LAURENSON, James

1790 - 1869  (79 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, James
  Birth	1790	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jan 1869	Brough, Bressay, Shetland
  Person ID	I20664	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	LAURENSON, Robert,   b. 1 Oct 1769, Dunrosness, Shetland, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	ARTHURSON, Catherine,   b. Abt 1770, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 29 Sep 1828, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Nov 1787	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F6018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	YORSTON, Elizabeth,   b. 1787, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. Abt 1843 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1816	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
  Children	1. LAURENSON, Barbara,   b. 14 May 1817, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 1895, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LAURENSON, James,   b. 13 Sep 1819, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. LAURENSON, Magnus,   b. 15 Mar 1822, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 26 Feb 1866, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. LAURENSON, William,   b. 1824, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 1879, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. LAURENSON, Laurence,   b. 8 Oct 1827, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 1879, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. LAURENSON, Elizabeth,   b. 28 Sep 1830, Brough, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 12 Sep 1918, Setter Haa, Gulberwick, Widnoon, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. LAURENSON, Jean Jane,   b. 2 May 1833, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 19 Aug 1906, Ham, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	LINKLATER, Catherine,   b. 1804, Gunnister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 17 Jul 1887, Brough, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1843	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
  Family ID	F7535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1790 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 1 Feb 1816 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 14 Dec 1843 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).