LAURENSON, James

1797 - 1871  (74 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, James  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	19 Feb 1797	Uphouse Bressay, Shetland, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Christening	21 Feb 1797	Bressay Shetland Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	James  [4]
  Residence	1841	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1841	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1841	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1861	Lerwick and Gulberwick, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Death	14 Jun 1871	Burra, Shetland, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I4034	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	LAURENSON, Gilbert,   b. 1766, Tingwall, Orkney, Scotland d. 1 Sep 1847, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	OMAND, Catherine,   b. 8 Jun 1769, Busta, Delting, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 1851, Bressay Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1796	Uphouse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
  Married	20 Feb 1799	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [5]
  Family ID	F1472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GAWNSON, Jean,   b. 1801, Gunnister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 25 Dec 1866, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1819	Bressay Shetland Scotland   [2, 6]
  Married	Bef 1828
  Children	> 1. LAURENSON, Jean,   b. 10 Jun 1821, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 1904, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LAURENSON, Gilbert,   b. 5 Nov 1823, Midgarth, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. LAURENSON, James,   b. 19 May 1826, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. LAURENSON, Gifford,   b. 23 Jul 1828, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 11 Mar 1891, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. LAURENSON, Catherine,   b. 10 Jul 1830, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 1 Jul 1891, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. LAURENSON, Herman,   b. 2 Apr 1833, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 26 May 1911, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. LAURENSON, Zachary Macauley Hamilton,   b. 1 Sep 1835, Bressay Shetland Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 8. LAURENSON, Fleming,   b. 17 Feb 1839, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. Sep 1921, Sunderland, Durham, England (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 9. LAURENSON, John,   b. 31 Jul 1841, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 20 Oct 1879, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 14 Jun 1871 - Burra, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Gilbert Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-703340609&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for James Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=1032586463&indiv=try [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=3172597&indiv=try [S375] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for John Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1779&h=3404178&indiv=try [S66] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S31] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).