Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson (1865 - abt. 1951)

Born 16 Aug 1865 in North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of William Stoklas Thompson — married 10 Jan 1900 in Sutton, York County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died about 9 Mar 1951 at about age 85 in Queensville, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary was born about 1885.

Mary Smith married William Thompson at the age of 35. She was a spinster. William Thompson was a widower when he married Mary Smith. He was 49 and she was 35. They were married in North Gwillimbury.

Mary appears in the 1871 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Smith, Given Name: Mary, Gender: Female, Age: 6, Birth Year: 1865, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Church of England, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 43, Sub-District Name: North Gwillimbury, Sub-District Number: g, Page Number: 46, Line Number: 7, Microfilm: C-9966, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 1081880. Others in the household included: William age 54; Margaret age 50; Ann age 20; John age 16; Thomas age 12; Susan age 17; Frances age 10; William age 8; Henry age 7; Mary age 6.

Mary appeared in the 1881 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: SMITH, Given Name: Mary Eliza, Gender: F, Age: 14, Birth Year: 1867, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Church of England, Nationality: Irish, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 137, Sub-District Name: King, Sub-District Number: A, Division Number: 4, Family Number: 6, Page Number: 2, Microfilm: C-13249, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3610717. The household included: Margaret age 47; Susan age 21, (on next page); Thomas age 19 occupation labourer; Frances Jane age 18 occupation servant; William age 17, occupation labourer; Henry age 16, occupation labourer; Mary Eliza age 14.

Mary appeared in the 1891 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Smith, Given Name: Mary, Gender: Female, Age: 23, Birth Year: 1868, Marital Status: Single, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 131, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North and Snake Island, Sub-District Number: E, Family Number: 167, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3076626. The household included: Henry age 28, occupation farmer; Margaret age 68; Mary age 23.

Mary appears in the 1901 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Thompson, Given Name: Mary, Occupation: Farmer Wife, Gender: Female, Age: 35, Birth Date: 1865-08-06, Marital Status: Married, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Methodist, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: Scotch, Nationality: Canadian, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 130, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North - Snake Island, Sub-District Number: E, Division Number: 2, Family Number: 92, Page Number: 9, Microfilm: T-6507 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada. Others in the household include: William, Husband,April 15, 1850, age 50, born in Ontario, Scotch descent, Methodist, can read and write, can speak English; Alice, daughter, April 2, 1884, age 17, born in Ontario, Scotch descent, Methodist, can read and write, can speak English; Herbert, son, May 23, 1889, born in Ontario, Scotch descent, Methodist, can read and write, can speak English; Denelda, daughter, August 31, 1900, born in Ontario, Scotch descent, Methodist, can speak English.

Mary appears in the 1911 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Thompson, Given Name: Mary, Gender: Female, Age: 47, Birth Year: 1863, Birth Month: August, Marital Status: Married, Place of Birth: Ontario, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: Irish, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 137, Sub-District Name: Georgina, Sub-District Number: 3, Sub-District Description: Baldwin Village, Family Number: 46, Page Number: 5, Microfilm: T-20411 Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada Item Number: 6314956. Other household members included: Husband: William, age 71; Daughter: Annie Thompson age 11; Daughter: Dora Thompson age 7; Daughter:Bernis Thompson age 5.

Mary appears in the 1921 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Thompson, Given Name: Mary, Gender: Female, Age: 54, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: English, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 143, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North (Township), Sub-District Number: 6, Sub-District Description: 6A - All that portion of North Gwillimbury on west side of fifth Concession. 6B - All that portion of North Gwillimbury lying east of the fifth Concession; Family Number: 168, Page Number: 33, Line Number: 21, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada Item Number: 4044944. Others in the household included: William age 72; Lloyd Theskey, lodger age 7; Bernice age 15.

Appeared in the 1931 Canada Census in East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario. The household included: Harvey Miller age 54, occupation, merchant, general store; Ida Miller age 48, occupation homemaker; David Miller age 10; Helen Miller age 15; Mary Thompson age 65, domestic servant, widow.

She passed away March 9, 1951.

Appeared in the Newmarket Era on March 15, 1951, p. 14. The article is as follows:

Maple Hill - Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Mrs. Thompson who passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harford Leitch, last Friday.

Her obituary appeared in the Newmarket Era on 15 Mar 1951 on page 7. It is as follows:

Deaths - Thompson - At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leitch, Queensville, on Friday, March 9, 1951, Mary Eliza Smith, in her 87th year, widow of the late William S. Thompson and mother of Mrs. Woodward (Donalda), Ravenshoe; Mrs. Fritz (Dora), Toronto; Mrs. Leitch (Bernice), Queensville and Herbert of Hamilton. Interment Queensville cemetery on Sunday.

Buried in Queensville Cemetery (Plot J36.3), Queensville, York, Ontario, Canada.

Sources

"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBD-4KZ : 10 April 2015), William Thompson and Mary E Smith, 10 Jan 1900; citing registration, Sutton, York County, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,079.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1871: Mary Smith.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 30 May 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1081880. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Archives Canada. “Mary Eliza Smith 1881 Canada Census.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 7 Apr. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3610717.

Archives Canada. “Mary Smith 1891 Canada Census.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 16 Oct. 2015, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3076626.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1901: Mary Thompson.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 15 Mar. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3486187. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1911: Mary Thompson.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 15 Apr. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=6314956. Baldwin, Georgina Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1921: Mary Thompson.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 30 Aug. 2017, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4044944. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27313; Census Place: York North, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: u

Obituary is found in The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, March 22, 1951 on page 10.

"Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV94-RKJ3 : 16 July 2017), Mary Smith in entry for Bernice Thompson, 11 Aug 1905; citing Birth, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,257,204.

"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2C8-M95 : 10 February 2018), Mary Smith in entry for Annie Delinda Thompson, 31 Aug 1900; citing North Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, 31 Aug 1900, reference p 579 46109; FHL microfilm 2,079,527.

Newmarket Era and Express (Newmarket, ON), March 15, 1951, p. 14. (n.d.). https://news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2428840/page/1257162?q=leitch

“Newmarket Era and Express (Newmarket, ON), 22 Mar 1951, p. 10: Mary Smith Obituary.” Search: Ontario Community News, Newmarket Public Library, news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2428841/page/10?q=Leitch&docid=OOI.2428841. Queensville, East Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

“Newmarket Era and Express (Newmarket, ON), 6 Mar 1952, p. 7: In Memoriam - Mary Thompson (Bernice Leitch).” Search: Ontario Community News, Newmarket Public Library, news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2428891/page/1257910?q=(bernice).

Newmarket Era. (1951, March 15). Newmarket Era and Express (Newmarket, ON), March 15, 1951, 15 Mar 1951, p. 7 - Deaths Mary Thompson. Newmarket Public Library Digital History Collection. https://news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2428840/page/7?n=

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68JC-F4HB : 12 May 2022), Mary Eliza Smith Thompson, ; Burial, Queensville, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Queensville Cemetery; citing record ID 231190303, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231190303/mary-eliza-thompson.