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LAURENSON, William Mouat

LAURENSON, William Mouat

Male 1815 - 1893  (78 years)


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  • Name LAURENSON, William Mouat  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 8 Sep 1815  Nestigarth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 9 Dec 1816  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 17 Dec 1816  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 17 Dec 1816  Uphouse, Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5
    Birth 1817  Orkney and Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1841  Bressay, Orkney and Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Age: 24 
    Residence 1851  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Civil 27 Dec 1852  Sunderland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 36 
    Name William Laurenson 
    Name William Laurenson  [9
    Name William Laurenson  [8
    Name William Mouat 
    Name William Movat 
    Residence 1861  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 44; RelationToHead: Head 
    Death 16 Nov 1893  Kirkabister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4021  Stark Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

    Father LAURENSON, Gilbert,   b. 1766, Tingwall, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1847, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother OMAND, Catherine,   b. 8 Jun 1769, Busta, Delting, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1851, Bressay Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1796  Uphouse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Feb 1799  Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F1472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family TAIT, Barbara,   b. 21 Jul 1820, Grindischool, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1895, Kirkabister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1847  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10
    • St Stephen
    Married 23 Nov 1847  Bressay,Shetland,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Nov 1847  Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Children 
    +1. LAURENSON, William,   b. 17 Dec 1847, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1917 (Age < 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. LAURENSON, James,   b. 29 Sep 1849, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1910, Bressay Sound, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. LAURENSON, Margaret Ross,   b. 4 Feb 1852, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1924, Hillside, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. LAURENSON, Ross,   b. 15 Jun 1854, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1884, Daal, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. LAURENSON, Barbara,   b. 27 Nov 1857, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1933, Daal, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. LAURENSON, Mary Helen,   b. 17 Sep 1860, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1935, Kirkabister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Dec 1816 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 17 Dec 1816 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Nov 1847 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Nov 1847 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1851 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 44; RelationToHead: Head - 1861 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • a William Laurenson married a Martha Mouat in 25 March 1800 Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Gilbert Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-703340609&indiv=try

    2. [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for William Mouat Laurensen
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=6120043436&indiv=try

    3. [S280] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Bressay; ED: 1; Page: 11; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1861_1.
      Record for William Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=2004485&indiv=try

    4. [S6] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for William Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=2885188&indiv=try

    5. [S17] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for William Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2271&h=521326&indiv=try
      UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927
      UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927


    6. [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    7. [S66] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    8. [S45] Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Bressay; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 730; Year: 1841.
      Record for William Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1004&h=146307&indiv=try

    9. [S261] Ancestry.com, Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for William Laurenson
      http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9842&h=1321628&indiv=try

    10. [S261] Ancestry.com, Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    11. [S11] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 February 2020, 02:50), entry for Barbara Tait(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2W5-44V); contributed by various users. PersonID L2W5-44V.
      Barbara Tait
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2W5-44V

    12. [S11] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1ZH-5YD : 12 February 2020), Barbara Tait, 1820.
      Barbara Tait, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1ZH-5YD