Name/TitlePioneer register: THOMSON, William Kerr
About this objectFamily name: THOMSON
Given name: William Kerr
Birth year: 17 April 1834
Birth place: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents: William THOMSON & Mary KERR, Irving, Glasgow
Arrival: 1852 on ship 'Lord Wariston'.
Victorian residence: St Kilda, Elsternwick, Brighton
Family name: GIRDWOOD
Given name: Jane
Parents: John & Margaret GIRDWOOD
Marriage year: 11 Nov 1856
Marriage place: Bute, Scotland.
Did he go back to Scotland to marry?
William and Jane THOMSON had 8 children: William, Margaret Jane, Mary, John Crawford, Alfred Kerr, Annie Rufka, Isabella Lindsay, Jessie Malcolm.
William Kerr THOMSON was a Commissioner of the Melbourne Exhibition in 1880. He died 24 oct 1906, 72 years at 65 Lancaster Road, London.
Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.
Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia
Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register
Object TypeForm
Object numberPR T-0019
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