Andrew Jameson IAge: 76 years1770–1846
- Name
- Andrew Jameson I
- Given names
- Andrew
- Surname
- Jameson
- Name suffix
- I
Birth | 1770 |
Occupation | At the age of thirty he was made sheriff-substitute of the shire, and for forty-five years held the office, while five fleeting sheriff-principals came and went. about 1800 (Age 30 years) |
Occupation | Andrew was bred to his father's profession, trained in an Edinburgh offsite and returned to Fife at the height of the Napoleonic war-fever to accept a commission in the county militia. about 1810 (Age 40 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | Andrew Jameson II 30 April 1811 (Age 41 years) |
Birth of a son #2 | Melville Jameson 1812 (Age 42 years) |
Marriage of a child | Andrew Jameson II — Alexandra Grace Campbell — View this family 28 August 1844 (Age 74 years) |
Description | Throughout his life was remarkable for his vigour of mind and body. He was a keen antiquarian and an enthusiastic botanist, and at his death was lieutenant-colonel of the Fifeshire Volunteers. |
Baptism of a son | Andrew Jameson II |
Death | At his death in 1846 he was the doyen of the sheriff-substitutes of Scotland, and had taken a leading part in securing an increase of their salaries and pensions - a part recognised on three occasions by the presentation of handsome grants. 1846 (Age 76 years) |
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Andrew Jameson I Birth: 1770 — Dysart, Fife, Scotland Death: At his death in 1846 he was the doyen of the sheriff-substitutes of Scotland, and had taken a leading part in securing an increase of their salaries and pensions - a part recognised on three occasions by the presentation of handsome grants. — 1846 |
Family with Euphemia Chalmers |
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Andrew Jameson I Birth: 1770 — Dysart, Fife, Scotland Death: At his death in 1846 he was the doyen of the sheriff-substitutes of Scotland, and had taken a leading part in securing an increase of their salaries and pensions - a part recognised on three occasions by the presentation of handsome grants. — 1846 |
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Euphemia Chalmers Death: 1848 |
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Andrew Jameson II Birth: 30 April 1811 41 — Cupar, Fife, Scotland Death: His second son, John, was attacked by diphtheria. Andrew visited him in Glasgow and returned to Edinburgh believing the crisis was past. But he fell victim to the same disease, and while on the Saturday John died, Andrew followed on the Sabbath, aged 60. — 30 October 1870 — Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Melville Jameson Birth: 1812 42 Death: 1902 |
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