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John "Jack" Wyllie Thompson           1886-1948
Jack was born 28 July 1886, in Fulwell, County Durham, the youngest son of Robert Thompson and Georgiana Andrew. He was Christened 7 September 1886, at Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede church. He married Norah Miller in 1915. John died in The Oaks Nursing Home, in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, on 5 January 1948.
Norah "Mollie" Miller                        1891-1973
"Mollie" was born 23 Oct 1891, the daughter of James Laidler Miller and Lelia Black, in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
I have only identified one child:
  Richard Born abt 1916  

Birth of Parents
John Wyllie Thompson 28 Jul 1886                 County Durham                            1886 4Q Sunderland 10a 632
son of Robert and Georgiana Thompson of Fulwell West House, shipbuilder

Norah Miller 23 Oct 1891                 Yorkshire              1891 4Q Middlesbrough 9D 533
daughter of James Laidler Miller and Lelia Black
Marriage
abt 1915
John W. Thompson
Norah Miller
Father: John Wyllie Thompson
Father: J. L. Miller, Washington              1915 4Q Darlington 10a 8

Children
Richard Thompson b: abt 1916              1916 4Q Croydon 2a 632
son of John W. Thompson and Norah Miller

Death
John Wyllie Thompson Died 5 Jan 1948        Haywards Heath, West Sussex          1948 1Q Cuckfield 5h 169
The Oaks Nursing Home

The Times, Wednesday, Jan 07, 1948                   DEATHS
  THOMPSON - On Jan 5, 1948, peacefully, after a long illness, in a nursing home at Haywards Heath, John Wyllie Thompson, of Appletree Cottage, Bolney, Sussex, dearly beloved husband of Nora Thompson, director of Stanley and John Thompson, Ltd., aged 61 years.   Funeral private.   No flowers.   Memorial service will be held at the Church of Saint Ethelburga-the-Virgin, Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2, on Friday, Jan. 9, at 11:30 a.m.
LONDON   15 May 1948                         Probate
THOMPSON, John Wyllie - of 79 Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, and of 81 Bishopsgate, both in London, died 5 January 1948, at The Oaks Nursing Home, Haywards Heath, Sussex, Probate London 15 May, to Norah Thompson, widow, and Richard Thompson, oil technologist.   Effects £69,176 1s.

Summary of the Will of John Wyllie Thompson
of 79 Westbourne Terrace, London,
and 81 Bishopsgate, London,
Shipowner		 1886 - 1948       Dated 29 April 1947
(His estate totaled £ 69,176)
Trustees and Executors: My wife, Norah Thompson, son Richard Thompson,
and brother Stanley Miller Thompson.
My son, Richard Thompson My Gold watch.
My wife, Norah Thompson All my real and personal estate.
If she shall predecease me, then all to my son Richard Thompson.
If he shall predecease me, then all to the issue of my son, in equal shares.

Death
Norah (Miller) Thompson Died abt 1973        West Riding, Yorkshire          1973 1Q Dewsbury 2B 893
The Oaks Nursing Home