Walter Thomson 1884-1945
1884. Walter Thomson was born to Neil Thomson & Helen McCorkindale on 28/12/1884 at 7 Clydeford Road, Cambuslang. His parents had married on 14/7/1882 RutherGlen
1891C.Walter Thomson, 7, was living Crankill Place, Colebrook Street, Cambuslang
Neil | Thomson | Head | Married | Male | 32 | 1859 | Coal Miner | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Ellen | Thomson | Wife | Married | Female | 27 | 1864 | - | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Walter | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 7 | 1884 | Scholar | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
John | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 5 | 1886 | Scholar | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Mary | Thomson | Daughter | - | Female | 3 | 1888 | - | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Archibald | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1890 | - | Lanarkshire, Scotland |
1901C.Walter Thomson, 7, was living 9 Clydeford Road, Cambuslang
Neil | Thomson | Head | Married | Male | 42 | 1859 | Miner (Coal) | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Jessie | Thomson | Wife | Married | Female | 39 | 1862 | - | Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Walter | Thomson | Son | Single | Male | 17 | 1884 | Miner (Coal) | Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
John | Thomson | Son | Single | Male | 15 | 1886 | Miner (Coal) | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Mary | Thomson | Daughter | Single | Female | 13 | 1888 | - | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Archibald | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1890 | Scholar | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Neil | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 8 | 1893 | Scholar | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Dugald | Thomson | Son | - | Male | 6 | 1895 | Scholar | Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
1908. Walter Thomson married Margaret Taylor Harkness( she the daughter of George Harkness & Annie Ross McIntyre) on 31/12/1908 in Cambuslang ,
1911C. Walter Thomson, 27, coal miner, underground roadsman, , was living in 1 room, 2 Gateside Terrace, halfway, Cambuslang with his wife, Margaret, & daughter Anne M Thomson 9mth . They had been married 2 years, and had had 2 children, one of whom had died
1914. Neil Thomson was born 11/10/ 1914 . He was Alan's father.( He married Dorothy Lythgoe on 22/9/1945, and died 24/10/2003, his wife dying 2009)
Walter with his first wife Margaret and children (Annie and Neil, Alan's father) taken around 1915
1916. His wife, Margaret Thomson, 31, died 6/10/1916 Cambuslang
Margaret was buried in Westburn Cemetery, Cambuslang in 1916. The cemetery records show that Walter was buried in the same grave when he died in 1945.
1920. Walter Thomson, 36, coal miner, widower, married Joan Dunn, 22, pipe worker, on the 5/3/1920 at 35 Stewarton Drive, Cambuslang. His address 2 Parkhurst, Cambuslang: hers 33 Tabernacle Street, Cambuslang. His parents Neil Thomson, coal miner, & Helen McCorkindale: hers Allan Dunn, coal miner, & Annie McIntyre . Witnesses: David P Thomson & Marion ? Dunn
1923. Helen McCorkindale Thomson was born to Walter & Joan in Cambuslang . Died ,81, 2004 George Square- SP
1934. Walter Thomson was living 54 Lightburn Road, Cambuslang when his father, Neil, died.
1945. Walter Thomson, 61, coal miner, died on 12/5/1945 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow of Vesical Carcinoma, obstruction to ureters and uraemia. . His parents Neil Thomson, coal miner, & Helen McCorkindale, both deceased . His address 54 Lightburn Road, Cambuslang. Married to 1. Margaret Harkness, 2. Joan Dunn . Informant A. Thomson, brother