• Born: 30 June 1819, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Lilias PORTEOUS on 11 April 1854 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Died: 20 April 1906, Totara Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand at age 86
• Buried: 22 April 1906, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

  Burial Notes

Timaru Cemetery, Plot 526

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: Thomas Thomson and Agnes Ross.

• He was buried at the Timaru Cemetery, Plot 526 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand on 22 April 1906.
  
  Inscription:
  
  PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.
  SACRED
  TO THE MEMORY OF
  JAMES THOMSON,
  FOR 40 YEARS DRAPER
  IN DALKEITH, SCOTLAND,
  A RESIDENT IN THE COLONY
  FOR 25 YEARS,
  WHO DIED IN TIMARU,
  APRIL 20TH 1906,
  AETAT 87.
  
  "THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED."

James married Lilias PORTEOUS on 11 April 1854 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. (Lilias PORTEOUS was born on 5 May 1831 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, christened on 29 May 1831 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, died on 13 August 1874 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland and was buried in 1874 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.)