Elsie with her sister Anna, circa 1872
With Bertha Thompson Gray and Retta Blackwell Thompson
John Jr. “Johnny”
Elva and workers at the family fruit stand, circa 1920
Elsie Jane Thompson Coulthard
1867-1950
Elsie Jane Thompson was born in San Juaquin County, California, on 5 October 1867, fifth of ten children and second daughter of Rufus Sheldon Thompson and Clarinda Elizabeth Baker, and older sister to Laurel and Lowell’s grandmother Bertha Thompson Gray. Elsie married John T. Coulthard in October 1887 in California. They had three children: Elva (1890-1972), John (1903-1966) and Lois (1906-1990). None of the children ever married or had offspring.
Elva
Photographs of
Elsie Thompson Coulthard
and her family
Elsie as a teenager
Elsie as a young woman
Siblings Orator, Andrew, Walter (back row) Elsie and Bertha Thompson (front row)
Lois
Lois and Elva, circa 1945
Coulthard family: Lois, Johnny, Elsie, John T., Lois
Elva with her parents Elsie and John, circa 1902
Wedding photo with her husband John T. Coulthard, 1877