Comments on: The Thompson’s Curse

By: Tonya Thompson

Tonya Thompson — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 07:55:04 +0000

I am a Thompson with a (p). I can only speak about what has happened in my family. My grandfather, father and all of my uncles have died fairly young due to cancer. They all also had heart problems. None of their deaths were quick and painless. Unfortunately they all suffered. None of the Thompson boys had any sons, only daughters. Since the curse is only suppose to affect the males, I guess it is a mere coincidence the turn my life has taken. I have suffered from poor health my entire life. My daughter is very intelligent and talented and everything has always came easy to her. My son has always suffered from poor health and every bad thing that could happen to him has happened. I always felt that the family was cursed only to stumble upon the story of the Thompson curse. Now after reading about the curse, I am still not sure if my suspensions are true or not.

By: J. Thompson

J. Thompson — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:01:34 +0000

Maybe to set things right will remove the curse I have faced it many a day now and the struggle continues yet I knew not the reason until stumbling upon this ill begotten misfortune. I think its worse for me because im part of the Mcmullen and Thompson clan where there are definite tales of curses on both sides, The Mcmullen side has been cursed to having only male children. From my family I heard stories that these curses against the family name are not exclusive to Ireland or Scottland but in Norway as well where people will outwardly shun males but not the females because of the curses. I did not believe it at first start myself but I have grown weary of these evils. You may think of me as being soft in the head but I believe setting things right by possibly resetting the stones or replacing these destroyed cists might help bury the curses once and for all and might be a nice opportunity for long lost relatives to become acquainted as well.

By: Lauren Thompson

Lauren Thompson — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:47:37 +0000

There is a curse for the Thompson’s. It is the “1000 word curse” saying that we will all burn in hell and have horrible thoughts on life

By: Lauren Thompson

Lauren Thompson — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:44:18 +0000

I am a born, female of the Thompson family and i have had a cold, hard life and doubt only the male population of the family is cursed

By: Jenny MacTavish

Jenny MacTavish — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:33:15 +0000

While it is good that you have had a good and happy life, it is very disrespectful to bring your religion into a thread that has nothing to do with religion and then to yell (the all-caps thing is rude) about it, which, in essence, is the same as forcing it on people. No one appreciates that.

By: Mairi Morrison

Mairi Morrison — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:18:09 +0000

Hi Alistair,

I am among the living relatives as well.

Glad to hear you are well. Was so sad about death of Auntie Molly and Uncle Archie. Do you know what happened to Robin?

Mairi Morrison here. My great grandmother Mary Craig (of the McBridges) married Alexander Thomson, farmer at Achencaharr. As Auntie Molly, your sister, my father’s cousin used to say
‘Your grandmother was an aristocrat. She married beneath her, She married a farmer, albeit a clever farmer. She married for love”

I didn’t know as much about Arran as my grandmohter left with her guardian who had been Gamekeeper to Duke of Hamilton and moved with my grandfather to the highlands.
It was good to finally read a detailed comment from another member of the specific Thomson nuclear family which the article described.

By: Alistair Paton

Alistair Paton — Tue, 26 May 2015 20:22:09 +0000

As the closest living relative it falls to me to tell the full and true story known as the “Thomson Curse”.
On the west coast of Arran in beautiful Machrie Bay, there is the farming homestead of Auchencar (the field of the stones). In the 19th century it was home to the Thomson family. There were four brothers and five sisters, one being my mother.
In the Book of Arran (vol 1, pg 169), it states: Auchencar – several cists were removed in ploughing from a spot 100 yards south of Auchencar farm house.
The method of removal is not stated, but it was spectacular. The “Druid” cists were blown up. The exact date is not known but it was in the late 1890s.
Three brothers were involved; Alex, John and Donald, as well as two cousins whose names are unknown.
The five sisters were appalled at what had been done. An old man who lived nearby and said to have the second sight declared angrily, “Those Thomson boys will never have any luck”. These words became known as the Thomson Curse.
Make of this what you will:
The two cousins emigrated to Nevada, U.S. They were working in a silver mine. There was an explosion and they were both killed. The exact date of this is unknown but it is thought to be around 1900.
Alex went off to sea. His sailing ship foundered in a storm and he drowned in 1904. He was 25 years of age.
John took over the tenancy of the farm when his father died in 1901. He fell out of a hotel window in Greenock in 1928 at 51 years of age.
Donald emigrated to Montana, U.S. He was riding a horse along a railway track in 1934 when the horse panicked and threw him into a train. He died, at 58 years old.
All those involved in breaking up the Druid cist met violent deaths. Was this the Thomson Curse coming true?
The five sisters all lived into their 80s, therefore it is reasonable to assume that these three brothers and two cousins could also have lived to a good age.
Duncan, the fourth brother, was not involved. He was in Glasgow learning to be an ironmonger. He became very influential in Arran affairs. He died at the age of 79.
There is a very ornamental seat dedicated to his memory in the garden of the Heritage Museum in Brodick.

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Wed, 13 May 2015 19:27:10 +0000

I would also ask, is it also common for female Thompsons to outlive the males by several years? This is pretty common in my family.

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Wed, 13 May 2015 19:24:52 +0000

I am also a Thompson; my line came to Massachusetts from Aberdeen in the 1870s. David Thompson and Margaret Gray emigrated with their four children in the 1870s; Margaret Gray outlived her husband and most of her children AND grandchildren. Her son, Alexander Thompson, was killed by a train in Boston in 1893; he was in his 20s and had a 5 year old son. His son William had an accident at work in his 20s and spent much of his life unemployable. Alexander’s two sisters both died young, and their children died either at birth or in infancy. The family looked pretty “cursed” in the 1890s. Fortunately, the 20th century descendants here in Boston have had much better luck – William had 9 children and 7 of them lived healthy lives well into their 90s, served in the military, and prospered financially.

I’m also Irish (pretty much the rest of my family line), where misfortune and tragedy happened regularly and was quite normal, but we didn’t call it a curse – we just called it being Irish.

By: john thompson

john thompson — Mon, 11 May 2015 23:11:51 +0000

uh? my name is john daniel thompson. i dont know much about my thompson tree.. but my great great grandma never said much about my families history.