John William THOMPSON
Date of Birth:
29 May 1864
Date of Death:
18 Mar 1932
John was born at Invercargill.
He married Minnie Mailman (born at New Plymouth in 1864) at Wanganui in 1897.
They had 3 sons & 4 daughters, one of whom died in infancy.
One son, John, served in WW1 and died not long after returning in 1918. A son-in-law, George Winter also served in WW1.
John started as a journalist in Invercargill. By 1896 he is in Marton as a compositor. By 1911 he is a bookseller in Oxford St, Levin (where Noel Leemings are today). He then moved to Wilton St round 1925 and set up a printing business from his home.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
John William Thompson, Alexander Trindle Thompson, Harriet Jackson, Minnie Eliza Russell Mailman, John Mailman, Mary Pauline Eaton, John Alexander Trindle Thompson, Emma Evelyn Thompson, Robert William Bradley, Margaret Veronica Rayne, Eileen Edna Thompson, Ella Kathleen Thompson, George Ernest Winter, Sidney George Thompson, Vera Boulton, Augusta Doris Ada Thompson, Lionel Claude Bryant, Ronald Vivian Thompson, Phyllis Myrtle Russell, James Henry Johnson.