Bereich 'Titel und Anmerkung zur Verantwortlichkeit'
Haupttitel
James Thomson fonds
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Bereich "Edition"
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Angaben zum Maßstab (kartografisch)
Angaben zur Projektion (kartografisch)
Angaben zu Koordinaten (kartografisch)
Angaben zum Maßstab (architektonisch)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Bereich "Entstehungszeitraum"
Datum/Laufzeit
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1844-1949 (Anlage)
- Urheber/Bestandsbildner
- Thomson, James
Bereich 'Physische Beschreibung'
Physische Beschreibung
0.05 m of textual records
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Bereich "Archivische Beschreibung"
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
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.
Bestandsgeschichte
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
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).
Bereich "Anmerkungen"
Physischer Zustand
Abgebende Stelle
Gift of Mr. George Billings McClean.
Ordnung und Klassifikation
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache
- Englisch
Schrift in den Unterlagen
Aufbewahrungsort der Originale
3016
Verfügbarkeit anderer Formate
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.
Zugangsbeschränkungen
None
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None
Findmittel
Verbundene Materialien
See also the Richard Arthur Preston fonds.
Zuwächse
No further accruals are expected