LAURENSON, James

Bef 1778 -

• Name	LAURENSON, James  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Aft 1772
  Birth	Bef 1778	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	9 Nov 1835	Sandwick, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1841	Nesting, Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Person ID	I277	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	LAURENSON, James,   b. Bef 1742
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	JAMIESON, Laurence,   b. 20 Jun 1742, Hestinsetter, Sandsting, Shetland, Scotland
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	SIMPSON, Barbara Doul,   b. Abt 1740, Brettabister, Nesting
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1759	Brettabister, Nesting, Shetland Isles, Scotland
  Married	Nesting, Shetland, Scotland
  Family ID	F1573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	RUSSLAND, Janet,   b. Bef 1778
  Marriage	31 Aug 1797	Tingwall Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. LAURENSON, Helen,   b. 1797, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 6 Dec 1874, Bressay, Shetland Isles, Scotland (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LAURENSON, Andrew,   b. 1810, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1778 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Residence - 9 Nov 1835 - Sandwick, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Sources

  [S3] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S68] Ancestry.com, Web: Scotland, Rolls of Male Heads of Families, 1834-1845, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), oldscottish.com; Reference Number: CH2/325/1. [S69] Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Nesting; ED: 2; Page: 5; Line: 410; Year: 1841.