Thompson
James Thompson.
Protestant.
RIC Sergeant.
He mar
Phebe Jermyn.
Opposed his son's marriage to a Catholic in 1919.
But was later reconciled to it and visited them in Australia.
They had issue:
-
Dick Thompson,
Richard Jermyn Thompson,
born 2 Sept 1886,
at Ballyheigue,
NW of Tralee, Co.Kerry.
See birth cert
from here.
He was an
engineer.
He
emigrated to Australia 1911.
Served in Australian army in WWI. Joined 1915 or 1916.
Sent back to Europe to fight.
He was badly shell-shocked.
He was
back in Ireland after the war.
Living at 55 Great Charles St, Dublin.
Next door to
Jones family at 53 Great Charles St.
He knew the brothers James and John Jones as an engineer.
He did some work in
James' garage
while James' sister Pauline was working there.
He fell for Pauline.
[Thom's, 1919, p.1533]
shows "Mrs. Jones" at no. 53,
and nos. 54 to 57 are simply "Gardens"
with no named tenants.
He mar 27 Aug 1919, Dublin, to
Pauline Jones [born 27 June 1891].
He was Protestant. She was Catholic.
He is "soldier" on mar cert, living 55 Great Charles St.
He took her back to Australia in 1920. Apparently not 1919.
Lived 11 Croydon St, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia.
There by 1925.
See entries
for him
and her
in the Welcome Walls
project
(Western Australia history).
This incorrectly says he was involved with the Thomond.
But he was in Australia by then.
Pauline died late Aug 1957, Perth, age 66 yrs.
Dates of 27 or 28 or 29 Aug are given.
Within a day or two, her brother James died in Ireland.
Dick died 19 January 1962.
They had issue:
- Eileen Pauline Thompson,
born 3 June 1920.
Did not marry.
Lived at family home, 11 Croydon St, Subiaco, Perth. There in 1986.
- Muriel Thompson,
born 25 Aug 1921.
She mar Gregory Hill and had issue.
- Adrienne Thompson,
born 13 Jan 1928.
She mar Kevin Byrne and had issue.
