Mrs. Robert Hill Thornton (Margaret Thompson), C. 1865
Description
- Creator
- Ewing, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph, C. 1865 of Margaret Thompson. Born in Edinbugh, Midlothian, Scotland in 1814.
She was married at Edinburgh on April 15, 1833, to Rev. Robert Hill Thornton, who had been called to Whitby Township, Upper Canada, to be the Township's first Presbyterian minister. They sailed immediately after their marriage and lived in a house near Oshawa Union Cemetery, on Kingston Road. They had a family of 10 children. Mrs. Thornton died at Oshawa, Ontario, Canada on February 9, 1874 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa. - Date of Original
- 1865
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 in
Height: 8 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-570
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Mrs. Robert Hill Thornton (Margaret Thompson), C. 1865, Photographer Ewing, Whitby Archives 31-009-570.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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