James Anderson (1807 - 1869)

Born 10 May 1807 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Marion (Simson) Anderson — married 21 Jun 1831 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Jane Sturrock — married 19 Oct 1852 in Giffordland Farm, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1869 at age 62 in Rigfoot Farm, Uplawmoor, Neilston Parish, Ayrshire

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Census

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Sandhills, Beith, Ayrshire

Note

Note: #N57

PHOTO

PHOTO @M310@

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Sources

1. ↑ Anderson-20358 was created by David Craig through the import of CRAIG-2015_2015-07-25_01.ged on Jul 25, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRH-4R8 : 11 February 2020), Marion Simpson in entry for James Anderson, 1831.
• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTK1-PXQ : 11 February 2020), James Anderson, 1852.

Notes

Note N57James's birthdate, place and parents names are confirmed through the Scots Origins (GRO) database.

Death date and age taken from his gravestone which agrees with the GRO database.

He was quite a man ! Married his first wife, Marion Simpson, in 1831 when he was 24, had six children, then remarried Jane Sturrock in October 1852 (at 45 - she was 17 years younger, and 5 months pregnant) and had another four children, the last when he was 59 years old. His youngest daughter was only 3 years old when he died, in 1869 aged 62.

His second marriage banns, dated 19 October 1852, say "Anderson, James, Farmer in Giffordland, and Jane Sturrock, both in this Parish, gave in their names for proclamation of Banns 16th October, and after being regularly proclaimed, were married at Giffordland 19th October 1852 by the Rev. Robert Stevenson, Minister of Dalry."

He lived in Stewarton with his first wife, then Dalry, continued at Giffordland Farm, Dalry with his second wife, then a short spell at Sandhills Farm, Coylton Parish, Beith before moving to Rigfoot Farm, Uplawmoor (Neilston Parish), where he died.

His birthdate, names of parents, and death/age of death are confirmed through Scots Origins (GRO) database, as is his date and place of marriage to both Marion Simpson and Jane Sturrock.

His birth is not on the LDS database.

The 1861 census finds James with second wife (listed as Jean rather than Jane) and family living at Sandhills Farm, Coylton, Beith. James is listed as Head (of house), aged 53, occupation "farmer of 223 acres, employing 2 men, 2 labourors, and 3 women", born in Dunlop, Ayrshire. Also present are wife Jane (or Jean, as it says in the census), aged 37, occupation farmer's wife, born in Stewarton, Ayrshire; son Robert (from first marriage), aged 28, occupation "Farmers son", born in Stewarton; daughter Janet (from first marriage), aged 25, occupation "farmers daughter", born in Stewarton; daughter Mary (from first marriage), aged 19, occupation "farmers daughter", born in Dalry; son Thomas (from first marriage), aged 15, occupation "farmers son", born in Dalry; then his current family with wife Jane: daughter Marion, aged 8, scholar, born in Dalry; daughter Elizabeth, aged 3, born in Dalry; and daughter Jean Miller Anderson, aged 5 months. Also present on the census are Hugh Gilmour, servant and Ploughman, aged 21, born in Ireland; Margaret Wright, domestic servant, aged 17, born in Fenwick, Ayrshire; and James Pringle, servant and cattle attendant, aged 15, born in Dalry, Ayrshire. Sandhills was a large house - 7 rooms had windows.

James died on Sept 27, 1869, at 0015, place of death Rigfoot. He was 62 years old. The death certificate confirms details and parents names, as well as the fact he was married to Jane Sturrock. He died or a fever, which he'd had for 8 days. His son, Thomas Anderson, was present at the death.

His gravestone confirms that he was born in 1807 and died on 27-Sept-1869 aged 62.