Do you have a copy of his death certificate?? it should give you some clues to his parents.

There are two James Thompsons who died in 1843, I presume yours is the Mar quarter 1843

Deaths Mar 1843
THOMPSON James Northallerton 24 291

Deaths Sep 1843
THOMPSON James Northallerton 24 249

This could be a possible baptism, BUT, you would need a copy of the death to verify parents

Name: James Thompson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1794
Baptism Date: 4 Jan 1795
Baptism Place: Brompton By Northallerton,York,England
Father: Edward Thompson
Mother: Ann Gallantree
FHL Film Number: 894238


Christiana Mitchell was born/baptised in Osmotherley 1802 (birth place taken from 1861 Census)

Parish record

Name: Christiana Mitchell
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 8 Jul 1804
Baptism Place: Osmotherley,York,England
Father: Robert Mitchell
Mother: Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 550545

It may be worth contacting the Parish records office to see if they can give you more details on the baptism of James, his fathers occupation etc.

It looks like there are a few Thompson families in Brompton via Northallerton
Edward Thompson & Ann Gallantree
Robert Thompson & Ann Best
Mathew Thompson & Ann Mitcheson

all have children around the same time Edward & Ann are the only ones with a son James it appears that they had two sons named James one in 1792 presume he died & one in 1794 which is above.

Thanks very much for your help.
There is just one problem!! We have James' Death Certificate and it states that he was 40 when he died in - as you correctly presume - January 1843. It also states that he was a Tailor. We know this to be the case.

However, English Death Certificates do not give any details of parents. We know that some Scottish certificates show this - as we have Scots ancestry as well as English!
The 1841 census shows James to be 35 - although this is sometimes inaccurate.

Christiana Mitchell's details are correct and we have her certificates as well. Her age is roughly correct on the 1841 census and all up to 1871. She died in 1878.

We would love to believe that you have "found" James for us, but the only hope we have is that the registrar misread an age of "48" for the "40" that is shown on the death certificate, or that Christiana did not know his age! We think that he may have been married to someone else, as he fathered 4 children with his "partner" Christiana without marrying her. She put her marital status as "widow" on the 1871 census, but is shown with her maiden name of "Mitchell" on her death certificate.

Thanks very much and good luck with your own research.

Stephen Baker

The parish record may show some light on Edwards occupation, sometimes the children followed fathers trade, became tailors or drapers and cloth makers, it might be worth trying to get hold of a copy the original entry record.

This is the listing in familysearch.org


James Thompson
England Births and Christenings
Name: James Thompson
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 04 Jan 1795
Christening Place: BROMPTON BY NORTHALLERTON,YORK,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1794
Father's Name: Edward Thompson
Mother's Name: Ann Gallantree
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03998-1 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 894238

If you go to the site they have a help section where you can send a message regarding the record. They have records on microfiche and you be able to view the record.