L.M. HIGNELL

T. married Vere Mary Burgess MASON. Vere and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

G.K. married M. THOMPSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.R. married E. KIRBY [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: used by W. P. Thompson was "Samuel J. Thompson"
• Name: Jacob Samuel Thompson
• Name: Samuel J. Thompson
• Occupation: Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; veterinary doctor
• Reference Number: 56.13
• Residence: Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; a big house within the western limits
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• _UID: DC4B14CB2FA248308E019297E96C78320616
• Birth: 1841, Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada; according to W. P. Thompson
• Birth: 2 Sep 1844, Caledonia, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada
• Birth: Abt 1845, Canada West, Canada
• Moved: Abt 1865, Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; from Haldimand County before his father died in 1868
• Residence: 16 Jun 1869, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1 Aug 1870, Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Politics: 1880-1890, Manitoba, Canada; He was elected a member of the Manitoba legislature for the riding of Norfolk
• Occupation: Abt 1890, Manitoba, Canada; Provincial Veterinary Surgeon for Manitoba
• Moved: Abt 1891, St. James, Manitoba, Canada; from Carberry, when he sold the farm
• Burial: Abt 1909, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; in Elmwood Cemetery
• Death: 3 Dec 1909, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Notes:

Christened:
Jacob was baptized by Rev. T. Demorest.

Courtship:
Samuel met Maggie on one of his infrequent visits to the farm near Decewsville. She was the sister of the family's three nearest neighbours - William, John and Ed Fawell.

Occupation:
"His veterinary office was under a farm building."

Residence:
He also had a barn and granary, with the farm land being further west.

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FHL microfilm # 2,230,879. NAC microfilm C-9917. In Walpole Township, Haldimand County, in the 1871 census searchable index, there is a Jacob Thompson, born in Ontario, Wesleyan Methodist, in District 17, subdistrict A, division page 3, page D. The Haldimand County census returns are items 1 to 18.

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He died December 3, 1909 in Winnipeg. See Legacy source A00582. April 26, 2005.

_TODO:
He married Margaret Fawell on June 6, 1869. The Ancestry.com index refers to the "Hullsville Curcuit" (Methodist), Haldimand County, on Family History Library microfilm # 1,030,057.

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Samuel and his wife, Margaret (Maggie) were buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg. He died December 3, 1909. Don't know her death date. Ask Donna Kirkwood, Linda Holdaway or others? See Legacy source A00582. April 26, 2005.

Birth:
Since he married on June 16, 1869 aged 24, his birth year was calculated as circa 1845.

Occupation:
"His work required him to be away a good deal, when the farm was run by his wife and older boys."

Moved:
He bought land at St. James, near Winnipeg.

Samuel married Margaret FAWELL on 16 Jun 1869 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Leonard FAWELL and Mary) was born on 3 Jan 1848 in Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada; died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; in Elmwood Cemetery
• Family: Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Maggie Fawell
• Name: Margaret Ann Fawell
• Reference Number: 56.13*
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• _UID: C6D4D9FE1A8B497989D627D9DDA54A2F324B
• Birth: Abt 1850, Canada West, Canada
• Residence: 16 Jun 1869, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada

Notes:

Family:
Maggie had three brothers, William, John and Ed Fawell. They were the nearest neighbours.

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MARGARET THOMPSON died in Winnipeg. See Legacy source A00582. April 26, 2005.

Birth:
Since she was age 19 when she married on June 16, 1869, her birth year was calculated as circa 1850.

Notes:

Marriage:
[The minister was probably a Methodist.]

Marriage registration:
The minister [Methodist?] on the Hullsville Curcuit probably recorded the marriage in his books. The Ontario Marriage Index refers to Family History Library microfilm # 1,030,057.