Samuel Thomson

M, b. 4 July 1851, d. 23 May 1931
FatherJoseph Thomson
MotherHelen Kirk
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Birth*Samuel Thomson was born on 4 July 1851 at Martingirth, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.1,2  
BaptismHe was baptized on 27 July 1851 at Martingirth, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.1 
ResidenceHe lived circa 1877 at 13 Mount Pleasent, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.2 
Marriage*He married Mary Andrewina Stewart Rodger, daughter of Robert Rodger and Janet Henderson Robertson Gardner, on 26 December 1877 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.2,3 
Emigration*Samuel Thomson and Mary Andrewina Stewart (Rodger) Thomson emigrated on 4 August 1879 from Plymouth, Devon, England, on board the sailing ship "Pericles". Shortly after departing, the ship ran aground on the Manicle Rocks, near Falmouth Bay and had to return to Plymouth for repairs before again departing on the three month voyage bound for Sydney, Australia.4
Immigration*Samuel Thomson and Mary Andrewina Stewart (Rodger) Thomson immigrated on 14 November 1879 to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, arriving on board the sailing ship "Pericles".5
Occupation*Samuel Thomson was a carriage builder between 1884 and 1917 at Honeysuckle Point Locomotive Department Government Workshops, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.2,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
Residence*He and Mary Andrewina Stewart (Rodger) Thomson lived between 1886 and 1931 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.25,10,3 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Helen May Thomson on 1 May 1886 at Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.6 
Birth of SonHis son John William Thomson was born on 8 April 1888 at Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.7 
(Informant) DeathSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the death certificate of Helen May Thomson on 27 May 1889 at Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; "diphtheria."25 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Janet Andrewina Thomson was born on 24 April 1890 at Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.8 
(Informant) DeathSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the death certificate of Nellie Thomson on 12 May 1894 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; "maldevelopment."10 
(Witness) BirthSamuel Thomson witnessed the birth of Nellie Thomson on 12 May 1894 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.9 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Mary Elizabeth Thomson on 22 September 1895 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.11,26 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Samuel Lewis Sedgwick Thomson on 9 May 1898 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.12 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Florence Isabel Thomson on 1 December 1899 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.13,21,27,19,28 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Thomson was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Robert Rodgers Thomson on 15 March 1903 at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.14,20,21,27,29 
Marriage of DaughterHis daughter Janet Andrewina Thomson married Arthur Henry Morris, son of Henry Morris and Mary Cox, on 27 November 1912 at Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.15  
Marriage of SonHis son John William Thomson married Agnes Elsie McMaster, daughter of Duncan McMaster and Mary Stewart, on 7 March 1914 at Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.16  
Marriage of DaughterHis daughter Mary Elizabeth Thomson married James Victor Payne, son of Stephen Francis Payne and Sarah Padmore, on 30 September 1919 at Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.18,30,26  
Will*Samuel Thomson left a will on 16 March 1927 witnessed by Montague Edward Lascelles Cooke and Lance Grahame. The beneficiaries were Mary Andrewina Stewart (Rodger) Thomson. 
Marriage of DaughterHis daughter Florence Isabel Thomson married Percy Brock, son of James Brock and Elizabeth Ann Burns, on 22 December 1928 at Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.19,31,28  
Marriage of SonHis son Robert Rodgers Thomson married Olive Margaret Hunt, daughter of William Arthur Hunt and Elizabeth Hubbard, on 30 November 1929 at St. Margaret's Presbyterian Church, Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.20,32,29  
Death*Samuel Thomson died on 23 May 1931 of "(a) acute bronchitis (b) chronic interstitial myocarditis" at 8 Redman Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, at age 79. The informant listed on the death certificate was Samuel Lewis Sedgwick Thomson.21,22 
Burial*Samuel Thomson was buried on 24 May 1931 at Presbyterian Section 11SE, Plot 23, Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.21,33,34
ProbateHis estate was probated on 15 July 1931 in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. The executors assigned by the court were Mary Andrewina Stewart (Rodger) Thomson. The estate was valued at £565 14s 9d.22 

Family

Mary Andrewina Stewart Rodger b. 17 Sep 1857, d. 26 Apr 1948
Marriage*Samuel Thomson married Mary Andrewina Stewart Rodger, daughter of Robert Rodger and Janet Henderson Robertson Gardner, on 26 December 1877 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.2,3 
Children
Last Edited15 Apr 2025

Citations

  1. [S31] Troqueer Parish (Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 882/3, p. 117, Samuel Thomson baptism (1851); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 05 August 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 882/0030 0234 TROQUEER.
  2. [S25] England, marriage certificate for Thomson - Rodger, 1877; citing 8e/1212, Barrow in Furness registration district and subdistrict; General Registry Office, Southport.
  3. [S4158] "Personality Spotlight," Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, 25 Sep 1947, p. 8; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 31 Dec 2023).
  4. [S4159] "Accident to an Emigrant Ship," Shields Daily Gazette, 06 Aug 1879, p. 3, col. 6; digital images, British Library, British Newspapers 1800-1900 (http://newspapers.bl.uk : accessed 31 Dec 2023).
  5. [S4160] Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists), "Pericles 14 Nov 1879," p. 123, entry for Samuel and Mary Thompson; imaged, "New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/… : accessed 31 Dec 2023), image 12 of 59; citing NRS-5316, [4/4804], Reel 2141 held by the State Records Authority of New South Wales.
  6. [S1] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1886/029593 (1886), Helen May Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  7. [S2] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1888/031134 (1888), John William Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  8. [S3] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1890/024257 (1890), Janet Andrewina Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  9. [S4] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1894/037165 (1894), Nellie Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  10. [S14] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1894/014498 (1894), Nellie Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  11. [S5] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1895/038171 (1895), Mary Elizabeth Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  12. [S6] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1898/017349 (1898), Samuel Lewis Sedgwick Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  13. [S7] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1900/008725 (1900), Florence Isabel Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  14. [S8] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, birth certificate 1903/017457 (1903), Robert Rodgers Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  15. [S17] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, marriage certificate 1912/014259 (1912), Morris - Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  16. [S16] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, marriage certificate 1914/003118 (1914), Thomson - McMaster; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  17. [S4156] "Presentation," Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, 21 Dec 1917, p. 6; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 31 Dec 2023).
  18. [S18] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, marriage certificate 1919/010426 (1919), Payne - Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  19. [S19] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, marriage certificate 1929/002707 (1929), Brock - Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  20. [S4153] Victoria Department of Justice, marriage certificate 11606 (1929), Robert Rodger Thomson and Olive Margaret Hunt; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne.
  21. [S11] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1931/007172 (1931), Samuel Thomson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  22. [S6138] Museums of History New South Wales - State Archives Collection: Supreme Court of NSW, Probate Division; NRS 13660, Probate packets.NRS-13660-13-935-Series 4_175015 Samuel Thomson - Date of Death 23/05/1931, Granted On 15/07/1931.
  23. [S9] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1953/013859 (1953), Samuel Lewis Sedgewick; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  24. [S13] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1967/041160 (1967), Janet Andrewina Rodger; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  25. [S15] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1889/012422 (1889), Helen May Thompson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  26. [S6134] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 106780 (1982), Mary Elizabeth Payne; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  27. [S12] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 1948/011353 (1948), Mary Andrewina Stewart Thompson; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  28. [S6131] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 111540 (1991), Florence Isabel Brock; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  29. [S6168] Letters of probate of the estate of Robert Rodgers Thomson filed at Brisbane, granted by the Supreme Court of Queensland, 10 Feb 1998 (Queensland Courts, 839/98).
  30. [S6133] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 12838 (1958), James Victor Payne; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  31. [S6132] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, death certificate 107464 (1983), Percy Brock; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  32. [S605] Letter from R. W. Thomson (Caloundra, Queensland) to "Dear Lillian" [Lillian Biggs], 07 January 1998; privately held by David Gardner Crouch ([ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Lillian Biggs gave a copy of this letter to David Gardner Crouch in 1998.
  33. [S4151] Find a Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 Dec 2023), photograph, memorial # 191935151, gravestone for Samuel Thomson (28 May 1931), Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW.
  34. [S4154] "Obituary - Mr. Samuel Thomson," Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, 30 May 1931, p. 3; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 31 Dec 2023).