Alexander Jamison^{[1, 2]}

1796 - 1853  (57 years)

• Name	Alexander Jamison
  Sometimes said to have been "William Alexander Jamison" a son of John Jamieson Surname incorrectly spelled Jemison on grave marker [3]
  Birth	1796	Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland
  Christening	1796	Shankil, St. Anne's, Belfast, Ireland
  Gender	Male
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  Native Country	Great Britain
  Date & Port of Departure	Glasgow
  Date & Port of Arrivial	15 Apr 1847	NYC
  Ship	Mary Morris
  Death	25 Jul 1853	Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA   [3]
  Death sometimes listed as 25 Jun 1853, Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA, but without reference
  Burial	Jackson Center Presbyterian Cemetery - Jackson Center, Mercer Co., PA   [4]
  Person ID	I41	Main

  
  

  Family	Jane McKay,   b. 1796   d. 20 Dec 1880, Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA (Age 84 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jane Jamison   d. 1874, Rathmullen, County Donegal, Ireland + 2. William Jamison,   b. 25 Nov 1823, Ireland d. 19 Jan 1904, Mercer Co., PA (Age 80 years) + 3. Alexander Jamison,   b. Mar 1825, Ireland or Scotland d. 15 Oct 1903, Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA (Age 78 years)   4. Sarah Ann Jamison,   b. Abt 1828, Ireland d. 1904 (Age 76 years) + 5. John Jamison,   b. 28 Oct 1832, Ireland d. 23 Jan 1919, Williamson Co., TN (Age 86 years)   6. Ellen Jamison,   b. 19 Mar 1833, Ireland d. 31 May 1907, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., PA (Age 74 years) + 7. James Jamison,   b. 15 Jan 1836, Ireland d. 15 Jul 1914, South Shenango, Crawford Co., PA (Age 78 years) + 8. Daniel Jamison,   b. 3 Dec 1839, Ireland d. 3 Jul 1912, Sharon, Mercer Co., PA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Burial - - Jackson Center Presbyterian Cemetery - Jackson Center, Mercer Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Came to America in 1847, landing in New York April 14. In July of the same year they came by canal as far as Buffalo, N. Y., and from there to Erie, Pennsylvania in a boat, then on foot to Irishtown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. They eventually settled in Lake Township, Mercer Co,. Pennsylvania where they purchased a farm. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File, 1846-1852. [S7] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. [S10] Headstone Inscription. [S72] Find A Grave. [S9] History of Mercer County, 1888, p.1079.