THE  SURNAME THOM IN SOUTH AFRICA

Some THOM ancestors in South Africa.

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Thom progenitors in SA are listed below in First name order.
Those that are not linked to any of the families below, but may be related are listed below this.

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Alexander Thom * Rhynie, Scotland Nov 1867 s.o. William Thom and Mary Law Troupe. A Watchmaker and Jeweller in Oudtshoorn + Oudtshoorn 10.4.1925 x Maria Elizabeth MOORE + Oct 1961 d/o John Moore of Ireland and Maria Elizabeth Wilhelmina Deyzel (SAG b2,c3,d2,e2)

b1         Harold William Alexander, major in 1925 x Australia Matilda

b2         Ethel Marie, major in 1925 x Somerset Strand Kenneth MacLEAN

b3         Cecil Henry, major in 1925, unm.

b4         Irene Mary Troupe, major in 1925 x Observatory, CT  Dudley DE BEER

b5         Alexander James, minor in 1925 x Cape Town Joey STOFFBERG

b6         Leslie Murray *5.2.1911 +24.1.1990 x Lutheran Church, Cape Town 24.1.1932 Rachel Elizabeth NELSON * Maitland, CT 26.11.1914

c1         Denise * Cape Town 10.1.1934 x 8.5.1950 James Anthony SERRA

c2         Malcolm Alexander * Springs 4.5.1935 x 20.6.1959 Anna Katherina COOPER *8.7.1940 xx 31.10.1980 Helena Hendrina Niemand nee VENTER

d1         Malcolm * Oudtshoorn 16.8.1960 x 6.9.1986 Sharon DU PLOOY

d2         Neville Peter * Oudtshoorn 8.10.1961 x 11.10.1986 Charlene Denice WILLIAMS *15.7.1960

d3         Rochelle * Bloemfontein 11.8.1963

d4         Ettienne * Bloemfontein 11.8.1963

d5         Wendy-Anne     * Oudtshoorn 26.12.1964 x 7.12.1985 Adri OOSTHUIZEN

d6         Marianne * Bloemfontein 10.12.1967 x 26.3.1988 Gert  Barend KOEN

d7         George Leslie * Parys 19.4.1972

c3         Lesley * Jhb 29.12.1936 x 1919.11.1960 Dennis Gordon DOBSON

c4         Cecil Stuart * Ysterplaat, CT 27.9.1938 x 2.5.1964 Priscilla Georgina HALL

c5         Brian * Ysterplaat, CT 13.11.1939 x 8.12.1984 Marie Pamela ZAMUNDIO

c6         Victoria * Ysterplaat, CT x 23.9.1939 Anthony SCOTT + 29.5.1962  xx Hendrikus A BOTHA + 13.5.1979 xxx 1.12.1990 Francis Robert JAMIESON

c7         Ingrid * Ysterplaat 11.1.1949 x 29.3.1969 Barend Nicolaas ROU

c8         Charmaine * Ysterplaat 30.6.1952 x Herbert SAUERWEIN

b7         Myra Theresa *23.12.1912 x Maitland, C T, Edward BECKMANN

b8         Robert Anderson * c 1915 x 1935 Cape Town Joyce O’CONNOR emigrated to USA. Author of “The New Wine is Betterâ€�

c1         Drummond *1936

c2         Lionel

c3         Roy

 
Alexander Thom aka McAllister Thom *Aberdeen, Scotland 27.12.1868 Draper’s Assistant (served in Black Watch 1899-1901) + Potgietersrust 27.3.1921 (resided Bethlehem) x Port Elizabeth Mary Jane RALPH + Bethlehem OFS 5.3.1932

 
b1         Ralph William

b2         Arthur Matthew

b3         Sidney Allister Marshall * Bethlehem 28.4.1907 + Nigel 7.7.1982 x Elizabeth Magrieta PRETORIUS

c1         Johannes Alexander Ralph *18.3.1934

c2         Esthel Nicolasina x DE LANGE

c3         Mary Jane (adopted) x Coenraad Josephus STRYDOM

b4         Percy Walker (Chick) *7.9.1908 + Voortrekkerhoogte Mil Hosp 5.3.1954 x Brits, Martha Jacoba VAN LOGGERENBERG *10.4.1917

c1         Sidney Arthur *18.12.1948 + Jhb

c2         Wilhelm Percy *28.2.1950

Alexander Speir Thom * Ayrshire, Scotland 16.12.1877 s.o. John Thom and Margaret Speir, hardware merchant, brother of James  Arr. 1903 + Grahamstown 5.6.1948 x Shropshire, England March 1901 Charlotte Thelwell READ * Shropshire 22.6.1873 + Port Elizabeth 4.3.1952 d/o John William Read and Sarah Anne Thelwell (he ? xx Helen Speir),

b1         James Alexander * Cape Town 14.2.1903, motor mechanic + Port Elizabeth 11.2.1961 x Grahamstown Nov 1938 Anne ROWBOTHAM * Cheshire, England 18.9.1901 + Port Elizabeth Jan.1983

c1         Elizabeth Jean * Port Elizabeth 20.12.1941 x 2.7.1966 John Milton WILMOT

b2         William Thelwell * Observatory, CT 3.4.1907, banker + East London 9.11.1987 x Grahamstown 6.11.1937 Hazel Joyce CAMPBELL * Grahamstown 11.6.1906 d/o William Campbell and Amy Estment Wilmot

c1         Margaret Campbell * George 19.10.1939 x 26.10.1963 Richard Trevor BAILEY

c2         Rosemary Joyce Thelwell * Port Elizabeth 7.1.1944 x 24.6.1967 Rowan Craig ALGIE

            + Ceres 31.12.1906 unm. Bro. of Charles Matheson Thom

Alexander Thom   A Ships Engineer who joined the gold  mining industry as an engineer s/o Alexander Thom, a paper mill manager, and Agnes Duncan * Woodside, Aberdeen, Scot. 8.11.1883 + Springs 3.3.1943 x on the day her ship berthed in Durban 3.6.1912 Nellie MACKIE * New York 31.12.1891 + Brakpan 11.4.1968 d/o John Mackie

Siblings of Alexander all went to new Zealand.

Alexander and Nellie were both involved in the 1922 Strike. He as a mine official and Nellie helping with the women and children during the fighting.

b1         Evelyn Agnes * 22.7.1913 + Jhb. 18.7.1980 x Conrad NORTON

c1         Lynda Constance * 5.3.1952 now USA

c2         Ingrid * 22.7.1954 now UK. Her child - first of the blood born in the UK for 106 years

b2         Alexzena * 1.5.1916 x Vernon HARRIS

b3         George Robbie * Brakpan 21.12.1917 + 16.4.1954 single

b4         Alexander Duncan * Brakpan 21.12.1917 + 31.10.1981 x Joyce Maureen McELNEA

c1         Leslie * 29.1.1957

c2         Sandra * 27.7.1959

b1            James Charles * 15.4.1932 ? + 1956 Accidentally electrocuted Nancefield Station s.o.Frederika Carolina STIEF

c              George Edward

c              Isaac Zirk

c              Alexander Wilson

c              Anne x Bakker, organist and organ builder in the Cape

b2            Susara Magrietha * 20.3.1934

b3            Aletta Elizabeth * 23.10.1940

b4            Simon Jurgens * 13.1.1944

b5            Elexander (sic) Wilson * 10.6.1949

An informant said James Charles’ brothers were

William or Willem to Kenya

Alexander (Alec)

One went back

Anne x Mr. Bakker,

(Sarie and Basie Thom and Lettie Vermaak  interested relatives)

Alexander Thom * 15 Mar 1915 + 28 Nov 1988 x East London Joyce Rhoda CAMPBELL + 15 May 1966 d/o Thomas Breckenridge and Ethel Zenobia Campbell. b1 Isabella Joy x JAMES

Andrew Thom, Teacher;  probably * Cupar, Fife, Scotland  13.11.1874 s/o Andrew Thom and Agnes GORDON + Bloemfontein 6.3.1899 Brother of John. Unmarried

 Andrew Thom  * Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, medical practitioner + Kimberley 26.5.1893 x Special Lic. 27.6.1862 Sarah MIDDLETON

b1         Archibald Montague * Victoria West c 1862, bookkeeper + Pinelands, CT 14.12.1949 unm.

b2         Marcus William * c 1867 + Woodstock, CT 26.5.1898 unm.

b3         Ethel Evelyn x VAN NIEKERK

Annie Thom * Swellendam c 1854 + 16.5.1885 x NN

b1         William

b2         Jessie Winifred Agnes

both children minors

Charles Matheson Thom * London c 1883 s/o Capt. James Thom and Jane Soltan Thom + Uitenhage 15.2.1926, bro. of Alexander, x Bulawayo, Rhodesia, Elizabeth PHOENIX. No children

Christopher Ian Thom * Bradford, Yorks, England 26.10.1949 s/o George Malcolm Thom and Mary Ann Rudge x Port Elizabeth 1.7.1978 Helen WANNENBURG d/o Hendrik Wannenburg and Jessie Male

b1         Gregory Ross * Cape Town 3.2.1981

b2         Russell Malcolm * Cape Town 21.2.1986

b3         Julia Lynne * Cape Town 21.2.1986        

David Thom * Glasgow 8.8.1875 + Bloemfontein 5.1.1921 s/o John Thom and Margaret Bryson. (Bro of   John)   unm.       

Derrick Thom * Lancaster, England 11.2.1946 s/o Sydney Thom and Elizabeth Critchley x Cape Town 15.5.1971 Ingrid MICHELSON * Windhoek 5.1.1948 d/o Olav Michelson and A E Wentzel

b1         Tevon * Cape Town 12.6.1973

b2         Dylan * Cape Town 17.2.1975

Douglas Ainslie Thom * Lambtech, Turniff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 28.8.1868 s/o William Thom and Agnes Donald + Krugersdorp 13.5.1916 x Krugersdorp Jessie or Janet LESLIE * Scotland c 1869 + Jhb. 29.10.1946

b1         Douglas William James * Krugersdorp 15.9.1905 + 24.9.1971 x Gertruida Louise    HAYWARD * Jhb + Bedfordview 12.12.1983 d/o Eneas George Hayward and Louise St.     Collumb

c1         Iris Vivien * Jhb 15.8.1933 x Gordon Edward NETTLETON

c2         Marion Ruth * Jhb 24.2.1939 x Dennis Pieter ROSSOUW

c3         Douglas Eneas * Jhb 6.10.1944 x 7.10.1967 Lorraine Olive Good * Jhb 3.6.1945 d/o William Arthur and Margaret Dorothy Good

d1         Gavin Edward * Jhb 16.10.1969

d2         Trevor Andrew * Jhb 8.2.1972

Dr. THOM 1901

The only inscription on a British war grave in Belfast Old Cemetery, Mpumalanga

Fred. Geo. Thom * Stirling, Scotland 6 Nov 1914 s/o J.A. Arr. 1903 x Mary d/o W.E. JACKSON 2s 2d (Who is Who 1963)

Freiderich Thom * Prussia c 1842 + 17.9.1917 (Accidentally killed on railway platform Standerton) x Augusta HEUER + 25.3.1909 (Freiderich is believed to have been accompanied by a brother when he came to South Africa

b1         Herman Freiderich Wilham + 22.1.1942 x Elizabeth MEYER

c1         Friedrich Carl Herman(us) + 1972 x Theunisina Dorothea Francina

VISAGIE +1980

d1         Julian Arthur *7.2.1938 x Annemarie DE WET *24.8.38 d/o Johannes Marthinus de Wet and Aletta Schutte

e1         Carl *23.11.1960

e2         Aletta *24.3.1963

e3         Johannes Marthinus *17.6.67

e4         Frederick Carl Hermanus *15.5.1977

c2         Herman August Albert

c3         Elizabeth Louise Dorothea Auguste x RABE

c4         Wilhelmine Louise Pauline x HAVENGA

c5         Bertha Maria Louise Katharina

b2         Freiderich Carl Wilhelm * Frankfort  c. 1870 + Glencoe 12.6.1943

 x Glencoe 19.2.1901 Pauline Louise KRAUSE

c1         Albert Friedrich Herman Franz x Anna Fredericka Johanna PAUL

d?         Herbert Carl Edward * 7.12.1931 + Kirchdorf, KZN 30.9.1932

d?         Edmund Wilhelm Heinrich * 11.4.1937 + Kirchdorf 30.11.1937

d?         Renathe Kathe * 13.3.1945 + Kirchdorf 3.11.1945

c2         Augusta Caroline Elisabeth x George Rudolph Wilhelm PAUL

c3         Karl Heindrich August

c4         Gustav Edward

c5         Wilhelm Johannes Albert

c6         Olga Dorothea Anna x MISSELHORN

c7         Lily Louise Bertha

b3         Cristgan Albert Herman

b4         August (Wilhelm Christian) + 1966 x  Emily Clara + 1969

b5         Louise Charlotte Augusta x J W H PAUL

b6         Annie x n.n. PAUL

 George Thom D.D. from Aberdeen, Scotland. * Aberdeen ~St. Nicholas, Aberdeen 18 June 1789. Son of William Thom, rope maker and Barbara Sherriff  (not Sherniss) of Aberdeen, who married on Jun the 6^th, 1776.

Arrived at Cape Town on board the Isabella 24 Oct 1812. Served a regiment, the London Missionary Society and then several DRC congregations from 1818. Commissioned by Lord Charles Somerset to recruit ministers and teachers from Scotland + Cape Town 11 May 1842 of tuberculosis. Place of interment still being researched, x Cape Town 1814 Christian Louisa MEYER born around April 1785, died 13 March 1816. Interred at Somerset Road Cemetery d/o Johan Jacob and Johanna Meyer, adopted by Rynier Beck.

 Johan Jacob Meyer arrived as a soldier in 1766 from Lahr in Germany on the ship “Vrouwe Cornelia Hildegardeâ€�. ‘Burger’ 1772. From 1789 he held the sole retail butchery license. Died 1 Oct 1791 x 24 May 1772 Johanna PIENAAR

He was married for a second time in Cape Town in Aug 1817 to Cornelia Maria (Neeltje) VOS, born 23 April 1797, died 4 July 1886, d/o Jacobus Johannes Vos and Florentina Catherina Meeser.

The only child from the first marriage was

b1 George Whitefield *21 Dec 1815 ~Tulbagh 30 Jan 1816, died of the same condition as his mother, x Glen Lynden 21 Aug 1845 Louisa DANIEL, d/o Sampson Daniel and Amelia Margaret D’Egville (Note in George Thom’s will: George Whitefield is the name of our son, apparently for the sake of the spelling of his name.)

 
c1 George Harry Smith *Grahamstown 29 May 1846 ~Glen Lynden 5 Jan 1847 + aged 94 x Maria Aletta Johanna FOURIE

(They arr. Jhb. 1886)

c2 Christina Louisa Eleanor *21 Mar 1848 ~Glen Lynden 3 Sep 1848

His second wife presented him with seven sons and four daughters.

William and David settled in the Koue Bokkeveld.

James N. was a wheelwright and Michael Christiaan Vos became a wainwright, both in Paarl.

David and his brother-in-law T G J Verster were also wainwright.

They were all apparently trained James’father-in-law.

Cornelius was intended for the ministry, but died quite young.

c1 Hester Johanna *1 April 1851 ~Tulbagh 27 Apr 1851 x Ceres 20 Aug 1872 Andries Bartholomeus JANSE VAN RENSBURG

d1 Petrus Wilhelmus *20 Sep 1867 ~6 Nov 1867

c2 Cornelia Maria *23 Sep 1855 ~Ceres 2 Dec 1855

c3 Georgina Wilhelmina Christina Susanna *17 Oct 1860 ~Ceres 23 Nov 1860. Died before her parents.

c4 Maria Johanna Margaretha *25 Aug 1864 ~Ceres 2 Oct 1864

c5 Charel du Toit *Standerton 24 Nov 1866 ~Ceres 13 Jan 1867 + Vrede 21 Jul 1935 x Standerton Christina Paulina PRETORIUS *18 Mar 1872 + Zastron 21 May 1942

b3 James Nisbet ~St. Marylebone Well Street Scotch Church, London 11 Mar 1821 + Paarl 16/17 Aug 1865 Wheelwright x Paarl 2 Jul 1844 Anna Margaretha Elizabeth CILLIE *Paarl 23 Jul 1828 + Somerset Strand  May 1903 d/o Abraham Petrus Cillie and Anna Dorothea van Nierop. She xx Paarl 5 Feb 1866 Benjamin Filmalter s/o John *7 Jun 1885 + 1885, xxx George James Lamb

c1 Baby, stillborn 1 Aug 1849

c2 Cornelia Maria *30 May 1850 ~Paarl 14 Jul 1850 + 19 Nov 1857

c3 Baby + 26 Dec 1851

b4 John Beck *2 Jul 1822 ~Cape Town 25 Aug 1822 + 1909 

b5 Henry Vos *17 Jan 1824 ~Caledon 8 Feb 1824

b6 Maria Johanna *Caledon 22 Sep 1825 ~Tulbagh 6 Nov 1825, lived to the age of 102 x Paarl 29 Sep 1845 Philippus Daniel MINNAAR *28 May 1817 + 2 Aug 1870 s/o Jan Minnaar

b7 Hester Margaretha *19 or 29 Aug 1827 ~Tulbagh 7 Oct 1827 + Klein Drakenstein 2 or 8 Feb 1852 x Paarl 9 Jun 1851 as the second wife of Johan Carl VOIGT (b5) *14 Oct 1793 + 26 Mar 1863

Prof H B Thom said that she died with her first child during the birth.

David was also a wagon and cart builder and was known as Derward in the Ceres area

b9 Michiel Christiaan Vos *Cape Town 7 Oct 1830 ~Tulbagh 6 Feb 1831 + Paarl 16 Mar 1891, wagon and cart builder x Paarl 24 Jul 1854 Maria Elizabeth VOIGT *8 Apr 1832 +26 Mar 1920 d/o Johan Carl Voigt (b5) and Anna Margaretha Marais

c1 George *6 Jun 1855 ~Paarl 8 Jul 1855 + parsonage, Frankfort 6 Sep 1908. DRC minister Frankfort. During Second War of Independence was POW no. 13574, sent to Ceylon. x Paarl 13 Mar 1884 Maria Dorothea MOSTERT *Paarl 5 May 1857 + Stellenbosch 5 Jan 1942 d/o Johannes and Elizabeth Jacoba Mostert

In a book about the history of Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeentes, the following under Frankfort. “zij haar eersten eigen leraar in den nu overleden Ds. G. Thom verwelkomen, die haar ongeveer 24 jaren getrouw heft gediend, om in 1908 de eeuwige rust in te gaan. Tijdens den Anglo-Boeren Oorlog (1899-1902) werd ‘t dorp Frankfort dood de Engelschen geheel verwoest. Ook de kerk, waarvan de hoeksteen door wijlen president J. H. Brand, 3 November 1883 gelegd was, werd aan de vlammen ten prooi gegeven. De leraar werd als krijgsgevangene naar Ceylon verzonden. (The church records were lost in the fire.)

c2 Johan Carel *Paarl 1 Mar 1857 ~Paarl 22 Mar 1857 + Strand 6 Mar 1936 Interred Paarl (partner in wagon and cart building firm Thom and Verster) x  Durbanville 4 Jan 1883 Johanna Margaretha VAN NIEKERK *Durbanville 4 Jan 1861 + Paarl 3 Jan 1956 d/o Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk and Johanna Margaretha Duminy

c3 Anna Margaretha Elizabeth *25 Nov 1858 ~Paarl 1 Dec 1858 + 5 Jun 1928 x 17 Jan 1881 Willem Izak LOUW *c1858 xx Noorder-Paarl 10 May 1898 Thomas Gabriel Jacobus  VERSTER *1 Sep 1863 + 27 Aug 1937, wagon maker

c4 Michiel Christiaan Vos *21 Jul 1860 ~Paarl 12 Aug 1860 + Paarl 14 Jan 1927 x Paarl 7 Sep 1891 Margaretha Jacoba DE VILLIERS *Boschendal 31 Mar/Jul 1867 + Ou Pastorie, Paarl 13 Oct 1918 (influenza epidemic) d/o Jan Jacobus de Villiers and Hildagonda Enslin xx Cape Town Anna Johanna Helena Margaretha BREEDT (widow De Villiers) + Feb 1956

c5 Cornelia Maria *31 Jan 1862 ~Paarl 23 Feb 1862 + Paarl 10 May 1955

c6 Maria Elisabeth *17 Sep 1863 ~Paarl 25 Oct 1863 + Paarl 4 Jul 1945

c7 William *22 Nov 1865 ~Paarl 17 Dec 1865 + Paarl 29 Mar 1922 x Jhb. Gertruida Helena Christiana KRUGEL *Fraserburg c 1875 + Paarl 21/29 Nov 1901 d/o Charel Jacobus Krugel and Elsie Kruger xx Gertruida Wilhelmina SNYMAN

c8 David *Paarl 12 Jul 1867 ~Paarl 11 Aug 1867 + Paarl 19 Jul 1942 x Paarl 4 Jul 1893 Magdalena Petronella HERBST *8 Feb 1873 + Paarl 23 Apr 1894 d/o Francois Adriaan Herbst and Magdalena Petronella de Kock xx Cape Town 29 May 1915 Johanna Louisa Jacoba DE VILLIERS *Paarl Apr 1883 + 22 Oct 1916 d/o Andries Gerardus de Villiers and Anna Maria Benfield xxx Cape Town 12 May 1917 Aletta Maria Beatrix DE VILLIERS *28 Sep 1892 + Paarl 15or18 Feb 1949 d/o Oloff Phillip and  Aletta Maria Beatrix de Villiers

c9 Helena Margaretha *Paarl 29 Jul 1869 + Pta 24 Apr 1907 x Paarl 15 Feb 1894 David Gabriel Botha MALHERBE *10 Jul 1877

c10 James Benjamin * 9 Jan 1871 ~Paarl 19 Feb 1871 + 7 Nov 1945, school principal, banished to Ceylon during “Boer War�, POW no. 13573 x Jamestown 10 Aug 1903 Johanna Elizabeth COETZEE *10 Mar 1891 + Pta 16 Nov 1969 d/o Hendrik Bernardus Coetzee and Johanna Elizabeth Greyling

Their son, H B Thom and their grandson J B Thom were both professors.

c11 Abraham Johan *Paarl 24 Sep 1875 ~31 Oct 1875 + Paarl 20 Dec 1876

c12 Georgina Wilhelmina 29 Jul 1878 ~Paarl 8 Sep 1878 + Paarl 31 May 1879

b10 Anna *1833 + 31 Dec 1833

b11 Georgina Wilhelmina *4 Mar 1836 ~Paarl 24 Jun 1836 + “Orleans� Klein Drakenstein, 26 Jan 1899 x Paarl 23 Jan 1854 Abraham Johannes VOIGT

b12 Cornelis William James *18 Jun 1838 ~Paarl 3 Sep 1838 + 9 Jan 1853. Fell from a horse.

George Thom * Edinburgh, Scotland 8.9.1879 s/o Arthur Cadwallader Thom and Agnes Mc Naught. (Brother of Margaret.) Ass. magistrate Smithfield OFS + on active service in France 8.10.1917 x Gladys Olive STOKES, who emigrated to N.S.W.  Australia

b1         Agnes Harriet (Nancy) *16.6.1912

b2         Margaret * 5.6.1917

George Victor Thom * Gosport, Hampshire, England 4.9.1917. RAF and Royal Navy s.o. John William Thom and Elizabeth CRISP x 27.4.1946 Essex, England Eileen WREYFORD * Jhb. 26.6.1921 d/o William John Edward Wreyford and Elizabeth LIDDIARD. She xx Reginald John Holdsworth

b1         Roland William * Jhb 25.9.1948 x Ingrid LAW * C.T. 30.4.1947 d/o Douglas Alexander Law and Maria Christina Hendrika Cloete

c1         Arundal William * C.T. 23.12.1975

James Thom * c 1853 Elgin, Scotland. Farmer + Grahamstown 29.7.1901 s/o John Thom and Mary EDDIE + Grahamstown 29.7.1901 lived Ficksburg x London Sarah Jane TOMKINS * England c 1857 + London 31.8.1932 d/o John Tomkins and nn GODFREE

b1        

b2         Frank Godfree    * c 1889

b3         Enid Violet  *c 1893 x à BECKETT

Jacob Thom * Graaff Reinet c 1872 retired builder + Port Elizabeth 16.8.1952 x Graaff Reinet to Hesse Regina NN + 15.6.1925

b1         Freddy William * Graaff Reinet 1895

b2         Sarah * Graaff Reinet 1906 + Pretoria 27.3.1931

b3         Henry * 1914

b4         Owen Johannes * 1917

James Thom * Scotland c 1803 + Swellendam 20.1.1880  arr. 1840 x  Ellen NN xx Sophia Rebecca VORTUYN

b          George

b          Alexander

 14 Mar 1848. Ellen Thom to Governor

            James Thom at present serving as Lieutenant in the (Burger?) levies on the frontier is my husband. Since his absence on duty I have been quite destitute of any means of support fro myself and family. As he is drawing a good pay and not having the means of communicating with me...might supply the temporary wants of myself and family by deducting something from his salary..... you will thus perform an act of great charity to a poor helpless woman.

The letter was sent to Col. Cloete - no means of helping without husbands consent.  Will write..and request him to .......  Still no resolution by 25 June 1851

James Thom  * Corsehill, Coylton, Scot. c 1872 + 9.6.1934 s/o John Thom and Margaret SPEIR  unm. Brother Alexander, Grahamstown

b1         Mary Marshall Ritchie x BUTLIN

b2         James *1908 + 1983  x Hazel Gem GREEN

c1         Molly

c2         Nancy x JAMES

c3         James Derek * 31.4.1934

c?         Peter (Cape)

c?         Robert (Bob Jhb)

c?         John (Cape

b3         Peter Crossan

b4         Agnes x GILCHRIST or GILLESPIE

b5         William

b6         Robert Barbour x Simone Marie Emillene DJANGY

c1         Gavin Jean-Paul * Jhb 17.5.1952 x 6.12.1981 Megan Jennifer PAYNE d/o MJ & J Payne

d1         Simone * Jhb 7.3.1982

d2         Matthew * 21.4.1987

b7         John Patie * Umbogintwini + in air crash on active service 22.2.1944 unm.

James Thom,  Storeman * Crimond, Aberdeen, Scotland 10.3.1867 + North End Beach, Port Eliz. 22.2.1913 s/o James Thom and Ann Wallace NN x Catherine (Katrina) Susanna NN, “Katy”

b1            Irene Grace

b2            James

b3            Mollie

b4            Jessie Kathleen * 3.1.1900

b5            Isbella

b6            Frederick Walter * 1902 + at 4m 26.1.1903

Death Notice signed by C.H. Walters, brother-in-law.

James had the following siblings

Ann * 1851, Elizabeth * 1855, Agnes * 1858, George * 1874

James Brown Thom * Johnstown near Glasgow, Scot. c 1878 + Cape Town 2.4.1913. s/o John Brown Thom and Jane Brown (bro. of John Brown Thom)

James MacMillan Thom * Edinburgh, Scot. 6.5.1911 x Margaret Anne CAPLIN * Bloemfontein 2.2.1922

b1         David Joseph MacMillan * 5.10.1953

b2         Gladys Dorothy Jean * 17.4.1951

James Templeton Thom * Scotland c Nov 1881 s.o. Archibald Thom and Mary
 Mc Millan + East London 14.10.1951 x Cape Town Catherine LAMBIE

b1         Catherine Hewitson x DALLAS

b2         Mary Mc Millan x E. S. CHAPMAN

b3         Jessie Lambie x V. D. CURLING

b4         John Lambie

Jessie Thom * Australia + Jhb 1.1.1952 aged 75 Retired Nurse

John Thom Trader of Glen Grey * County Tyrone, Ireland c 1842 + 1924 aged 82y11m

            x Queenstown 25.2.1884 Emily HILLIER * London lived in Queenstown + 4.9.1912 no children xx Alice HUGHES formerly Pollard-Lee *c.1864 + 25.5.1955

           who had children from her previous marriage.

John Thom  * Glasgow c 1853 s.o. James Thom and Christina Moody + London 9.5.1903 Chartered accountant of Jhb. x Liverpool, Jane Ramsay THOM (born Thom). Bro. of James

John Thom * Glasgow, Scot. 10.8.1876 s.o. Andrew Thom and Agnes Gordon  +26.10.1973 x Uitenhage 8.6.1908 Ada Susan Van ONSELEN * Netherlands 20.9.1887 + Durban 6.6.1959 d.o. H. J. and Henriette van Onselen

b1         Graham * Bloemfontein 1.2.1911  cousin of James McMillan Thom x Catherine Taylor MURCHIE * Glasgow 7.4.1908 d.o. Hugh McCall and Catherine Murchie

John Thom probably *  Eddingston, Scot. s/o John Thom and Jeannie MOFFAT

                        Lived Sea Point, C T, in 1950s

John Ashford Thom, Teller * Scotland c 1876 + Krugersdorp 1.7.1957 s/o John and Agnes Thom of

Arbroath, Scotl. x Stirling, Scot. Caroline + 10.8.1955

b1 Frederick George * Stirling, Scotland 6.1.1914  Managing Director African

Plastic Ind., Completed appr. as Diesel Eng. 1931.

Joined the R N V R in 1939 in Scotland. Demob. 1946 as Lt. Commander. Arrived 1947.

x 11.7.1949  Mary JACKSON d/o W.E.

2 sons 2 daughters                                                          Courtesy Who is Who 1960

b2         Eric Ashford,  in Leicester in 1957

John Pattie Thom                   

b?         James Archibald * Kimberley + 1944 x Anna Johanna Helena Catharina aka Annie

c1         Mary Elizabeth x THOMAS

c2         D D x ESTERHUIZEN

c3         J C x BRITS

c4         M A x STEPHENS

c5         Gerald Archibald * 1.7.1927 emigrated to the UK

c6         James Pattie * 22.9.1929 or 1923

c7         Anna Johanna x SMITH xx BATTON

James Pattie was married to Olga, who related that James grandfather was James Pattie Thom

who lived in Hercules, Pretoria, was a sea captain and lived to a great age

Does anyone out there have more information?

Margaret Thom * Edinburgh June 1883 + SA 23.12.1958 School principal TED d/o Arthur Cadwallader Thom and Agnes McNaught         Sister of George

Montague Walter Thom * 21.6.1877 lived Rondebosch. s.o. Robert Wilson Thom and Mabel Grantham

Robert Thom * Glasgow Linen Draper s.o. James and L. Thom + Kimberley 17.4.1895 aged 30 unm.

Robert Smith Thom * Glasgow c 1859 s/o Robert and Ann Thom + Benoni 11.3.1922 Blacksmith x Catherine KEISH + Port Elizabeth 27.2.1916

b1         Elizabeth x THICKENS

b2         Ann Smith x William Mitchell CAMPBELL

William Ballantyne Phillip Thom Pharmacist x Ellen Harriet NEL  * Graaff Reinet + 17.1.1949 d.o. Gideon Johannes Nel and Elice Aletta Andrietta Nel              

William Thomas Thom  (Bill) * England c 1871 + Jhb 22.4.1912 of phthysis x Maris or Maria COD + 1901xx Jhb Matilda Elizabeth SALZWEDEL *24.10.1880 d.o. Julius Edward Salzwedel, born berlin, nr. E. London. Of Danish extraction, she was the last of fourteen children. She xx Mr Clarke

Bill was in the British Army in India. Served 2 contracts of seven years each, then invalided out and told to move to a better climate. First settled East London, but on hearing that there were better opportunities moved to Jhb.

b1         Helen Alice * 13.12.1898

second marriage

b2         William Alexander   *9.7.1904 x Tamsyn Margaret xx Joyce

c1         Francis William George (Frank) *10 April 1933

c2         Peter Anthony *Jhb 22 Feb 1944 x Theresa Mary CONNELL *Jhb 10 Jan 1947

d1         Susan Margaret * 8 Jun 1967

d2         Craig Douglas * 20 Jun 1969

d3         Jason Alan * 11 May 1976

b3         Sidney Herbert * 31.7.1905

William Thom * Aberdeenshire, Scot. (unknown whether he lived in SA) x Margaret Auld ANNAND

b1         James – Scot.

b2         Margaret Ann * Aberdeenshire, Scot. c 1861 + Jhb 16.8.1919 x Theodore Herbert Blenkins MARTIN

b3         Robert Maitland * Aberdeenshire c 1868 + Jhb 13.1.1916

b4         Martha Maitland x James FORGIE New York

b5         Mary Elizabeth Wilson Scot.

b6         Isabella Melville * Bourtie, Aberdeen 5.4.1871 (lived Jhb.)

b7         Helen Beau * Bourtie, Aberdeen 11.7.1872 + 13.12.1942 x Jhb James Cecil DURRANT +28.7.1920

b8         Christina Robb (lived SA)

b9         Jan Anderson x Charles Frederick BODEN of Jhb.

William Charles Tarleton Thom a.k.a. William Charlton Thom * Cape + Pretoria 11.5.1917 x Bredasdorp 6.6.1876 Susanna Cornelia VAN BREDA d.o. Michiel Jacob Van Breda and Elsie Catharina SMALBERGER. At the marriage by special licence Wm. is an agriculturalist from Springfield, her address Soetendals Vallei.

b1         Henry William Tarleton * Bredasdorp 1.5.1877  ~3.7.1877

b2         Alice Sophia * Bredasdorp 6.3.1879 ~ 4.5.1879 (Witness Alice Sophia THOM)

b3         Ivy Laura * Bredasdorp 14.10.1880 ~ 12.12.1880

b4         Helena du Plessis * Bredasdorp 14.8.1883 ~ 29.9.1883

b5         Walter Campbell * Bredasdorp 26.4.1886 ~ 15.8.1886 + 27.7.1916 on active service (4^th S A Infantry) x Valerie Lydia ALLISON

c1         Ivy Valerie * 30.3.1908

Willem Christian Thom and Anna Susanna PESTOORS baptise

b1         Willem Christian  * 6 Mar 1863 ~April 1863

William Pattison Thom (arr. SA 1926)  + Jhb 1978 s/o Castlehowe Murray Thom and Jeannie Pattison * Cumberland, England x 1922 Agnes (Nancy) MacFARLANE + Jhb 1974, aged 86

b1         Jean * South Africa Oct 1926  + 6.7.1991 x BARKER

b2         James Murray * Jhb. 13.12.1927 + Durban 1.4.1991 x Jhb. 30.3.1957 Pamela Irene BUTLER * Essex, England 25.7.1927 adopted d.o. Ernest Charles Butler and Eva Lilian Passenger

c1         Neil Murray * Vereeniging 16.6.1958

c2         William Gregory * Vereeniging 3.7.1959

c3         Roy Pattison * Durban 10.4.1961

c4         Audrey-Ann * Durban 22.8.1963 x 8.2.1986 Lloyd Miles COLLIER

Unclassified Thoms

May belong to families above, more information required

Albert Christoph Carl Thom + 29.4.1974 x Johanna Martina

Anna Christian Thom * Lubnow, Germany + Kingwilliamstown 4.9.1892 d/o Friedrich Thom and Sophie Busser x MAASKE, who + before her.

Children

b1 August

b2 Wilhelmine

b3 Luise

MOOC 6/9/309 2086/ 3092

Carl Johannes Albert Thom + 1976 x Grace Darling

Celeste Joy Thom nee Thom *11.7.1950

Charlotte Thom 1371/22

Dorothy Thom + 30.6.1920 aged 32, buried Old Cemetary, Port Alfred Golf Course x ESPIN

Henry Cha(r)les Thom x Cape Town 4.4.1874 Elizabeth FOSTER

Herman August George Albert Thom + 1970

James Thom * c 1853 Elgin, Scotland. Farmer + Grahamstown 29.7.1901 s/o John Thom and Mary EDDIE + Grahamstown 29.7.1901 lived Ficksburg x London Sarah Jane TOMKINS * England c 1857 + London 31.8.1932 d/o John Tomkins and nn GODFREE

b1         Dorothy Cissie Ma(r)y  * c 1887 x ESPIN

b2         Frank Godfree    * c 1889

b3         Enid Violet  *c 1893 x à BECKETT

Jane Margaret Thom * c1881 + Surrey, England 16.9.1934 unm. d/o James

Katherine Thom * Scotl 1863 + Jhb 6.10.1915 unm.

Mary Ashworth Thom * Glasgow + S.A. 7.7.1939 x HAWTHORN

Mary J Thom + OFS 320/195

William Duncan Thom * England + 12.6.1955. Retired jockey and war veteran.

x 21.10.1874 Elizabeth Catherine GERMANS

William Duncan Thom, Apothecary, Burg St., Cape Town, married 1850.

William Jacobus Abrahamse Thom  * 1831  x Cape Town  c 1860  Rachel de Villiers  * 1828

KEY

* born

~baptised

x married

xx second marriage, etc

+ died

Information from documents held in the State Archives, family members, documents in The H B Thom Collection at Stellenbosch University (used with permission) and the series South African Genealogies.