John Thomson 1772-1809
Coalier . Born and worked Kintyre, Argyllshire
Info from Alan
~1772. John Thomson was born Argyllshire to Malcolm Thomson & Katherine McllChatten , who had married 12/12/1754. Not on FMP that does have quite a few baptisms & not on SP baptisms 1770-1774 : neither is the 1754 marriage
He had siblings: Daniel; Mary; William - these from Alan's chart.
1792. John Thomson married Margaret MacNeil 25/1/1792 - online image available, but tells us nothing more
1806 Neil Thomson was born to John & Margaret on 3/7/1806 in Drumblemble, Argyll .
Other children were: Alexander; Archibald; Euffen; Isabell; John Margaret - these from Alan's chart.
Son, Archibald, seaman, erected their gravestone, below
1809.John Thomson died 16/8/1809, aged 37 - from his Kilkivan grave, photo below: not on SP parish burials
Margaret Thomson (nee MacNeil ) died aged 70 - seemingly before the 1841C. -not on SP parish burials 1830-1841
This gravestone at Kilkivan, erected by their son, Archibald Thomson, seaman. shows John dying at the young age of 37 in 1809?? while Margaret made it to 70, year of her death?? ~ 1840? . Interestingly their son Archibald is shown as a seaman, so unlike the Cambuslang generations they were not all miners.
1841C. Campeltown: Archibald Thomson , 35, Navy, with wife Catherine, 25, in Lochend Street
There are 8 other Thomson graves in the cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2504231/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=thomson&page=1#sr-114250516
Develop page
It came as a surprise to me that there had been coal mining in Kintyre, but apparently it went on for a few hundred years until the 1960s. There is a fair bit of information about Drumlemble's mining history on line, including pictures of the village.
https://campbeltownheritagecentre.co.uk/see-and-do/coal-mining/