Thomson Family of Edinburgh

Marion Sutherland nee Thomson (formerly Waters) was Alister's Great Great Great Grandmother. Her father, Archibald Thomson married Janet Sime on 24 April 1812 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Janet was the daughter of John Sime.

1. Christian Thomson (8 March 1813, bapt. 28 March 1813, Canongate, Midlothian, Edinburgh) married William Thomson on 31 December 1840 at St Cuthberts Parish, Midlothian, Edinburgh.  Given the middle name of one of their children, I'm pretty certain of this marriage.  William seems to have been a brewer, in partnership with John Morison, Snr and Jnr, in Edinburgh.  There is a record in the Edinburgh Gazette on 7 January 1881, of the partnership being dissolved.  It records that William retired from the firm on 31 March 1878, and sons John Sime Thomson and Archibald Thomson are both listed as two of the three executors/trustees of his estate (William had obviously died between March 1878 and December 1880).  The other executor/trustee was a Mark Binnie.  Together, William and Christian had the following children:

   1.1 John Sime Thomson (1 November 1844, Canongate, Midlothian).  In the 1891 census John was recorded as being 47 years old and living in Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus).

   1.2 Archibald Thomson (16 November 1846, St Cuthberts,  Midlothian)

   1.3 Isabella Christina Thomson (8 December 1848, St Cuthberts,  Midlothian)

   1.4 Helen Thomson (1 February 1851, St Cuthberts,  Midlothian)

   1.5 Marion Thomson (21 March 1853, St Cuthberts,  Midlothian)

2. Marion Thomson (3 September 1815, bapt. 24 September 1815, Canongate, Midlothian, Edinburgh).

3. Helen Thomson (1 June 1817, bapt. 26 June 1817, Canongate, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

4. David Thomson (13 September 1819, bapt. 3 October 1819, Canongate, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

5. Janet Thomson (bapt. 5 November 1820, Canongate, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

6. John Thomson (3 February 1823, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

7. Archibald Thomson (6 March 1827, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

8. Margaret Thomson (8 March 1830, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

9. Robert Thomson (25 June 1831, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

10. Margaret Thomson (10 May 1833, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Edinburgh)

At Marion's baptism, Archibald is listed as being a Smith. They are listed as residing at Cropcauseway.

Hopefully more information to come.

Marion's father Archibald's family was possibly as follows, although this needs to be confirmed:

David Thomson married Marion Elder on 4 June 1775 at Haddington, East Lothian.  They had the following children:

1. Helen Thomson (14 June 1776, chr. 23 June 1776, Athelstaneford, East Lothian)

2. Alexander Thomson (2 June 1778, chr. 7 June 1778, Athelstaneford, East Lothian)

3. William Thomson (25 February 1780, chr. 27 February 1780, Athelstaneford, East Lothian)

4. David Thomson (1 January 1782, chr. 6 January 1782, Athelstaneford, East Lothian)

5. Marian Thomson (8 August 1784, chr. 15 August 1784, Haddington, East Lothian)

6. Jean Thomson (25 July 1786, chr. 30 July 1786, Haddington, East Lothian)

7. Margaret Thomson (28 June 1788, chr. 6 Julky 1788, Haddington, East Lothian)

8. Janet Thomson (2 July 1890, chr. 11 July 1890, Haddington, East Lothian)

9. Archibald Thomson (15 July 1792, chr. 22 July 1792, Haddington, East Lothian)

10. Robert Thomson (1 April 1795, chr. 5 April 1795, Haddington, East Lothian)

ANY MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED! :)

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Thanks to Wayne for assisting me with this information!!!