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Further details re the birth posted by Helen:

James Edward Jamieson, 25/08/1904; 8.40pm, at 32 Henderson Street, Leith.
Father: George Jamieson; seaman (mate).
Mother: Barbara Jamieson nee Hughson.
Parents' marriage: 17/05/1900, Kelvin, Glasgow.
Informant: Jemima Urquhart, cousin, 1 Speirs Place.
Registered: 02/09/1904, Leith.

Blimey, just shows you how "family" stories can be distorted, I was told that Lanleegorse was a tanker full of oil, only to now find out that it was freighter full of maize!

I have a copy of that photo of William, who looks spookily like my first cousin David Jamieson.

Thanks for everyones help.

Steve

For interest:

There is a photograph of your uncle William Hughson Jamieson alongside the memorial on ...

www.findagrave.com

Just enter his full name .. it is the only one coming up.

I take it you posted this photo of him, Steve?

http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/index.php?a=indexes&s=item&key=IYToxOntpOjA7czoxMzoiTWVyY2hhbnQgTmF2eSI7fQ==&pg=81


From http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=20356


The Medomsley Steam Shipping Company had a ship built by Palmers in 1927 called the Hedgehope of 4524 gross tons.
This ship was renamed Langleegorse, same company, in 1929.

She was bombed and sunk off the west coast of Ireland on the 23 January 1941 on a voyoge from Durban to London with a cargo of maize with the loss of 37 lives.


Source: Travels of the Tramps, vol 3, by Norman Middlemiss.

alviegal

That record is my Great Uncle William Hughson Jamieson, his ship was I'm told a fuel tanker and it was sunk by a Luftwaffe Focke Wulf Condor off the southern coast of Ireland.

Never knew his name was on a memorial, so thanks for that.

Steve

Helen

Thanks that sort of nails it apart from the year of birth for my Granddad. Maybe he was ayear younger thatn my Mum remembers. He was a bit fluffy with the truth my old Granddad, he ran away fron school and joined the Merchant Navy claiming to be older than he was and then at the other end of his life he lied about being younger than he was so that they wouldn't retire him!

Steve

Scottish certificates give more information than English ones.

Your grandfather's birth certificate (which you can view / download from Scotlandspeople) will give the date and place of his parents marriage.

Scottish marriage certificates will give the names of both parents including mothers maiden surname.

Death certificates will give the names of both parents including mothers maiden surname if the informant knows the details.

From http://www.cwgc.org/


JAMIESON, WILLIAM HUGHSON

Rank:
Able Seaman
Date of Death:
23/01/1941
Age:
32
Regiment/Service:
Merchant Navy

S.S. Langleegorse (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
Panel Reference
Panel 63.
Memorial
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL


and from fmp.


Registration event: death

Name: JAMIESON, William Hughson
Date of death: 23 January 1941
Age: 32
Place of death: At Sea
Place of birth: Leith
Belonging to service:
Ship's name: Langleegorse
Series: BT334 - Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea
Box: 0098
Page: 16

Free search on Scotlandspeople ... ?

James Edward Jamieson
1904
County: Midlothian
District: Leith

William Hughson Jamieson
1908
County: Midlothian
District: Leith

1871

Name: George Jamieson
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relationship: Grandson
Gender: Male
Where born: Unst, Shetland
Registration number: 11
Registration District: Unst
Civil Parish: Unst
County: Shetland
Address: Ramnigoe
ED: 1
Household Schedule Number: 49
Line: 19
Roll: CSSCT1871_3
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Jamieson 70
Ursulla Jamieson 72
James Jamieson 35
Martha Jamieson 36
Andrew L Jamieson 31
Janet E Jamieson 29
Charlotte B Jamieson 8
Edward L Jamieson 5
George Jamieson 3
Jessie B Jamieson 1

alviegal

A lot of that info will have originated from me, beacuse at the time I believed it to be correct, A recent coversation with my now admittedly frail mother, who's memory is a bit flaky has cast doubt on the exact nature of the info.

Thanks anyway

Steve

Name James Edward JAMIESON
Born 25 Aug 1903 Leith, MLN, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Occupation Merchant Seaman
Died 8 Aug 1975 Liverpool, LAN, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location
Person ID I153281 Shetland
Last Modified 18 Jan 2003

Father George JAMIESON, b. 14 Sep 1867, Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. UNKNOWN
Mother Barbara HUGHSON, b. 2 Dec 1868, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 3 Mar 1949, Lerwick, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 17 May 1900 150 Raeberry Street, Glasgow, LKS, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F8352 Group Sheet

Family Agnes TAGGART, b. 17 Dec 1915, Liverpool, LAN, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Jan 1980
Married 1932
Children
> 1. Living
> 2. Living
> 3. Living
> 4. Living
> 5. Albert JAMIESON, b. 1939, d. 1997
> 6. Living
7. Living
> 8. Living



Name William Hughson JAMIESON
Born 1908 Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Died 23 Jan 1941 At sea Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
Person ID I153282 Shetland
Last Modified 10 Dec 1998

Father George JAMIESON, b. 14 Sep 1867, Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. UNKNOWN
Mother Barbara HUGHSON, b. 2 Dec 1868, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 3 Mar 1949, Lerwick, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 17 May 1900 150 Raeberry Street, Glasgow, LKS, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F8352 Group Sheet

Notes

A.B., Merchant Navy, s.s. Langleegorse, lost at sea through the sinking of his ship by enemy aircraft 53 deg 19’N 13 deg 11’W.


Sources

[S35] Shetland’s Roll of Honour and Roll of Service 1939-1945, Compiled by Ian Jamieson, (Shetland Council of Social Sevice, Lerwick, 1991).

Barbara's family tree.

Name Barbara HUGHSON
Born 2 Dec 1868 Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
Gender Female
Died 3 Mar 1949 Lerwick, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Person ID I21965 Shetland
Last Modified 3 Jan 2013

Father Magnus HUGHSON, b. 5 Mar 1827, Skerries, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 6 Apr 1913, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Mother Margaret Cowan TAIT, b. 1822, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 14 Nov 1898, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 9 Dec 1850 South Leith, MLN, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F5075 Group Sheet

Family George JAMIESON, b. 14 Sep 1867, Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. UNKNOWN
Married 17 May 1900 150 Raeberry Street, Glasgow, LKS, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location [2]
Notes

Married by Rev. Mathew Mair.

Children
> 1. James Edward JAMIESON, b. 25 Aug 1903, Leith, MLN, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 8 Aug 1975, Liverpool, LAN, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location
2. William Hughson JAMIESON, b. 1908, Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 23 Jan 1941, At sea Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F8352 Group Sheet

Sources

[S38] 68’8, registered by Magnus Hughson, father.

[S36] 9th June 1900.

This is from http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/ a must if you have ancestors from Shetland.


Name George JAMIESON
Born 14 Sep 1867 Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Census 1871 Resident at Ramnageo, Unst. Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
Died UNKNOWN
Person ID I21966 Shetland
Last Modified 14 Jan 2003

Father James JAMIESON, b. 27 Nov 1835, Ramnagio, Unst, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 14 Jul 1912, Beala, Fetlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Mother Martha GAUNSON, b. 16 Nov 1833, Feal, Fetlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1 Sep 1901, Beala, Fetlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 27 Mar 1862 Fetlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F3783 Group Sheet

Family Barbara HUGHSON, b. 2 Dec 1868, Hubie, Fertlar, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 3 Mar 1949, Lerwick, SHI, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 17 May 1900 150 Raeberry Street, Glasgow, LKS, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location [2]
Notes

Married by Rev. Mathew Mair.

Children
> 1. James Edward JAMIESON, b. 25 Aug 1903, Leith, MLN, SCT , d. 8 Aug 1975, Liverpool, LAN, ENG
2. William Hughson JAMIESON, b. 1908, Unst, SHI, SCT d. 23 Jan 1941, At sea
Family ID F8352 Group Sheet

Sources

[S37] Census return.

[S36] 9th June 1900.

You're welcome :-D

Thanks very much for your help.

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Blimey, everyone involved in this family tree malarkey seems to want money! Any idea what 30 credits would buy?

Steve

for Scottish records you need www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

It is a pay per view site but you will be able to download your Grandfather's birth certificate. Scottish birth certificates hold far more information than the English ones

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