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Alexander SEMPLE
(1796 –1874)
Agnes CURRIE
(1799 – Bef 1851)
Alexander GUTHRIE
(Abt 1795 – )
Frances VASS
(Abt 1800 – )
John SEMPLE
(1822 –1898)
Margaret GUTHRIE
(1826 – )
Alexander Guthrie SEMPLE
(1852 – )

 

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1. Jean STEVENSON

Alexander Guthrie SEMPLE 2
  • Born: 11 September 1852, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
  • Christened: 19 September 1852, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): Jean STEVENSON on 6 June 1889 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1

bullet   Other names for Alexander were A. G. SEMPLE 5 and Alexander G. SEMPLE.3 6 7

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 11 September 1852 and Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 4 5 6 7
  • He worked as an apprentice ironmonger on 2 April 1871 in Newton on Ayr, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Newton on Ayr, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3

1871 Census of Scotland, Civil Parish of Newton Ayr, Parliamentary Burgh of Ayr, Town of Newton Ayr;
page 3; household schedule no. 13, Guthries Land North Quay (GROS Number 578/00 014/00 003).

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Name    Relationship to head   State Sex  Age  Occupation                Where born

John Semple           Head      Mar   M   48   Ironmonger                Ayrshire  Stair
Margaret Semple       Wife      Mar   F   44                               "       Newton Ayr
Frances V. Semple     Daur      Unm   F   30                               "          "
Alexander G. Semple   Son       Unm   M   18   Ironmonger (Apprentice)     "          "
Agnes Semple          Daur      Unm   F   15   Scholar                     "          "
John Semple           Son             M   12   Scholar                     "          "
William Semple        Son             M   10   Scholar                     "          "
Jane G. Semple        Daur            F    7   Scholar                     "          "
Robert J. Semple      Son             M    1                               "          "
Sarah Davidson        Servant         F   17   Domestic Servant            "       Dailly
   3 children from 5 to 13 attending school or being educated at home.
   7 rooms in the house with one or more windows.

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  • He worked as an assistant ironmonger on 3 April 1881 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6
  • He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6

    John Semple          Head       M   58   Stair, Ayrshire        Ironmonger Master
    Margaret Semple      Wife       F   54   Newton Ayr, Ayrshire  
    Alexander G Semple   Son        M   27   Ayr, Ayrshire          Ironmonger Assistant
    Agnes Semple         Daughter   F   25   Newton Ayr, Ayrshire
    Jane G Semple        Daughter   F   17   Newton Ayr, Ayrshire
    Robert J Semple      Son        M   11   Newton Ayr, Ayrshire   Scholar
  • He worked as an ironmongers manager on 5 April 1891 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 5
  • He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 5

A G Semple      Head      M   38     Ayr, Ayrshire              Ironmongers Manager
Jane Semple     Wife      F   35     British Subject, Bermuda   Wife
Alan G Semple   Son       M   11 M   Ayr, Ayrshire
Janet Wilson    Servant   F   14     Troon, Ayrshire            General Servant Domestic

  • He worked as an ironmonger 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

Alexander G Semple   Head   M   48   Ayr, Ayrshire   Ironmonger
Jean Semple          Wife   F   44   w i, Bermuda
Alan G Semple        Son    M   10   Ayr, Ayrshire   Scholar
Jean M Semple        Daur   F    9   Ayr, Ayrshire   Scholar
John W Semple        Son    M    8   Ayr, Ayrshire   Scholar

  • He resided at 74 High Street in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on 7 December 1903. 8
  • He resided at 11 Eglinton Terrace in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on 11 November 1914.

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Alexander married Jean STEVENSON on 6 June 1889 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland.1 (Jean STEVENSON was born about 1855 in Bermuda, British West Indies 5 7.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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  1. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), Alexander Guthrie Semple and Jane Stevenson marriage in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland on 6 June 1889.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1871 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–191. © Crown copyright), John Semple household, Guthries Land North Quay, Newton on Ayr, Ayr Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; GROS Number 578/00 014/00 003.
  4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Parish Records, Batch No. C119634 (Ayr, Ayr, Scotland), 1840 –1854.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, A. G. Semple household, 11 Beresford Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Ayr, ED 4, page 32, line 4, roll CSSCT1891_198.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, John Semple household, Ardaire, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Ayr, ED 13, page 1, line 15, roll cssct1881_179.
  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, Alexander G. Semple household, 74 High St, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Ayr, ED 1, page 13, line 3, roll CSSCT1901_217.
  8. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), James Semple 1903.


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