THOMSON, John ¹

  General Notes:

The 1881 census recorded John Thomson as head of the household residing at High Street, Edzell, in Forfarshire. John was a postmaster by occupation. He was recorded as 40 years of age and had been born in Kinneff, Kincardineshire. His wife, Jane and their two chldren James and Martha lived in the household too.

John Thomson was the informant of the death of his father in law, John Quigley, in 1887. ^{1 3 4}

John married Jane C. QUIGLEY, daughter of John QUIGLY and Jane JARDINE, on 6 Feb 1873 in Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland.¹ (Jane C. QUIGLEY was born on 17 Oct 1850 in Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ¹.)

John next married Jane THOMSON, daughter of John THOMSON and Jane DUTHIE, on 17 Feb 1928 in Penicuik parish, Midlothian, Scotland.² (Jane THOMSON was born on 23 May 1843 in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland ^{1 3} and was christened on 21 Jun 1843 in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland ¹.)