Charles Edward Thomson (1832 - 1903)

Born 10 Nov 1832 in Kingston, Upper Canada

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Died 15 Nov 1903 at age 71 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Rev. Charles Edward Thomson, M.A., was an Anglican clergyman. At his death, he was the rector of St. Mark's Church in west Toronto. He is buried in St. James' Cemetery, Toronto.^[1]

Charles was the son of Hugh Thomson, M.P.P. for Frontenac and publisher of the Upper Canada Herald. He was educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity University.

As a clergyman, his principal pastorates were Elora, where he spent twenty years; ^[2] Hamilton, Weston and Toronto Junction, where he was pastor of St. Mark's Church for several years prior to his death.

The Rev. Mr. Thomson married Margaret Geddes, born at Elora; their children included:

• Adelaide Elizabeth Thomson, m. Rev. E. W. Pickford, of Norwood;
• Charles T. Thomson, a painter, of Toronto Junction ;
• Henry H. Thomson, manager of the Molsons Bank, Ridgetown ;
• Charlotte Margaret Thomson, m. A. P. Brown, of Manitoba;
• W. Colborne Thomson; and
• Kennett G. Thomson, a druggist of Norwood, Manitoba.

Sources

1. ↑ DIED. (1903, Nov 16). The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/docview/1354805742?accountid=14369
2. ↑ Adam, Graeme Mercer. Toronto, Old and New. Toronto: Mail Printing Company, 1891. Google eBook.

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDGZ-2PV : accessed 29 December 2015), Charles E. Thomson, 15 Nov 1903; citing Toronto Junction, York, Ontario, yr 1903 cn 30472, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,282.
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of York, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907, p. 642