Person Record

Metadata

Name

Henry, Minnie

Othernames

nee Thomson

Places of residence

Concession A, Lot 36, Sydenham Township, Grey County
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Father

John Thomson (b. 1840)

Mother

Margaret Matheson/Mathieson (b. 1841)

Nationality

Canadian

Education

Leith School

Notes

Minnie Thomson was born at __________, on ___________. Her family had moved from Claremont to Leith, Sydenham Township, in 1877, settling at "Rose Hill Farm" (Lot 36, Concession A). The family attended the Auld Kirk Presbyterian church at Leith. Her parents moved away from Rose Hill Farm in 1905 to a brick house on the eastern outskirts of Owen Sound.

Minnie married William Henry in 1907. Her brother, Tom Thomson, who later became famous as a Canadian landscape painter, purchased a set of dishes from the Cameron store at Leith and gave them to her as a wedding gift. A couple of the pieces from this set are now at Grey Roots Museum & Archives. Also at the Grey Roots site is the Thomson family cradle and Christening gown.

Archival Items at the Grey County Archives:
1986.057.011 Louisa Thomson and Minnie Thomson and Maggie Thomson are included in a photograph of Leith Ladies, c. 1903

Occupation

Home-maker

Publications

Littlefield, Angie, THE THOMSONS OF DURHAM: TOM THOMSON'S FAMILY HERITAGE, 2005, includes an image of Minnie Henry and information about her ancestors and famous brother Tom Thomson.