Sent from Janette's iPad On 16 Oct 2010, at 02:01, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dr. A. W. JAMIESON / Kirkmaiden & S. Moline, Illinois > (Mary Richardson) > 2. Re: Dr. A. W. JAMIESON / Kirkmaiden & S. Moline, Illinois > (telford BM) > 3. Re: Duchra variants/Lindsays/Dewar etc (betty TELFORD) > 4. full link (betty TELFORD) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:59:19 -0400 > From: Mary Richardson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Dr. A. W. JAMIESON / Kirkmaiden & S. Moline, > Illinois > To: "Mail list: WIG" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Thanks to Diana for unearthing Dr. JAMIESON's WFP death notice. I > found related notes transcribed at > http://darrel-betty-hagberg.com/Genealogy/Jamieson/notes.html. > Provided by Darrel and Betty Hagberg, they are part of the Hagbergs' > JAMIESON > research: > http://darrel-betty-hagberg.com/Genealogy/Jamieson/surnames.html. A > photo of Dr. Alexander Wallace JAMIESON appears prominently on this page. > > I've copied and pasted the following notes exactly as they appear > online. The Alexander Wallace JAMIESON tree at > http://darrel-betty-hagberg.com/Genealogy/Jamieson/d0000/g0000077.html#I488 > is hyperlinked to them via H55. > > I'm not related, so please contact the Hagbergs at [email protected] > if you'd like further information. > > > [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." > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:33:48 +0100 > From: "telford BM" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Dr. A. W. JAMIESON / Kirkmaiden & S. Moline, > Illinois > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:49:22 +0100 (BST) > From: betty TELFORD <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Duchra variants/Lindsays/Dewar etc > To: DONNA AITKEN <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], Colin Moffat > <[email protected]>, [email protected], Gordon & Hazel > Crammond <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > hi Donna: to continue?my Australian theme, there's also a?place name Deuchar in > Queensland ! > > However in answer to your query, thank you, ?I don't think I can do better than > to recommend a read of this, for all curious people?like me?- > hope you find it interesting?:- > > <<the name, which may interest the curious : ? Dequhar. Deughar. Dewchare. > Dowchar. Deuchair. Deugher. Dewquhar. Dowgar. Deuchar. Deuhqwhyr. Docher. > Duchar. ... > www.ebooksread.com/.../page-22-the-history-and-traditions-of-the-land-of-the-lindsays-in-angus-and-mearns-with-vre.shtml? > > ? > ?I am copying this to several of our ClanMoffat members including our > genealogist, as there are several mentions of William de Montealto and family > whose name relates to our Clan. > ? > Just watching, as I write this, the?impressive Scottish display at Delhi > heralding the next Commmonwealth Games. Alex Salmond is there watching, they > said he has been there most of the?week. > > ? > Betty > ?? > > > > > ________________________________ > From: DONNA AITKEN <[email protected]> > To: BETTY TELFORD <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 14 October, 2010 15:54:11 > Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Duchra variants > > My ancestors were Duchars spelt that way or Deuchar or Ducker- they were from > Perthshire- would that name have derived from Duchra? > Donna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: BETTY TELFORD <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:06 am > Subject: [WIG LIST] Duchra variants > To: [email protected] > >> While I was searching (just out of curiosity) on the internet I >> found so many >> versions in so many places: ?Dockray, Dochray (Castle) Duchra >> (Marsh), in >> Scotland, Ireland, Australia? (wherever people emigrated), >> ?frequent surname >> variations,?including Docwra. ?I was?surprised how many seagoing >> vessels through >> the?years had the name, including a modern?American ship. We FH >> researchers are >> often reminded to?watch for differentiation, particularly?in >> earlier times when >> many of the population could not read or write and much?was >> passed down by word >> of mouth.? >> Betty >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:56:54 +0100 (BST) > From: betty TELFORD <[email protected]> > Subject: [WIG LIST] full link > To: [email protected], Colin Moffat > <[email protected]>, Gordon & Hazel Crammond > <[email protected]>, [email protected], DONNA AITKEN > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Donna:? if?that link is broken, try the full link and scroll down for Deuchar > etc. > > http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/andrew-jervise/the-history-and-traditions-of-the-land-of-the-lindsays-in-angus-and-mearns-with-vre/page-22-the-history-and-traditions-of-the-land-of-the-lindsays-in-angus-and-mearns-with-vre.shtml > > > Betty > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 133 > ************************************************