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Mary Louise Pickering Thomson
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Educator, farmer.
Born at Brantford, Ontario on 14 August 1879, daughter of Martha Elizabeth Myers (1845-1935) and Joseph Pickering (1841-1932), she came to Portage la Prairie with her family in 1882. She got her non-professional teaching certificate in 1895 and taught at West Prospect School until her marriage to George Fisher Thomson (1869-1922) on 19 December 1899. They had six children: Janet Louise Thomson (1900-1965, wife of Robert F. Sturgeon), Edna Olive Thomson (1902-1989, wife of William Stanger), Robert Thomson (?-?), Walter Henry Thomson (1904-1982), Fredrick Leslie “Fred” Thomson (1907-1985), and Arthur Edward Thomson (1909-1991).
She died at Brandon on 3 August 1967 and was buried in the Hillside Cemetery at Portage la Prairie. Her journals from 1893 to 1920 are in the Archives of Manitoba.
Marriage registration [Mary L Pickering, George Fisher Thomson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Janet Louise Thomson, Edna Olive Thomson, Walter Henry Thomson, Fredrick Leslie Thomson, Arthur Edward Thomson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [George Fisher Thomson, Joseph Pickering, Martha Elizabeth Pickering], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 August 1967, page 28.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank John Ford and James Kostuchuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Angela Graham and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 May 2025
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