Alexander Jamison

1846 - 1882  (36 years)

• Name	Alexander Jamison
  Name usually found spelled in Pennsylvania and Iowa records as Jamison
  Birth	1846	Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland
  Alexander's birth dates are all over the place depending on the document. The emigration ship's passage may be the most contemporaneous. It suggests 1848, but that is hard to read and could be 1846. The IGI says 7 January 1846 for his Christening, but does not identify is source.
  Christening	7 Jan 1846	Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Date & Port of Departure	1851	Liverpool   [2]
  Date & Port of Arrivial	1 May 1851	Philadelphia   [2]
  Census	1860	Peebles, Allegheny Co., PA   [3]
  In the home of Joseph and Percilla Kennedy.
  Census	1880	Mantua, Monroe Co., IA   [4]
  In the home of John and Sarah Moil
  Occupation	Saloon Keeper  [4]
  Native Country	Ireland   [2]
  Ship	Philadelphia  [2]
  Death	16 Jul 1882	Mantua, Monroe Co., IA   [5]
  Burial	Cuba Cemetery - Monroe Co., IA   [5]
  Person ID	I637	Main

  
  

  Father	William Jameson,   b. Abt 1816, Movanagher, Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland
  Mother	Jane (Unknown),   b. Abt 1816, Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland
  Marriage	Abt 1838	prb Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland
  Notes	There seems to be no trace of William or Jane Jameson, apart from the record of their 1851 arrival in Philadelphia. The only records of this family in America, appear to be in the 1860 Federal Census where returns exist for teenage sons, Jonathan, William and Alexander, all living north of Pittsburgh, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, each in separate households with other families. This suggests the parents are no longer around, possibly having died.
  Documents		Page 5 - 1851 ship "Philadelphia" passenger list
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Date & Port of Arrivial - 1 May 1851 - Philadelphia Burial - - Cuba Cemetery - Monroe Co., IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander arrived in America, at Philadelphia, in 1851 aboard the ship "Philadelphia," with his parents and two brothers. No definitive records can be found about him (or any of the others) that can be said to prove, without any doubt, that this record is him. However this Alexander Jamison, a Jonathan Jamison and a William Jamison, all of the appropriate ages and background, can be found in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the 1960 census, each living in separate households. The parents, William and Jane Jameson however, cannot be found here, or anywhere for that matter, suggesting this family had, for some unknown reason, broken apart. Furthermore, all the information presented here, however accurate onto itself, is therefore circumstantial as to its possible connection to the family as it is known.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, IGI, (http://www.familysearch.org). [S4] Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945. [S11] US Federal Census, 1860 - Peebles, Allegheny Co., PA. [S11] US Federal Census, 1880 - Mantua, Monroe Co., IA. [S65] Iowa WPA Cemetery Records . Monroe Co., IA