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PEEBLES/THOMSON, Allegheny Co. PA

PEEBLES/THOMSON, Allegheny Co. PA

Posted: 21 Aug 2004 6:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 2 Nov 2004 10:23PM GMT
Surnames: HOPEWELL PEEBLES THOMSON
Searching for descendants of William Peebles THOMSON, b. abt. 1823, Pittsburgh, PA; son of James THOMSON (1772--1848) and his second wife Margaret PEEBLES, b. abt. 1780, d. 1853, Pittsburgh, PA.

William married #1 Louisa HOPEWELL; #2 Emma HOPEWELL. He and his two wives and some of their children are buried in the Allegheny Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Allegheny Co., PA, along with William's mother Margaret PEEBLES THOMSON.

Possible connection with PEEBLES of Cumberland and Franklin Cos., PA, mid to late 1700's.

Re: PEEBLES/THOMSON, Allegheny Co. PA

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 1:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
Greetings,

I work in the office of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto. In 2016 Pittsburgh will be celebrating its 200th birthday. We are planning a celebration and a meaningful component of this event would be to have past Mayors and/or their descendants participating in the festivities. Although our planning is still at the rudimentary stage, I am reaching out to descendants in advance, because of their family’s significance to Pittsburgh’s story.

My research has led me to your post on Ancestry, are you related to Pittsburgh’s Mayor James Thomson? To have Mayor Thomson’s family in attendance would be particularly meaningful.

Thus far I’ve made contact with 35 of our 56 Mayors’ family members! All of their feedback has been unanimously positive about attending the 2016 celebration.

To have descendants of our past Mayors participating in our 200th birthday will be a tangible and extraordinary link to Pittsburgh’s first two centuries. I look forward to hearing from you.

My contact info: 412.255.2632 / gloria.forouzan@pittsburghpa.gov
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