Rather off topic, apologies, I wondered if the Rock Island there is the one made famous by Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Cash's recordings: "The Rock Island Line"? Betty > > > [H55] Alexander went to Rock Island High School. He then attended Mt. > Morris College before he left for Edinburgh, Scotland to attend > medical school. > > His first medical office was located on 17th Street on the other side > of the tracks in downtown Moline in one of the 3 big red brick houses > located there. The cellar of this house was rumored to have been an > underground railroad for run-away slaves during the Civil War. Later, > the family had a house and office near the current location of the > Moline Dispatch. The house had a widow's walk on top. But his > parents wanted him to live on the farm and be in charge of it. So the > family moved to the farm. They extended the house and added a nice > porch on the front. All the Jamieson's would alway congregate there. > They had a Strawberry festival at the end of the season and would > make homemade ice cream. > > When Alexander died in 1897, his wife Norah stayed on the farm alone > > From: Passenger Lists: New York 1820-1850 FTM Family Archive #273 > Alexander Jameson, Male, Age 3, country of origin Great Britain, > Family number 30097603, ship name: Swantin, Port of departure, > Liverpool, port of arrival: New York, Arrival Date Aug 9, 1842. > National Archives Series 237, Microfilm no. 50 > > Obituary > Dr. A.W. Jamieson > A Well-Known Old Settler of Rock Island County Passes to His Rest ? > Age, Only Fifty Years ? The Death of Capt. Dickens Recalled (Excerpts) > July 12, 1889 > Moline Review Dispatch > > Dr. A.W. Jamieson, of Richwood Farm, South Moline township, who has > been afflicted with dropsy of the pericardium known more generally > though not so correctly as dropsy of the heart for some time past, > finally passed away at 2:15 on Monday afternoon > > He was born in England Feb. 25, 1839, and was consequently but 50 > years, 4 months and 13days of age. He came to Rock Island county when > but two years of age (in 1841) with his father Gilbert Jamieson, who > died April 14, 1874. In his youth, the now deceased doctor went back > across the water to get an education and he graduated tat Edinburgh > University, Scotland, in 1865, as an M.C. It was while in Great > Britain to get his education that he married Miss Nora Helen Murphy, > of Derby, England. Two children were born to them before he again > returned to this country, and located immediately in Moline in the > old Browning & Entrikin house on Sixteenth street. > > His mother still survives, and lives close to the Jamieson residence > in South Moline. He also has one sister living in Nebraska, Margaret > Eley, who formerly resided in Moline. He had a brother and sister his > seniors, and one brother his junior. There were seven in the family > but the others died when quite young, in England. > > He leaves, besides his mother and sister mentioned above, his wife > and nine children, three sons and six daughters: Guy, 23; Norman H., > 22; and Earl, 12. The daughters are: Ada, 20; Blanche, 18; Nora, 16; > Louise, nearly 15; Clara, 10; Gracie, 6. He also has a sister-in-law > in Kansas who formerly lived here, Mrs. Ann Jamieson. > > The funeral occurred on Tuesday afternoon at 8 o?clock. The services > were held from the Bowlesburg church, the Rev. C.L. Morgan officiating. > > > At 02:42 PM 10/14/2010, Diana Henry wrote: >> From Wigtown Free Press 8th August, 1889 >>Deaths. >>"At Richmond Farm, South Moline, Illinois, U.S.A. on the 7th ult., A.W. >>Jamieson, Esq., M.D. late of Drummore, Kirkmaiden, aged 50 years." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message