I was recently given a pocket watch by my father. He had received it on his 18th birthday from his mother, Thomas Lindsay's granddaughter Lois Caldwell. The pocket watch has the following engraved on the back:

Presented to: Mr. T Lindsay
By the TAS
Jan 1901

—W. Caldwell, great-great grandson of Thomas Lindsay.

My father at Wadesborough, North Carolina, May 28-1900. To record an eclipse of the Sun. For, The Toronto Astronomical Society.

© W. Caldwell (great-great grandson of Thomas Lindsay)

Thomas Lindsay at Wadesborough, NC, USA on 1900 May 28 to record the total solar eclipse for the Toronto Astronomical Society. © W. Caldwell (great-great grandson of Thomas Lindsay). Back of photo.

Thomas Lindsay, Recording Secretary of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto (1895-1900).

Photo published in JRASC, 1917.

Recording Secretary 1895-1900. His bio appears on page 80 of the 1901 Transactions.

This photo was published in the 1901 Transactions, page 81.