This is the scrapbook that my Dad, Lawrence "Cotton" Tracy Thomson put together during his marriage to my Mom, Ruth Evelyn Parker Thomson from the later 1920s to his death in 1980s. His scrapbooks contain many photographs so I have broken all his books down into other books, each one has 10 pages with at most 12 photographs on each page. Please use the pull down menu above to go to a particular book.

My father's (Lawrence Tracy Thomson) scrapbook begins about where my mother's scrapbook ends, in the early 1920s. His scrapbooks are extensive and will have many more pages than my mother's. I hope you enjoy seeing my father and mother's combined scrapbook as they raise their family.

My dad was known as "cotton" from an early age due to his light colored hair so you will see many references to him as cotton throughout his scrapbook. I will reproduce his scrapbook here as he made it, i.e. photographs in the same order that he put them in his book.

Some, but not all, photographs in these scrapbooks are reproduced here. I hope you all enjoy this photo scrapbook of the Thomson family. Before going on to the various scrapbooks, please take a moment to look at the Family Tree below so you will know who is who in the photographs.

FAMILY TREE

Children of TRACY McCULLOUGH THOMSON and ELIZABETH BLACK THOMSON

1. Ralph Harvey Thomson - born March 20, 1898, Delaware, Ohio
   Married Esther Carlamagno, July 29, 1927
   Died December 7, 1970, Ascochingo, Argentina

2. George Hugh Thomson - born May 29, 1899, Delaware, Ohio
   Married Glennie Powell, September 11, 1933, Delaware, Ohio
   CHILDREN: Elizabeth Alemeda
   • Married John Erwin Kuhn, June 14, 1957, Columbus, Ohio (born October 6, 1934)
     • CHILDREN:
       • Catherine - born April 13, 1958
       • Mark - born July 6, 1961

3. Robert Black Thomson - born July 1, 1902, Delaware, Ohio
   • Deceased - July 29 1949, San Diago, California

4. Lawrence Tracy Thomson - born June 21, 1900, Delaware, Ohio
   Married Ruth Evelyn Parker - born July 27, 1903, Sandusky, Ohio
   • CHILDREN:
     • Lawrence Tracy Thomson, Junior - born April 28, 1927, Sandusky, Ohio
       Married Marjorie McClouth, June 19, 1948 (born Jan 19, 1927)
       CHILDREN:
       • Douglas McLouth Thomson - born February 12, 1949, Lansing, Michigan
         Married Marsha Jan Dyke
       • Bruce Parker Thomson - born May 22, 1952, Ann Arbor, Michigan

     • James Parker Thomson - born September 3, 1930, Sandusky, Ohio
       Married Janet Lemen August 16, 1952, Traverse City, Michigan
       CHILDREN:
       • Michael James Thomson - born February 19, 1953
         Married Janice Dyke, Divorced 1977
         CHILDREN
         • Leah Bree - born February 2, 1975, Lansing, Michigan
         Married Teresa Ann DeGroot, 08/21/81;
         CHILDREN
         • James Michael, 02/09/82
         • Donald Brian, 09/17/83
       • Craig Edward Thomson - born October 18, 1955
         Married Katherine Joslyn 2008
         Married Lisa Sutton 1980
         CHILDREN:
         • Elliott - Born 1/21/1983
         • Chioe 9/4/1987
       • Robert Day Thomson - born September 4, 1956
         Married Stacy Breidenbach June 11, 1983
         CHILDREN:
         • Amanda Lynn Thomson, born January 15, 1987
         • Curtis Richard Thomson, born Septemper 11, 1990
       • James Daniel Thomson 12/23/1960
         Married Suby Tarp
       • Elizabeth Ann Thomson - born February 28, 1959
         Married Rodolfo (Rudy) Marinez, July 28, 1979
         CHILDREN:
         • Dylan Rodolfo - born September 25, 1980
         • Marina Elizabeth - born August 19, 1984
       • Darren Scott Thomson - born May 16, 1967

     • David McCullough Thomson - born November 12, 1931, Nassau County, New York
       Married Barbara Swanson, September 5, 1959, East Lansing, Michigan, Divorced February, 1970
       Married Mary Ann Melfi November 14, 1970, Columbus, Ohio (born January 4, 1942) Divorced 1978 CHILDREN:
       • Christopher Mark Thomson - born Novermber 22, 1971, Columbus, Ohio
         Married Elizabeth Harper - April 30, 1994
         CHILDREN:
         • William Thomson - born April 8, 1997
         • Michael Thomson - born November 30, 1999
       Married Jeanne A. Hanson, March 29, 1979

My thanks to my brother, Jim, who kindly loaned me the many scrapbooks of my parents so I could put together this record. All these documents that I once had are now with my son, Chris, except for parts that were given to Jim's children.

All photograhps and text are coverd by the copyright 2001. Use of photographs without the express permission of a Thomson family member is strictly prohibited.