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Found this,

"THOMSON, Rella MacArthur On Monday, October 1, 1979, Rella M. McKenzie, in her 80th year, beloved wife of William W. Thomson; dear mother of Sandy Thomson, of Winnipeg; also survived by two grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Friends may call at the Tubman Funeral Home, 403 Richmond Rd. -at Roosevelt on Wednesday : from 2 to 4 and 7n to 9. Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Thursday at 2 p.m. with cremation to follow"


Reads like William was still alive in 1979.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2983
About Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

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Anyone know how often the voters roll was released in Canada?

Maybe find something here????

http://ogsottawa.on.ca/cemeteries/index.php

http://ogs.andornot.com/CemeteryIndex.aspx

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Carleton_County,_Ontario#Cemetery

1972, same address, both still alive:


Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Mrs Rella Thomson
Name: Mrs Rella Thomson
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Electoral District: Ottawa West
Year: 1972

also William Thomson, retired

And before that:


Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Rella M Thomson
Name: Rella M Thomson
Location: Carleton, Ontario
Occupation: Accountant
Electoral District: Carleton
Year: 1957

Address: 133 Premier Avenue
Also listed at same address: William W Thomson, CS

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Rella Thomson
Name: Rella Thomson
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Occupation: Acct
Electoral District: Ottawa West
Year: 1968

Address: 133 Premier Avenue
At same address: William Thomson, retired.

As he married in Quebec in 1922, it's more than likely that he died in Canada.

Think this man has vanished lol

That is most definatly his marriage,now just to find a death for him, I thought it would be easy to find him with a name like that but no luck so far

Just checked his Birth Certificate, he did have Watson as well

He probably didn't have Watson on his birth cert, but as he knew who he was named for, ( his grandfather) he added it in anyway!
( my rellies who emigrated tended to do the same thing)
I did notice that his grandfather also called himself "William Pettigrew Watson"!

Got it, didn't think he had Watson as a middle name as well

John,
Did you miss my last post?

Yeah I have Jane Miller as her mother

Hang on... Found him!

Web: Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931 about William Pettigrew Watson Thomson
Name: William Pettigrew Watson Thomson
Gender: Male
Spouse: Rella Mccarthur Mackenzie
Marriage Date: 10 mai 1922 (10 May 1922)
Marriage Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
URL: http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Qu...

As a rule, I dont research siblings of anyone who married into my family but looking at William on census returns, his wife was called Jane/Jeannie.
His age, place of birth and names of his children, suggests he is Rachel Watson's brother?

My research follows only the marriage and children of Rachel Watson, daughter of John Watson and Elizabeth Pettigrew

She was the daughter of William Watson, what name do you have for the mother?

John,
Out of interest, are you reasearching the Watson line too?

I'm guessing here, but the mother Elizabeth Pettigrew Watson... was she the daughter of William Watson, grand daughter of ...John Watson and Elizabeth Pettigrew?

This family appear in my tree as Rachel Watson, daughter of John Watson and Elizabeth Pettigrew married one of my rellies.