Sophia Thomson - MFFFM

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Name:
Sophia Thomson

Born: c1834, Aberdour, Fife

Parents:
Mother: Janet Carstairs and unnamed father. Janet had at least three illegitimate
children by three different fathers.

Given that Sophia's surname is Thomson, her father is likely to be a Thomson. There were seven men with the surname Thomson in Aberdour who would have been the right age to be Sophia's father. Six were married and one was single. The single man was a merchant seaman named Archibald Thomson who lived at Aberdour Wester Village North Side - which is where Janet Carstairs lived.

Married:
John Armit. Two dates - 20 May 1854, Inverkeithing, and 28 May 1854, Aberdour. Presume the first date will be the banns.

Occupation:
1851 Farm servant

Lived in:
1841 Aberdour - Wester Village North Side
1851 Middle Strathone, Dysart
1861 Bankhead, Burntisland, Fife
1871 Old Craicks, Inverkeithing, Fife
1881 Alma Street, Inverkeithing
1891 Spencerfield Cot House, Inverkeithing
1901 Spencerfield
1904 Keith Place, Inverkeithing
1911 Not looked for
1918 Logie Farm, Dunfermline

Date, place and cause of death:
31 August 1918 at Logie Farm, Dunfermline, age 84. Widow of John Armit, ploughman. Mother: Janet Corstairs, farm servant (dec). Cause: Gangrene of leg. Informant: John Armit (son). Sophia's father is not named.

Buried:
Inverkeithing Cemetery

Monumental inscription:
Not known