Alexander James Thompson (1828 - 1889)

Born 3 Jun 1828 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 1889 at age 60 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

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Alexander Thompson is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Alexander James Thompson was born in June 1828 in Nassau, Bahamas to Alexander Thompson and Charlotte Fernander.

He married Frances Augusta Finlayson, daughter of John Jamieson Finlayson, about 1849-1850 in the Bahama Islands. The couple had known children: twins John Edward and Alexander Matthews, Thomas Augustus, John Jamieson Finlayson, Alexander James, Arthur Wesley, Alexandra Agnes, Charlotte Julia, William Austin, Percy Gladstone, and Margaret Julia Thompson.

Alexander Thompson entered the colonial secretary's offices as a junior clerk in 1847. He later served as secretary to the Board of Health during the cholera epidemic in 1852, deputy Colonial Secretary in 1854, a Master of Chancery in 1859; Justice of the Peace and Coroner in 1860; a member of the Legislative Council, and appointed Provost Marshall in late 1862.

Alexander James Thompson passed away in 1889 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was buried in St Matthew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Nassau.

Sources

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRQK-9GPR?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-FMS%3A216279201 : 7 October 2014), Births 1856-1857 > image 9 of 311; Registrar General, Nassau. Birth of son John Jamieson Finlayson Thompson in 1856.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLP4-YHY : 16 December 2019), Alexander J. Thompson in entry for Alexandra Agnes Thompson, 1862. Birth of daughter Alexandra Agnes in 1862.

Bulletins and Other State Intelligence, Part 1, page 232. "The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander James Thompson Esq to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Bahama Islands.

1881 Colonial Office List, London, England.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2020), memorial page for Alexander J Thompson (Jun 1828–4 Mar 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 80964677, citing Saint Matthews Anglican Episcopal Church Cemetery, Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas ; Maintained by AMC (contributor 47368345) .