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     John ('Jack') Fenton Richardson Akehurst was born on 24 February 1908 at Kamloops. He married Mary L. Wingrove in 1930 at Cochrane. John ('Jack') Fenton Richardson Akehurst died on 2 September 1989 at age 81.

     Mary L. Wingrove lived at Beaverton, Ontario; Summer residence. Her married name was Akehurst. She was born on 5 February 1906 at Walsingham Ont. She married John ('Jack') Fenton Richardson Akehurst, son of Henry Stephen ('Harry') Akehurst and Mary Harriet May Scarlett, in 1930 at Cochrane. Mary L. Wingrove died on 13 September 2002 at Arizona at age 96; They wintered there, and in her declining years Mary lived there full-time, accompanied by her son Donald following her stroke.

     Archibald Thomson was buried at Old St Andrews Cemetery, Bendale, Scarborough. He was born on 7 May 1747; in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, a hamlet eight miles North of Canobie. The family residence was Nethernoch, a mile west of Westerkirk. (His brothers Andrew and David emigrated to Canada in 1796. The parents of the three brothers were Andrew Thomson, a stone mason, born 1712, and Janet Scott, his wife: they married in 1746.) He emigrated in 1773; to Canada. He married Elizabeth McKay, daughter of Hugh McKay, on 27 July 1781 at Quebec; or - according to Peter Scarlett - 2/8/1781. Archibald Thomson died on 22 January 1817 at Agincourt at age 69.

     Elizabeth McKay was buried at Old St Andrews Cem Bendale Scarborough. Her married name was Thomson. She was born in 1763. She married Archibald Thomson, son of Andrew Thomson and Janet Scott, on 27 July 1781 at Quebec; or - according to Peter Scarlett - 2/8/1781. Elizabeth McKay died on 23 April 1817.

     James Elliott married Janet Thomson, daughter of Archibald Thomson and Elizabeth McKay, on 16 September 1802 at St. Paul's Church Toronto. James Elliott died after 16 September 1802.

     Her married name was Elliott. Janet Thomson was born in 1785 at Detroit. She married James Elliott on 16 September 1802 at St. Paul's Church Toronto. Janet Thomson died after 16 September 1802.

     Elizabeth Thomson was born in 1787 at Fredricksburg Twp. As of 1806,her married name was Forfar. She married Thomas Forfar in August 1806. Elizabeth Thomson died after September 1806.

     Her married name was Fenwick. Helen C. Eleanor Thomson was born in 1789 at Fredricksburg Twp. She died after 29 December 1808.

     Alexander J. Thomson was born in 1796 at Niagara. He was christened on 9 October 1796 at Niagara. He died after 2 June 1818.

     Archibald Thomson was born in 1798 at York. He died after 1823.

     George Thomson was born in 1801 at York. He married Lyndia Terry in 1823. George Thomson died in 1840.

     Her married name was Crosby. Agnes Thomson married John Crosby. Agnes Thomson was born in 1803. She died after 1803.

     John Crosby married Agnes Thomson, daughter of Archibald Thomson and Elizabeth McKay. John Crosby died after 1803.

     Thomas Forfar married Elizabeth Thomson, daughter of Archibald Thomson and Elizabeth McKay, in August 1806. Thomas Forfar died after August 1806.