David and Mary Thomson

Last updated

David and Mary Thomson were Scottish immigrants from Westerkirk, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and they were the first official European settlers in what later became Scarborough, Ontario.

David Thomson (1760–1834) and Mary Glendenning Thomson (1767–1847) arrived in Upper Canada in 1796, landing in Newark, Upper Canada, then went to York, Upper Canada. [1] David Thomson worked as a stonemason, but they moved to Scarborough in 1799 by acquiring farmland.

He and his brother Archibald (who arrived in Canada in 1773) expanded their land holdings in Scarborough, becoming one of the most important families in the area. The Thomsons are buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church near their Thomson Settlement, in what is now known as Thomson Memorial Park.

Descendants of Archibald Thomson include the late Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, his son Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and grandson David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Upper Canada</span> Former British colony in North America

The Province of Upper Canada was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763. Upper Canada included all of modern-day Southern Ontario and all those areas of Northern Ontario in the Pays d'en Haut which had formed part of New France, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River or Lakes Huron and Superior, excluding any lands within the watershed of Hudson Bay. The "upper" prefix in the name reflects its geographic position along the Great Lakes, mostly above the headwaters of the Saint Lawrence River, contrasted with Lower Canada to the northeast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Fleet</span> 11 British ships establishing an Australian penal colony

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that brought the first British colonists and convicts to Australia. It was made up of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, with over 1400 people, left from Portsmouth, England and took a journey of over 24,000 kilometres (15,000 mi) and over 250 days to eventually arrive in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where a penal colony would become the first British settlement in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham</span> British politician and Governor General of the Province of Canada

Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, was a British businessman, politician, diplomat and the first Governor General of the united Province of Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Gosford</span> Title in the peerage of Ireland

Earl of Gosford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount Gosford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet</span> Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur

Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet</span> Canadian businessman

Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Forbes as the richest person in Canada and the ninth richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately US $19.6 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clan Kennedy</span> Lowland Scottish clan

Clan Kennedy is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.

David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet, is a Canadian/British hereditary peer and media magnate. Upon the death of his father in 2006, Thomson became the chairman of Thomson Corporation and also inherited his father's British title, Baron Thomson of Fleet. After the acquisition of Reuters in 2008, Thomson became the chairman of the merged entity, Thomson Reuters.

David Thomson may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute</span> High school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute is a semestered English-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the Bendale neighbourhood of the district of Scarborough. It was originally sanctioned by the Scarborough Board of Education and since 1998 under its successor board, the Toronto District School Board.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lion Gardiner</span> English engineer and colonist

Lion Gardiner (1599–1663) was an English engineer and colonist who founded the first English settlement in New York, acquiring land on eastern Long Island. He had been working in the Netherlands and was hired to construct fortifications on the Connecticut River, for the Connecticut Colony. His legacy includes Gardiners Island, which is held by his descendants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarborough Castle</span> Castle in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Scarborough Castle is a former medieval royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The site of the castle, encompassing the Iron Age settlement, Roman signal station, an Anglo-Scandinavian settlement and chapel, the 12th-century enclosure castle and 18th-century battery, is a scheduled monument of national importance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clan Swinton</span> Lowland Scottish clan

Clan Swinton is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archibald Gardner</span>

Archibald Gardner was a 19th-century pioneer and businessman who, with his knowledge of lumber- and grist mills, helped establish communities in Alvinston, Ontario; West Jordan, Utah; and Star Valley, Wyoming. In his lifetime Archibald built 36 gristmills and lumber mills — 23 in Utah, 6 in Canada, 5 in Wyoming, and 2 in Idaho — greatly benefiting the lives of those in the surrounding areas. Archibald also built hundreds of miles of canals to introduce the flow of water to the mills' apparatus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scottish Canadians</span> Canadians of Scottish descent or heritage

Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and amongst the first Europeans to settle in the country, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times. According to the 2016 Census of Canada, the number of Canadians claiming full or partial Scottish descent is 4,799,010, or 13.93% of the nation's total population. Prince Edward Island has the highest population of Scottish descendants at 41%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scotch Block, Ontario</span> Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada

Scotch Block is an unincorporated community in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada.

British Canadians primarily refers to Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the British Isles, which includes the nations of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Scarlett (Toronto)</span>

John Scarlett (1777–1865) was a merchant-miller who played a significant role in the development of the part of the historic York Township that later became the Junction neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canadian peers and baronets</span> Canadian nobility

Canadian peers and baronets exist in both the peerage of France recognized by the Monarch of Canada and the peerage of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bendale Business and Technical Institute</span> High school in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bendale Business and Technical Institute, formerly Bendale Secondary School and Bendale Vocational School is a defunct specialized technical public high school that was located in Bendale, a neighbourhood in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada owned by the Scarborough Board of Education, that succeeded its operations into the present Toronto District School Board prior to merger. Existed from 1963 until its closure in 2019, it was the first vocational school that served in the former borough of Scarborough in which the school tailored for students with life skills or pursue career in the industry. The school's motto was Flourish Through Industry.

References

  1. "David". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-08-29.