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John SEMPLE
(Abt 1749 – )
Janet GRAY
(Abt 1751– )
John CURRIE
(1767 –1846)
Margaret BEAUMONT
(1765 – Bef 1862)
Alexander SEMPLE
(1796 –1874)
Agnes CURRIE
(1799 – Bef 1851)
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James SEMPLE
(1839 –1903)

 

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1. Margaret McGEACHAN

James SEMPLE 3 4 5 6
  • Born: 9 August 1839, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 5 6
  • Christened: 20 August 1839, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): Margaret McGEACHAN on 28 November 1876 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 7 December 1903, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 64 2

bullet   Cause of his death was Asthma, 1 month 14 days; Cerebral Apoplexy, 3 days; As Cert. by Alex. White, M.B.

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bullet  Birth Notes

Whitehill

bullet  Christening Notes

"Semple. James Semple lawful son of Alexander Semple and Agnes Currie in Whitehill was born on the Ninth and baptized on the Twentieth day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty nine ----"
— 1839 Births and Baptisms in Ochiltree Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland (OPR Births 609/00 0040 0074)

bullet  Death Notes

10h. 30m. A.M., Glebe Road, Newton, Ayr

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1841 and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. 7
  • He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1841 and Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 8
  • He resided at Old Whitehill in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland on 6 June 1841. 5

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  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland. 5 9

1841 Census of Scotland - Piece: SCT1841/609
     Place:  Ochiltree-Ayrshire
     Enumeration District:  4
     Civil Parish:  Ochiltree
     Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island:  Ochiltree
     Parish Number:  609
     Folio:  4
     Page:   8

Address: Old Whitehill

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                                  Estimated
Surname  First name   Sex   Age   Birth Year   Occupation     Where Born   Remarks

SEMPLE   Alexander     M     40    abt 1801    Labourer       Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Agness        F     40    abt 1801    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Margaret      F     15    abt 1826    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Mary          F     10    abt 1831    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Alexander     M      5    abt 1836    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Robert        M      3    abt 1838    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   James         M      1    abt 1840    -              Ayrshire   

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  • He resided at Main Street, Town of Newton in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on 30 March 1851. 6

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  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6

Alexander Semple   Head     Wid   M   54   Thatcher            Ayrshire Coylton
Margaret    "      Daur     U     F   26   Straw Hat Maker        "     Stair
Mary        "      Daur     U     F   20          "               "     Ochiltree
Alexander   "      Son      U     M   16   Grocer (App)           "        "
Robert      "      Son      U     M   13   Iron Monger (App)      "        "
James       "      Son      U     M   11   Scholar                "        "
Elizabeth McEwen   Lodger   U     F   18   Hand Sewer             "     Maybole

  • He worked as a scholar on 30 March 1851 in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6
  • He worked as an apprentice seaman on 7 April 1861 in Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland. 8
  • He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland. 8

George B Williamson         Head         34   England         Master Mariner Merchant & Servant
Sophia Larina Williamson    Wife         24   England
William Hudson Williamson   Son           1   England
James Semple                Apprentice   19   Ayr, Ayrshire   Apprentice Seaman
John William Jefferson      Apprentice   16   England         Apprentice Seaman
William Lamget              Apprentice   18   England         Apprentice Seaman

  • He worked as a Second Mate in the Merchant Service on 18 December 1865 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • He worked as a First Mate in the Merchant Service on 24 August 1868 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • He worked as a S. R. Officer on 31 March 1901 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 7
  • He appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 7

James Semple    Head      59   Prestwick, Ayrshire       S. R. Officer
Maggie Semple   Wife      58   newton-on-ayr, Ayrshire
Martha Young    Boarder   73   finnick, Ayrshire
William Grant   Lodger    24   Dalrymple, Ayrshire       Ironmonger

  • He worked as a ship master before 7 December 1903 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 2
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James married Margaret McGEACHAN on 28 November 1876 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1 2 (Margaret McGEACHAN was born on 23 May 1838 in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland and was christened on 3 June 1838 in St. Quivox and Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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bullet  Marriage Notes

59 Holmscroft Street, Greenock (in the West Parish of Greenock)

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), James Semple and Margaret McGeachan marriage in West Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 28 November 1876.
  2. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Parish Records, Batch No. C116094  (Ochiltree, Ayr, Scotland), 1819 –1855.
  5. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151. © Crown copyright), Alexander Semple household, Old Whitehill, Parish of Ochiltree (609), Ayrshire, Scotland, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 8.
  6. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1851 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1– 217. © Crown copyright), Alexander Semple household, Main Street, Parish of Newton on Ayr, Town of Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1–150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  9. FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland (FreeCEN search engine, layout and database Copyright © 2003-2012 The Trustees of FreeCEN. Scottish Census Data - Crown Copyright © General Register Office for Scotland. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland), Alexander Semple household, Old Whitehill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, Parish 609, Enumeration District 4, page 8.


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