Person:Archie Thompson (5)

Archie W. Thompson^S2
The death of Archie Wylie Thompson occurred on Tuesday, January 13, 1970, at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, following an illness of six weeks. He was in his 78th year.

Born May 6, 1892, in Manvers Township near Yelverton, he was the son of the late William and Katherine Jane (Fowler) Thompson. He attended Salem Public School and Bowmanville Central Public School. On April 1st, 1918, he married the former Elsie Pearl Jacks who predeceased him in 1938.

In his early years, he lived in Bowmanville and New Toronto and as a young man was employed at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plants in Bowmanville and New Toronto. He was employed in New Toronto until April, 1919, at which time he purchased a farm property. A successful farmer for 50 years, he had resided at R.R. 5, Bowmanville, for 51 years. The deceased was first a member of St. Paul’s Church, Bowmanville, then later a member of Salem United Church. For a number of years he was a Trustee of Salem Public School.

Mr. Thompson is survived by three daughters, [names of living individuals have been removed], and a sister, Mrs. Howard Willoughby (Annie). He was predeceased by a sister, Addie, and a brother, Bert. Also surviving are a sister-in-law and niece, [names of living individuals have been removed] of Westlake, Ohio.

A very large number of floral tributes attested to the high esteem in which the deceased was held, among which were those from Salem United Church, and W. Frank Real Estate Ltd.

The funeral service was held from the Morris Funeral Chapel, Bowmanville, on Thursday afternoon, January 15, at 2 o’clock, and was conducted by Rev. Harold A. Turner of St. Paul’s United Church, Bowmanville. Interment was in Bowmanville Cemetery.

Pallbearers were a cousin, Mr. Frank McGill and neighbors, Messrs. James Coombes, Allan Stephen, Ernest Fairey, Leslie Welch and Matthew Marchant.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Archie Wylie Thompson & Elsie Pearl Jacks, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
   1918.

   Name: Elsie Pearl Jacks
   Birth Place: Darlington Township
   Age: 29
   Father Name: Henry Jacks
   Mother Name: Jessie Ann Moffatt Jacks
   Estimated birth year: abt 1889
   Spouse Name: Archie Wylie Thompson
   Spouse's Age: 25
   Spouse Birth Place: Manvers Township
   Spouse Father Name: William Thompson
   Spouse Mother Name : Catherine Jane Fowler Thompson
   Marriage Date: 1 Apr 1918
   Marriage Place: Durham
   Marriage County: Durham
   Source: Indexed by: Ancestry.com

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Obituary Archie W. Thompson, in Canadian Statesman. (Bowmanville, Ontario)
   Page 2, Columns 6 & 7, 21 Jan 1970.