• Born: 18 November 1814, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{2 3 4}
• Christened: 24 November 1814, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{3 4}
• Marriage (1): Isabella DEMPSTER on 4 January 1845 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ¹
• Died: 28 December 1892, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 78 ^{5 6}
• Buried: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

   Cause of his death was old age, as Cert by Wm Wilson M.D.

   Other names for John were John JAFFRAY ⁷ and John JEFFREY.⁶

  Birth Notes

[1814]  November 24th.  John. Son of David Jaffrey. weaver in Irvine & Isabella Jaffrey. Spouses. born the Eighteenth Current. there Second child

  Christening Notes

Relief Congregation

  Death Notes

Bank Street, Irvine

  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, gravestone L49

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, gravestone L 49, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  Memorial Inscription on the Nathan Jaffery monument in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (gravestone L 49):
  
  Erected by
  NATHAN JAFFERY
  in memory of his Mother
  ISABELLA DEMPSTER
  who died 24 Feb. 1891 aged 77 years
  Also his father
  JOHN JAFFERY
  who died 27 Dec. 1892 aged 80 years.
  
  Note:  The date of John's death carved on the gravestone does not match the date on his death certificate.

• He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1811 and Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁵

• He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

John Jaffrey       Head   35   Irvine, Ayrshire   Hand Loom Weaver (cotton)
Isabella Jaffrey   Wife   31   Irvine, Ayrshire
Nathan Jaffrey     Son     4   Irvine, Ayrshire
John Jaffrey       Son   8 Mo  Irvine, Ayrshire

• He worked as a hand loom weaver (cotton) on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He worked as a cotton weaver on 2 April 1871 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

John Jaffray       Head       56   Irvine, Ayrshire   Cotton Weaver
Isabella Jaffray   Wife       52   Irvine, Ayrshire   Cotton Winder
Nathan Jaffray     Son        24   Irvine, Ayrshire   Clerk
John Jaffray       Son        20   Irvine, Ayrshire   Joiner
Isabella Jaffray   Daughter   17   Irvine, Ayrshire   Whitisam Sewer
Hugh Cuttino       Nephew     15   Irvine, Ayrshire   Jothen Maker Copret (journeyman carpet maker?)

• He worked as a muslin weaver in 1892 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁵

John married Isabella DEMPSTER, daughter of James DEMPSTER and Mary ARNOT, on 4 January 1845 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹ (Isabella DEMPSTER was born on 19 November 1818 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 24 February 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{8 9} and was buried in 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)