Emily Matilda Thomson

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ca. January 1867 — 11 April 1867

Emily Matilda Thomson (29A)

Headstone

Fragments of Emily Matilda Thomson's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2012

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 11 April 1867
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as E. M. Thompson
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2012

Inscription

To the memor…
James Henry Thomson
of this city
who died June 9^th …
aged 28 years
also of
Emily Matilda
infant daughter of the above
who die… April 11^th 1867
aged … and 2 weeks

Learn more

• Birth record - Queensland Government

Birth registration: Emily Matilda Thomson
Birth date: 20/12/1866
Mother's name: Jane Emily Herbert
Father/parent's name: James Henry Thomson
Registration details: 1867/B/6589

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: Emily Matilda Thomson
Death date: 11/04/1867
Mother's name: Jane Emily Herbert
Father/parent's name: James Henry Thomson
Registration details: 1867/B/3933

• Family Notices (1867, April 15). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2.

DEATHS.
THOMSON.—On the 11th April, at Eltham Cottage, Gregory Terrace, Emily Matilda, infant daughter of Mr. James Henry Thomson, aged 14 weeks.

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