LAURENSON, Samuel

1767 - 1842  (75 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, Samuel  [1, 2]
  Birth	23 May 1767	Delting, Shetland, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	School master
  Residence	1 Nov 1837	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Death	18 Aug 1842	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
  Person ID	I4054	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	JAMIESON, Laurence,   b. 20 Jun 1742, Hestinsetter, Sandsting, Shetland, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  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	OMAND, Grace,   b. 1772, Delting, Shetland , Scotland d. Bef 1879 (Age < 106 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1796	Delting, Shetland , Scotland
  Children	+ 1. LAURENSON, Laurence,   b. 16 Jul 1805, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 11 Dec 1866, Guildford, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. SAMUELSON, Elizabeth Janet,   b. 15 Feb 1809, Yell, Shetland, Scotland d. 7 Apr 1879, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. LAURENSON, Jessie,   b. 28 Dec 1812, Houll, Delting, Shetland d. 8 Oct 1903, Wamboota, New South Wales, Australia (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. LAURENSON, Arthur Gifford,   b. 2 Apr 1814, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 5 Jun 1879, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1 Nov 1837 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Death - 18 Aug 1842 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth and death dates appear on a stone set into a wall in the Tingwall cemtery. The transcription gives a death date of 28th August 1812, although this possibly is actually 28th August 1842, as his age is given as 75.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (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: CH2/1078/4.