Catherine (Rakowski) Thomson (1856 - 1927)

Born 24 Dec 1856 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Wife of James Thomson — married 20 Oct 1887 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Died 1 Oct 1927 at age 70 in Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Catherine was born in Collingwood, Victoria in on the 24th December 1856.^[1][2]

She was living in the same street, probably in the same house as her father and sister Idalia, 73 Tanner St. Richmond, when he died 1887-07-30.

She married James Thomson three months later, in Petersham, (Sydney) NSW.^[3]

On the 17th October 1887 she is reported to have passed through Albury with her sister Mrs. Daly (misspelled) on their way to Sydney, she was married on the 20th at her sister, Helene Daley's home.^[4]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW ) Sat 5 Nov 1887 THOMSON— RAKOWSKI— October 20, at the residence of the bride's sister, Wharfdale, Petersham. James Thomson, eldest son of the Rev. A. Thomson, Millerston, Glasgow, to Kate, third daughter of the late Severin A. Rakowski, Melbourne.^[5]

The couple may have had 4 children, but only "Dallie" is mentioned in the death notice below.

1. 1893 THOMSON WILLIAM J ^[6]
2. 1900 THOMSON CHARLES^[7]
3. 1901 THOMSON LESLIE G^[8]

Her youngest brother Charles Victor died in August 1927, mentioned here because the notices below point out her address and his alias.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Fri 5 Aug 1927
HOPE—At 201 Parramatta road. Charles Victor Hope, loved brother of Mrs. James Thomson, Albermarle-ave, Rose Bay.^[9]

She died the same year as her brother Charles Victor, in 1927 and is interred at Waverley Cemetery. ^[10]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW ) Mon 3 Oct 1927 THOMSON, October 1, 1927, at her residence, 10 Albermarle avenue, Rose Bay, Catherine, beloved wife of James Thomson, and daughter of the late Count Severin Rakowski, and beloved mother of Dallie.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Fri 26 Dec 1856 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7142185
2. ↑ Victoria Secondary Birth Death Marriage Records: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
   Family name: RAKOUSKI | Given name(s): Cath | Event: births | Mother's name / Spouse's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Cath | Mother's family name at birth: PHILLIPS | Father's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Severin | Place of birth: COLL'WOOD | Reg. year: 1856 | Reg. number: 10903/1856
3. ↑ BDM NSW Marriage record: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages
   Registration number 2446/1887 | Groom's Family Name THOMSON | Groom's Given Name(s) JAMES | Bride's Family Name(s) RAKOWSKA | Bride's Given Name(s) CATHERINE | District PETERSHAM
4. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald , Tue 18th Oct., 1887
5. ↑ The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW ) Sat 5 Nov 1887 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165221101
6. ↑ BDM NSW Birth record: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages
   Registration number 1624/1893 | Father's Given name(s) | CHARLES Mother's Given name(s) CATHERINE | District SYDNEY
7. ↑ BDM NSW Birth record: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages
   Registration number 19116/1900 | Father's Given name(s) CHARLES | Mother's Given name(s) CATHERINE I District SYDNEY
8. ↑ BDM NSW Birth record https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages
   Registration number 29066/1901 | Father's Given name(s) I CHARLES Mother's Given name(s) CATHERINE | District SYDNEY
9. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16394949
10. ↑ BDM NSW Deaths, secondary record. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/deaths
    THOMSON CATHERINE | Registration number 21211/1927 | Father's Given Name(s) SEVERIN A | Mother's Given Name(s) CATHERINE | District WOOLLAHRA
11. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW ) Mon 3 Oct 1927 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16408331