Alice "Ally" Helen Thompson^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1883 - 1918  (35 years)

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• Name	Alice "Ally" Helen Thompson
  Nickname	Ally
  Birth	8 Mar 1883	Alloa,Clackmannanshire,Scotland.,   [5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Oct 1918	Alloa,Clackmannanshire,Scotland.,
  Death	24 Oct 1918	Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland.,   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I241	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 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

  
  

• Photos

  Alice Helen "Allie" Thompson _TYPE: PHOTO

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Ally trained in shorthand in Glasgow, while boarding with her brother Willie who was a banker there, and later worked in an office in her home town of Alloa. She died suddenly, unexpectedly, and with great trauma to her family, most likely of the flu during the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Her last illness is described in graphic detail in surviving letters by her siblings to her brother, George, who was living in South Africa. Source: DSCN9243 :Letter to Bessie, copy to GB, from Harry. GBT's undertlined Diary entry of 10 Dec 1918 reads "Allie died Oct 24th Pneumonia & influenza."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1086] 1901 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 9; Roll CSSCT1901_150; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3). [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 16; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S347] 1901 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 9; Roll CSSCT1901_150; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3). [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Line: 16; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S130] Scotland. Statutory Births., ALLOA, CLACKMANNAN 465 / 00 0267 (Reliability: 3). [S1007] Scotland. Statutory Births., ALLOA, CLACKMANNAN 465 / 00 0267 (Reliability: 3). [S249] Thompson, George Batchin. Diary, 10 Dec 1918 (Reliability: 3). [S1052] Thompson, George Batchin. Diary, 10 Dec 1918 (Reliability: 3).