Some Descendants of James THOMPSON and Mary McALLISTER
1 James Thompson 1809 - 1897
.. +Mary McAllester 1817 - 1884
....... 2 Martha Thompson 1836 - 1916
........... +Patrick Grant 1823 - 1895
................ 3 Frank Grant 1860 - 1931
................ 3 Mary Grant 1862 - 1939
................ 3 Nellie Grant 1866 - 1919
................ 3 Rose Ann Grant 1868 - 1957
.................... +John Rowan
......................... 4 Roy Rowan
......................... 4 Charles Rowan
......................... 4 Mae Rowan
................ 3 Lizzie Grant 1871 -
................ 3 James P. Grant 1872 - 1946
................ 3 Catherine Grant 1876 -
.................... +Nelson Lane 1881 - 1958
................ 3 Martha Grant 1878 -
................ 3 Margaret Grant 1883 -
....... 2 Robert Thompson 1835 - 1921
....... 2 Elize Thompson
....... 2 John Thompson
....... 2 Mary Thompson
....... 2 William J. Thompson
....... 2 Rose Ann Thompson
....... 2 James Thompson
....... 2 Alvenia Thompson
....... 2 Margaret G. Thompson
....... 2 Ellen Thompson
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Al
I remembered something after you told me about Alexander THOMPSON living
next door to James THOMPSON.
Sometime back I was going through a census, I believe from Canada, and
found a James THOMPSON and family. I had forgotten I had taken notes on it.
The James and Mary THOMPSON with right number of children appeared on the
census. I made the mistake of not noting which census it was but I figure,
based on my notes, it was the 1861 census. I do know that whatever census it
was the information was on page 71. I need to go back and find it. I do
note that the census list four of the children were born in Ireland and are
the right names for the kids born in Ireland. All the ages listed are off
by two years. Examples: James THOMPSON is listed as 50 years but if I take
his birth date listed in the book and figure the census was for 1861 then his
age should be 51 or 52 (depending on when in the year the census was taken).
The same is true for Mary THOMPSON. She is listed as 43 on the census but
her birth date would make her 44. Of course, folks sometimes made mistakes
about their ages. If you have access to the 1861 census you might want to
check it out. I will have to order it through the LDS.
The interesting item that caught my attention was the fact that a Jane
McALASTER, born in Ireland, age 77 was listed with the THOMPSON family. I
firmly believe that this person is Mary McALASTER THOMPSON's Mother or
possibly an Aunt. Is it possible that Mike Daley would have any additional
information on Jane McAlaster.
I found James THOMPSON's farm on the Metcalf map It appears that James had a
fairly large piece of land as well as did Alexander. It would be interesting
to figure out why James and Mary gave up the land and moved first to Illinois
and then to Kansas. James and Alexander are the only two THOMPSONs I see on
the map. I also note the ROWANs, who you mentioned, and the ELLIOTTs,
GRANTs, and CORRIGANs. All three surnames play a roll in the THOMPSON family
tree. I am beginning to wonder if some of these folks did not follow each
other around the country. It is going to be fun finding out.
On the same census, page 79, I found a Patrick GRANT, born in Ireland, age
34 with a wife Mary, born in Ireland, age 25 and son, Francis, born U.C. age
1. It is noted on page 17 of the book that Martha THOMPSON married a Patrick
GRANT after he had married. The bood does not list the name of the previous
wife but the two children are listed, Mary born 1862 and Frank (Francis) born
1860. This would mean Frank (Francis) would have been 1 year old for the
1861 census. I can only deduce that Patrick's first wife was named Mary and
she was born in Ireland. This is information not previously known to Paul
Johnston, who wrote the book.
For my education. The Metcalf area seems to have been laid out in squares.
Are these squares, as they are in Kansas, one mile on each side? If so, then
Patrick lived approximately 3 miles from James THOMPSON and James THOMPSON
lived about 3 miles from Alexander THOMPSON. Not an important fact but it
gives a person a relative sense of the area.
Is the map shown in the book just of the Osgoode TWP? If not, is it
possible to get a copy of the whole TWP from that time period? Is it
possible to get a copy of the Carlton County map from that period?
The above is an e-mail from Gene who is researching this family.
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