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Captain Joseph Lowes Thompson
Mildred Adamson    1888-1978
Mildred was born on 25 May 1888, the daughter of John Adamson and Mary Burnop Mail. She died in 1978, at age 90, in a nursing home in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Joseph Lowes Thompson   1886-1929
Joseph Lowes was born 3 July 1886 in Fulwell, of Charles Elliot Thompson and Mary Jane Kish. He married Mildred Adamson on 5 January 1910. He was a shipowner, and during WW1, a Captain of 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment. They moved to New York, USA, in 1922, and resided at 8 Field Court, in the Town of Bronxville, in the Village of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York. He died on 27 June 1929, just six days short of his 43rd birthday. Cause of death was a heart attack. His occupation was listed as Christian Science Practitioner. After his death, Mildred and the children, except for one of the twins, who had already married, returned to England.
Mildred Adamson Thompson
in her wedding dress
They had the following children:
Rosalind Blossom Born 2 Apr 1911   Sunderland, County Durham Married Robert Howison Overstreet
James C. Cady
Rosemarie Pearl Born 2 Apr 1911   Sunderland, County Durham Married Claud Frederick Demuth
Joseph Lowes Born 8 Sep 1916   Harrogate, Yorkshire County Married Kathleen Nutt
Kenneth Cameron Born 1927   Bronxville, New York, USA
Birth of Parents
Joseph Lowes Thompson b: 3 Jul 1886  c: 27 Jul 1886 Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish, County Durham
son of Charles Elliott and Mary Jane Thompson of Newcastle Road, shipbuilder
1886 3Q Sunderland 10a 659

Mildred Adamson b: 25 May 1888             Whitburn, County Durham      1888 3Q South Shields 673 659
daughter of John Adamson and Mary Burnop Mail, shipowner, Roecliff House

Marriage
5 Jan 1910 Marriage
Joseph Lowes Thompson
Mildred Adamson 		St. George's Presbyterian Church        1910 1Q Sunderland 10a 1009
Father: Charles Elliot Thompson, Shipbuilder
Father: John Adamson, Shipowner
  Newspaper
 5 January 1910      Joseph Lowes Thompson Married Mildred Adamson           1910 1Q Sunderland 10a 1009
The marriage took place this afternoon at St. George's Presbyterian Church of Mr. Joseph Lowes Thompson, 2nd son of Mr. Charles E. Thompson, shipowner and chairman of the Sunderland Rural District Council, and Miss Mildred Adamson, daughter of Mr. John Adamson, shipowner of Westburn. The minister officiating was the Rev. A. Wylie Blue, and the bride was given away by her father, the bridesmaids being Misses Edith and Theo Adamson (sisters of the bride), and Miss Mail (cousin). Mr. Claud Bulmer was the best man. After the ceremony, a reception was held at Westburn, and during the day, the newly wedded pair commenced their wedding tour, which is to be spent on the Continent. They have been the recipients of a very large number of handsome presents. The wedding cake was made by Mr. Edward Binns, Fawcett Street.

Children
Rosalind Blossom Thompson b: 2 Apr 1911   Sunderland, County Durham       1911 2Q Sunderland 10a 701
twin daughter of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Mildred Adamson, Westburn House
Rosemarie Pearl Thompson b: 2 Apr 1911   Sunderland, County Durham       1911 2Q Sunderland 10a 701
twin daughter of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Mildred Adamson, Westburn House

  Newspaper
 2 April 1911      BIRTH
THOMPSON - At Westburn, Sunderland, on Apr. 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowes Thompson, twin daughters.

Westburn, Thornhill Terrace, Sunderland

Joseph Lowes Thompson b: 8 Sep 1916   Harrogate, Yorkshire County        1916 4Q Knaresborough 9a 155
of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Mildred Adamson, of "Milston", Warwick Crescent, Harrogate
Father is a Shipowner, and Captain 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment   Died 28 Aug 1985


1922     Family sailed from Southampton, to New York City, on the Aquitania, arriving on 7 April 1922. The immigration manifest stated they were visiting Joseph's brother, Allan Robert Thompson, at Bronxville Road, Bronxville, Westchester County, New York. The family settled in Bronxville, and remained there until Joseph's death in 1929.

Kenneth Cameron Thompson b: 1927   Westchester County, U.S.A.
of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Mildred Adamson of Bronxville, New York
Died 18 Mar 2003       Yakima, Washington     SS= 565 52 0527

The Joseph Lowes Thompson family at Bronxville, New York.

  Newspaper
 Died 27 June 1929      DEATH
The death is reported from New York of Mr. Joseph Lowes Thompson, who was a son of the late Mr. Charles Elliot Thompson, of the Poplars, Sunderland, and formerly of Ashville, Sunderland. He had been in New York about 12 years, and leaves a widow (a daughter of the late Mr. John Adamson, of Sunderland), two sons, and two daughters.

Death
Joseph Lowes Thompson Died 27 June 1929, Age 42 Residence: 8 Field Court, Town of Bronxville, Village of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A.. The body was cremated, and the ashes placed in the family plot at Mere Knolls Cemetery, Monkwearmouth.
1929   Mildred returned to England with Rosemarie, Joseph, and Kenneth.
Rosemary Blossom stayed in the U.S.
1930 Census 1 Apr 1930
 Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
9 Bronxville Road
District 82, Image 5 of 23
 Birthplace
Person		 Birthplace
Father		 Birthplace
Mother
William Rich
Ethel B. (Wife)
Charlotte M.
Amanda Sodersten (Wid)
 Blossom Thompson 		Age 56
Age 55
Age 21
Age 62
 Age 19 		R.R. Foreman


Lodger
 Lodger 		Pennsylvania
New York
New York
Sweden
 England 		Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Sweden
 England 		Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Sweden
 England 		abt 1873
abt 1974
abt 1908
abt 1867
 2 Apr 1911

Blossom will marry Robert Howison Overstreet
1930 Census 1 Apr 1930
 Manhattan, New York, New York
98 Morningside Avenue
District 900, Image 3 of 40
 Birthplace
Person		 Birthplace
Father		 Birthplace
Mother
Harry A. Overstreet
Elsie B. (Wife)
 Robert H.
Allan B. 		Age 54
Age 48
 Age 19
Age 15 		College Professor California
California
 California
California 		Germany
California
 California
California 		Germany
California
 California
California 		25 Oct 1875
abt 1881
 31 Dec 1910
abt 1915

Summary of the Will of Mr. Joseph Lowes Thompson
of Stratford House, East Bolden, Sunderland, County Durham
Trustees and Executors:		 1886 - 1929       Dated 3 July 1914

Wife Mildred, brother Charles Elliot Thompson, and
William Kirk Hewson of 55 John Street, Sunderland.
William Kirk Hewson Twenty Five pounds for services rendered.
Wife:  Mildred Thompson: All my furniture and other household effects and my motor car, plus 100 pounds to be paid within one month of my death.
Until death or remarriage: The full income from my residuary trust fund.
If wife remarries: One half the amount otherwise entitled
Children:  Any and all After death or remarriage of wife, the annual income from the Trust Estate equally divided
Codicil to Will of Joseph Lowes Thompson
of 2 The Lawn, Sunderland, County Durham 		Dated 4 January 1921
Delete Trustee and Executor: Brother Charles Elliot Thompson

Death
Mildred (Adamson) Thompson Died 13 Mar 1978 Age 90    Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Widow of Joseph Lowes Thompson, in a nursing home.