William "Billie" Alexander Thompson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1867 - 1927  (60 years)

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• Name	William "Billie" Alexander Thompson
  Nickname	Billie
  Birth	18 Nov 1867	13 Bank St,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Dec 1927	Cathcart,Lanark,Scotland.,
  Person ID	I235	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026 | Edit

  
  

  Father	William Carey (Carrie) Thompson,   b. 11 Nov 1837, ,,Scotland., d. 16 May 1909, Crail,,Scotland., (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jessie (Jesse) Mather,   b. 15 Feb 1843, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., d. 6 Nov 1921, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1867	St Andrews Auckland Church,Co Durham/ South Church,Bishop Auckland,Durham,
  	Married Jessie Mather, [born Edinburgh 1843], Spinster, in St Andrews Auckland Church, Co Durham - info from Ian Thompson. Details from Birth Certificate of George Batchin Thompson- digital copy in Thompson file
  Family ID	F79	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maggie Frew,   b. Cal 1873, ,,Scotland., d. 11 Dec 1947, 15 Kirkwell Rd,Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland., (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1898	Cathcart,Lanarkshire,Scotland.,   [7, 8]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. William "Willie" "Bill" Henry Thompson,   b. 11 Sep 1899, Cathcart,Renfrew,Scotland., d. Abt 1973, Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland., (Age 73 years)   2. John Frew Thompson,   b. Abt 1905, Cathcart,,,Renfrewshire,Scotland d. Abt 1960, Cathcart,Lanark,Scotland., (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F302713459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Photos		Lost Trails Mary S Thompson and Two William Thompson _TYPE: DOC
  		William "Billie" Thompson _TYPE: PHOTO

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE William was a banker. 1889- reference to Billie being at the bank in Edzell. 1889 DSCN1217 1889_04_05 GBT diary entry - took a 1-day trip to Edzell to see Bill when they talk, and later Bill wirtes letter to his parents. There is some talk of waiting 4 or 5 years to marry. 1890 -GBT visits him at Brechin DCSN 1257 Mon 25 Aug 1890 Signed his mother's death certificate giving his address as 15 Marlborough Rd, Cathcart, Glasgow. «b»1921«/b» Polling District, glasgow. John F Thompson Mrs Margaret Thompson William, A Thompson William H Thompson Source Citation The Mitchell Library; Glasgow, Scotland Source Information Ancestry.com. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1857-1962 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Death certificate reads: William Alexander Thompson, Bank clerk, married to Margaret Frew [died] 22 Dec 1927 Male, 60 years [parents] William Carey Thompson, tailor (deceased) & Jessie Thompson MN Mather (deceased) [cause] Acute enteritas, syncope... [informant] W.H. thompson, son...

  
  

• Sources

  [S1064] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 18; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3). [S303] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 18; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3). [S983] 1871 England Census, (ancestry.ca), RG10/5209 Brampton Brampton ED, institution, or vessel: 4f, Folio: 66, Page: 20 Household schedule number: 115, GSU Number: 849460 (Reliability: 3). [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 10; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S216] 1871 England Census, RG10/5209 Brampton Brampton ED, institution, or vessel: 4f, Folio: 66, Page: 20 Household schedule number: 115, GSU Number: 849460 (Reliability: 3). [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 10; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S966] Scotland. Statutory Marriages., CATHCART /LANARK/RENFREW 560/00 0108 (Reliability: 3). [S31] Scotland. Statutory Marriages., CATHCART /LANARK/RENFREW 560/00 0108 (Reliability: 3).