Matthew McBlain Thomson: Defrauding through the U.S. Mail

Matthew McBlain Thomson 

was born 9 Jan 1854 in Ayrshire, Scotland, to Mathew Thomson & Helen McBlain.

Inmate: #22048 Leavenworth Federal Prison

Rec: 11 Nov 1924

Crime: Defrauding through the Mail

All the records came from the National Archives online site.

His partner's in this crime

Dominic Bergera

  

        Inmate: #22049 Leavenworth Federal Prison

        I did not find his records. 

                                          Thomas Perrot

Inmate: #18016 Leavenworth Federal Prison

                                      (Could be him)

Matthew's wives:

WIFE #1

Married 31 Dec 1872

Jane Seersgunan

1853–1897

Their children:

Matthew McBlain Thomson

1873–1914

William Mcculloch Thomson

1876–1965

James Rennie Thomson

1883–1938

Wife #2

Married 1899

Emily Sophia Horsley

1866–1907

Their Children:

James Rennie Thomson

1883–1938

Alice Mary Thompson

1899–1978

John Laughlin Thomson

1901–1957

Margaret Thomson

1907–1907

Wife #4

Married 1 Aug 1917 Salt Lake City, UT

Mary Ann Spiers 1876-1957

Married 1 Aug 1917 Salt Lake City, UT

Anna Bertelson

1858-1926

Wife #5

Married 9 Jan 1909 Salt Lake City, UT

Christina Robertson -Kelling 1867-1929

Wife #6

Married in Salt Lake City, UT 

Margaret Phillips 1869-1940

Some of the women were widows and had been married with children before marrying Matthew. I might be missing some. I did however make him a tree on Ancestry id family would like my research they are more than happy to use it, remember to site your sources.

Here are newspaper articles I found on Matthew

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112097234/matthew-thomson-masonic-officers/

Here are two links of sites I found with his story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McBlain_Thomson

https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/thomson_m/thomson_m.html

1916

1920 he was going to Italy and had to renew his passport, he had traveled all over the world. I am not 100% sure which wife this is maybe Christina Robertson, I did not find any passports for the wives. Here are some other photos of Christina.

(All these are from Lori Larsen on Ancestry)

1922

1922

1973

Matthew died 13 Sep 1932 in Salt Lake City, UT

What a character he must of been.

He is mentioned at 6:38

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