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In Memory of David Thomson

In memory of David Thomson of Westerkirk Dumfries-shire Scotland who was the First Settler in Scarborough, where his was the first land cleared. He had arrived in Upper Canada in 1796 and died on...

In memory of David Thomson of Westerkirk Dumfries-shire Scotland who was the First Settler in Scarborough, where his was the first land cleared. He had arrived in Upper Canada in 1796 and died on the 22nd of June 1834, aged 71, leaving his wife, eleven children and 53 grandchildren.


Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Toronto Plaques. Full page here.

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