Mina Beatrice HOBKIRK & John B. THOMSON

Mina B. HOBKIRK was born 17 May 1877 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the ninth child and fifth daughter of John R. HOBKIRK and Mary Eliza MARTIN.

Mina married John B. THOMSON on 24 August 1904 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

John B. Thomson worked in the coal mining industry, first as an Electrical Engineer and later as a Mine Manager of Eddie Colliery, in Hamilton.

Mina passed away in on 20 July 1967, and John passed away 7 May 1930.

Mina B. HOBKIRK and John B. Thomson had the following children:

     Thomas THOMSON, born 15 April 1906. Thomas married Joanna Macrae on 12 December 1936
          in Wolverhampton, England. Thomas died in the Highlands on 10 October 1986.
          Joanna Macrae passed away in the Highlands on 3 April 1990.

     John (Jack) Hobkirk THOMSON, born 26 April 1909.

     Mary(Bee) Beatrice THOMSON, born 28 July 1915. Bee married Stodart Prentice on July 17, 1946.
          Bee passed away whilst on holiday with friends in Tenerife in May 1995. 

Pictured below is John B. Thomson, eldest son Thomas, Bee, Mina and Jack on the front doorstep of their home around 1918.

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