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Annie Emma Thompson, Lady Thompson (née Affleck; June 26, 1842 – April 10, 1913) was the wife of Sir John Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to James Affleck, a sea captain, and Catherine Saunders. She was the eldest of eight children. She has been described by historians as a high-spirited young woman who resembled Catherine Linton in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. She married Thompson in 1870 in Portland, Maine. Their first child, a son, was stillborn on September 3, 1871. They had eight more children: John Thomas Connolly Thompson (1872–1952) Joseph Thompson (1874–1935) Mary Aloysia (Babe) Thompson (1876–1917) Mary Helena Thompson (1878–1944) Annie Mary Thompson (1879–1880) unknown name (died at birth, December 7, 1880) Frances Alice (Frankie) Thompson (1881–1947) David Anthony Thompson (1883–1885)

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Annie Emma Thompson, Lady Thompson (née Affleck; June 26, 1842 – April 10, 1913) was the wife of Sir John Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to James Affleck, a sea captain, and Catherine Saunders. She was the eldest of eight children. She has been described by historians as a high-spirited young woman who resembled Catherine Linton in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. She married Thompson in 1870 in Portland, Maine. Their first child, a son, was stillborn on September 3, 1871. They had eight more children: John Thomas Connolly Thompson (1872–1952) Joseph Thompson (1874–1935) Mary Aloysia (Babe) Thompson (1876–1917) Mary Helena Thompson (1878–1944) Annie Mary Thompson (1879–1880) unknown name (died at birth, December 7, 1880) Frances Alice (Frankie) Thompson (1881–1947) David Anthony Thompson (1883–1885)

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