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In Memory of David Thomson

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2008

This plaque is located on St. Andrews Road in the cemetery of St. Andrew's Church (Scarborough) in the southwest corner. The plaque was erected in 1996 by the Scarborough Historical Society. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.759968 -79.252281

In memory of David Thomson of Westerkirk Dumfries-shire Scotland who was the First Settler in Scarborough, where his was the first land cleared. He had arrived in Upper Canada in 1796 and died on the 22nd of June 1834, aged 71, leaving his wife, eleven children and 53 grandchildren.

Other plaques at this location
Indian Trail
Scarboro' Centennial Memorial Library
St. Andrew's Church
St. Andrew's Church
The Thomson Settlement

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