James Purvis Jameson (1824 - 1896)

Born 5 Apr 1824 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1896 at age 72 in Linwood, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

James Jameson is Notable.

James was born in 1824.

James and Jane Dwyer Waugh's marriage was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1847 in the St James Westminster district.^[1]

James and his family arrived in Lyttelton New Zealand in 1863 aboard the ship Sebastopol ^[2].

For 30 years he ran a prominent grocery shop and then went on to work in the council and then as Mayor ^[3].

His oldest son James Samuel Jameson, married on the 12th of April 1883 in Christchurch, New Zealand^[4]

James resigned from the Christchurch City Council in 1872 ^[5].

He passed away at home in Linwood, Christrchurch in 1896 ^[6][3].

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriage Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 1 July 2023)
   Jameson, James Purves.
   GRO Reference: 1847 Jan-Feb-Mar in St James Westminster Volume I Page 94.
2. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Sebastopol.htm (accessed 1 July 2023)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1896 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Star (Christchurch), Issue 5663, 7 September 1896, Page 4
   Papers Past Article (accessed 2 July 2023)
4. ↑ 1883 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5501, 7 May 1883, Page 2
   Papers Past Article (accessed 1 July 2023)
5. ↑ 1872 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3648, 27 September 1872, Page 2
   Papers Past Article (accessed 1 July 2023)
6. ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (digital index) Death Registration: 1896/988 - Jameson James Purvis - Age at Death: 72Y (accessed July 1, 2023)

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jameson
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6136807
• https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d9-d5.html (accessed 2 July 2023)
• https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/persons/82066/jameson-james-purvis (accessed 2 July 2023)

See also:

• 1870 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
  Press, Volume XVII, Issue 2303, 9 September 1870, Page 4
  Papers Past Article (accessed 2 July 2023)
• 1870 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
  Press, Volume XVII, Issue 2292, 27 August 1870, Page 4
  Papers Past Article (accessed 2 July 2023)
• 1871 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
  Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3297, 9 August 1871, Page 4
  Papers Past Article (accessed 1 July 2023)
• 1873 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
  Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2367, 6 March 1873, Page 1
  Papers Past Article (accessed 2 July 2023)
• 1890 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
  Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 9223, 2 October 1890, Page 1
  Papers Past Article (accessed 2 July 2023)