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James Thomson fonds
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1844-1949 (Production)
- Producteur
- Thomson, James
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Description matérielle
0.05 m of textual records
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Notice biographique
James Thomson was a farmer, baker, miner and lumberman who lived in Edwardsburgh, Canada West (now Cardinal, Ont.). Born in 1823 in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Thomson worked as a baker's apprentice at the age of 22 until he emigrated to Canada in 1844. He stayed in Montreal that first winter, then moved to Edwardsburgh to work as a baker. In 1849, he moved to Chicago, where he found employment in a lumber firm. In 1850, he travelled to California, then the Fraser Valley (Cariboo), where he took up mining, and continued working as a baker and a lumberman. Three years later, he had earned enough money to purchase a farm in Edwardsburgh. He would later work for the Edwardsburgh Starch Company as assistant book-keeper
After settling in Edwardsburgh, he married Mary Armstrong in 1854. They raised five children: James, Colin, Edwin, Mary and Agnes. They had born two others, Lora and an unnamed infant, who both died at young ages. James passed away in 1895.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
The fonds consists of correspondence and a diary (1862) written by James Thomson, as well as genealogical notes on the Thomson family. The correspondence includes letters he wrote to his father, mother and sister in Scotland, and later to his wife in Edwardsburgh. Also includes an obituary notice of his son's (1949).
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Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift of Mr. George Billings McClean.
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- anglais
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3016
Disponibilité d'autres formats
The letters were published by McGill-Queen's University Press as "For friends at home: A Scottish emigrant's letters from Canada, California and the Cariboo 1844-1864," edited by Richard Arthur Preston.
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None
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None
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Éléments associés
See also the Richard Arthur Preston fonds.
Accroissements
No further accruals are expected