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Catherine Thompson then Dempster

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

  1. Wife of John Thompson, owner of May Day and Woodside Plantations in Manchester, Jamaica. Thompson died between 1820 and 1823. Catherine remarried, to George Dempster, in 1824, and they had three children: a son, born at Kenswell Lodge 29/11/1824; James, born 22/8/1826 and bapt. 09/06/1828; Alexander John, born 25/02/1828, bapt. 9/6/1828. The baptismal entries describe the father as resident at Albion.

Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Manchester baptisms, marriages and burials 1816-1838 p. 4; Inverness Courier, 26/02/1824; Scots Magazine, 01/03/1825; Familysearch.org, Manchester parish register, births, marriages and baptisms 1816-36, p. 264.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
[1] John Thompson [2] George Dempster
Children
[With 2] an unnamed boy, James, Alexander John

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1824 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
May Day [2] [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Relationships (2)

Catherine Thompson then Dempster
Wife → Husband
John Thompson
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Catherine Thompson then Dempster
Wife → Second Husband
George Dempster
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