LAURENSON, James

1835 - 1912  (76 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, James  [1]
  Birth	21 Sep 1835	Gord, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Apr 1912	Majorca, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I33811	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	LAURENSON, James,   b. 1805, Gord, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland d. 11 Jul 1880, Gord, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BAIN, Margaret,   b. 15 Oct 1801, Aithsetter, Shetland, Scotland d. 1861, Majorca, Victoria, Australia (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Dec 1832	Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Married	6 Dec 1836	Shetland, Scotland
  Married	6 Sep 1882
  Family ID	F7543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GIFFORD, Elizabeth,   b. 19 Jun 1838, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 26 Feb 1883, Majorca, Victoria, Australia (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1865	Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Children	1. LAURENCESON, Mary Margaret,   b. 18 Sep 1866, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 8 May 1928, Lowood, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LAURENCESON, William Gifford,   b. 1867, Victoria, Australia d. 6 Feb 1932, Queensland, Australia (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. LAURENCESON, Elizabeth,   b. 1868, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 1869, Victoria, Australia (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. LAURENCESON, James,   b. 1871, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 1894, Talbot, Victoria, Australia (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. LAURENCESON, Laurence Charles,   b. 1875, Victoria, Australia d. 1936, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. LAURENCESON, Elizabeth Ellen,   b. 1877, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 1878, Victoria, Australia (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. LAURENCESON, Agnes Gifford,   b. 1879, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 1929, Gwk, Victoria (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	HILL, Emily Stevens,   b. 1853, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England d. 1922, Footscray, Victoria, Australia (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1887	Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Children	+ 1. LAURENCESON, Emily,   b. 1888, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 10 Dec 1971, Bundalong, Victoria, Australia (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. LAURENCESON, Erickson,   b. 1889, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 29 Jun 1957, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. LAURENCESON, Reuben Albert,   b. 1891, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 23 Oct 1958, Gympie, Queensland, Australia (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. LAURENCESON, Harry Nichol,   b. 1894, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 14 Jan 1938, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. LAURENCESON, Grace Couch,   b. 1895, Majorca, Victoria, Australia d. 14 Dec 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 4 Aug 1865 - Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Marriage - 7 Feb 1887 - Victoria, Australia Death - 12 Apr 1912 - Majorca, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Newspaper article on sale of property after death Maryborough & Dunolly Advertiser 7April 1915

  
  

• Sources

  [S111] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records. [S3] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).