by 1871.

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David, Seneca, 956, 1886. Eliza, Jarvis, 733, 1881. Joseph, Walpole, 1630, 1896. Mary, Oneida, 1005, 1887. WESLEY, N. Cayuga, 1643, 1896. William, Oneida, 1569, 1895. William, Seneca, 1222, 1890. William the younger, Caledonia, 510, ? 1875.

Birth:
Since she died on March 30, 1881 aged 73 years, her birth year was calculated as circa 1808.

Burial:
Her gravestone was recorded as "In / Memory Of / Eliza / Wife Of / Jacob Thompson / Died / Mar 30, 1881 / Aged 73 Y'rs".

Buried:
Eliza is buried in the Old Methodist Cemetery at the former Seneca Village, now part of Caledonia, Haldimand County. The monument number was 14 on the OGS cemetery transcription.

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• Moved: Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; from the farm to a big brick house on the main street of Jarvis in
• Name: James P. Biggar
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• _UID: F60E3E6DE7344A96A9B612A1C371554F9484
• Death: 14 Jul 1905, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Physical Description:
"He was a huge man, well over 6 feet in height and weighing 250 lbs without fat."

Character:
"He was a genial, kindly giant full of fun and jokes." "There was great affection between him and mother [Sarah Biggar Thompson] and he frequently drove over (12 miles) to our place to spend a day or night with us. He was an almost incessant smoker."

Health:
"Late in life, he developed cancer of the jaw. At that time there was no operating. For sometime before the end" his daughter, Sarah (Biggar) Thompson "moved in with them and nursed him - a horrible job which nearly drove her crazy."

Interests:
"He took no part in political or community affairs."

Moved:
"The house had two tall spruces in front and a wonderful grape arbor behind. There was a big living room and a parlor across the central hall from it. On rare occasions grandmother allowed us as a great privilege to go into the parlor for a short time. The furniture was covered with hard black horsehair cloth. The room was always kept dark."

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Registration # 011795-05. Family History Library microfilm # 1,854,396 # 10685-16362. He died July 14, 1905. See A00623. Index microfilm: Family History Library microfilm # 1,411,568 items 1-3. B 1891-1919. WPT memoir says James died in 1907.

James married Unknown CLEMENT. Unknown died after 1907 in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Physical Description:
"She was a tiny woman who couldn't have weighed 100 lbs."

Character:
"She had a very sharp tongue and showed no indulgence to her grandchildren - perhaps to counter-balance grandfather's activities."

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• Family: Ireland
• Family: Ireland
• Name: Ireland
• Reference Number: 112.0
• Religion: Ireland; Quaker
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• _UID: CD661B4A8ABB4C178A5911921C94B37DA65C

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Family:
W. P. Thompson said that "besides William and Jacob, they had two sons and two daughters all of whom remained in Ireland."

Family:
W. P. Thompson reported that "there is no evidence, although Cecil searched diligently, that at the time the brothers emigrated or previously or subsequently, the family in Ireland included any prominent members."

Name:
W. P. Thompson says that "the brothers' father was named William."

Religion:
W. P. Thompson stated "The family were Irish Quakers. There is no doubt about this."

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by Taylor and Skinners. Shannon: Ireish U. Press. 911.415 T138 at Toronto Reference Library

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FHL books 941.5 A5h volumes 1 to 11, LARGE Q REF. FHL microfilms # 1440939 (vol. 1-2), # 1440940 (vols. 3-4), # 1440941 (vols. 5-7), # 1440942 (vols. 8-9), and # 1440943 items 1-2 (vol. 10-11). Book "Manuscription Sources for the History of Irish Civilization" by R. J. Hayes, 1965. University of Toronto, Robarts Library, call # Z.2041. Try U of C also. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 9, 2005.
Vol. 1 - Persons A-D,
Vol. 2 Persons E-K,
Vol. 3 Persons L-O,
Vol. 4 Persons P-Z,
Vol. 5 Subjects A-I,
Vol. 6 Subjects J-Z,
Vol. 7 Places A-K,
Vol. 8 Places L-Z,
Vol. 9 Dates to 1699,
Vol. 10 Dates 1700-1961,
Vol. 11 Lists of manuscripts.

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Maps 1858 & 1902, 1" ordnance. At U of T Robarts Library.

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microfilm # 0571397 includes Mountmellick Monthly Meeting (County Leix/Queens): births 1616-1857, marriages 1649-1856, deaths 1648-1860. Also has records of Rich Hill Monthly Meeting (County Armagh). There are no title boards nor item numbers on these films, and the registers are generally unlabeled. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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941.5 K2gi Reference. "Guide to Irish Quaker Records 1654-1860". Olive C. Goodbody. 237 pages. Contains extracts from wills, letters, diaries, etc. No microfilms or microfiche. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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microfilm # 1597641 item 5. "Index to P. Beryl Eustace's and Olive C. Goodbody's Quaker records, Dublin: abstracts of wills (incomplete)". Microfilm of original typescript (21 pages). Index to collection of wills and inventories (six) preserved at the meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends in Dublin. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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941.5 K25hk. "The Religion of Irish Dissent, 1650-1800." Proceedings of 1995 conference. See Kevin Herlihy's "Spiritual Perception and the evolution of the Irish Quakers". total 128 pages. ISBN: 1851822364. No microfilms or microfiche. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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942 X4v. "Friends in life and death: the British and Irish Quakers in the demographic transition 1650-1900." Richard T. Vann & David Eversley. 281 pages. ISBN: 0521392012. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Part of Cambridge studies in population, economy and society in past time: 17. No microfilms or microfiche. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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microfiche 6394363 (1 fiche). "Tithe Defaulters, Ireland, 1831". Stephen McCormac, compiler. Lists of people by county and then parish - people who did not pay their tithes for the year 1831. Malvern, Victoria [Australia?]: Data Tree Pub, 1998. ISBN: 0958525501. Set of 15 microfiche. {No circulation to family history centers.} Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005.
6394360 (2) Cork,
6394361 (4) Kilkenny,
6394362 (1) Limerick,
6394363 (1) Kerry, Leix, Carlow, Meath, Offaly,
6394364 (1) Louth,
6394365 (3) Tipperary,
6394366 (1) Waterford,
6394367 (2) Wexford.

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microfilm # 0,257,818 item 2. "The Lodge Book". Oliver Lodge. Copy of Sir Oliver lodge's record of the Lodge family. Microfilm copy of original typescript (49 leaves) in The Castle, Dublin, Ms. no. 611. Includes Ossory marriage license bonds, deeds, wills, etc., biographical notes, letters and pedigrees for the Lodge family. For a separate index to the pedigrees see: Pedigree Index No. II part 2. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005

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William married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ireland
• Reference Number: 113.0
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Name:
W. P. Thompson reported that "their mother was a St. John".