LAURENSON, John

1841 - 1879  (38 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	31 Jul 1841	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland   [1, 3]
  Birth	31 Jul 1841	Bressay, Shetland   [1]
  Christening	7 Aug 1841	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  	Age: 0
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Death	20 Oct 1879	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I9156	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	LAURENSON, James,   b. 19 Feb 1797, Uphouse Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 14 Jun 1871, Burra, Shetland, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	GAWNSON, Jean,   b. 1801, Gunnister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland d. 25 Dec 1866, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Dec 1819	Bressay Shetland Scotland   [1, 6]
  Married	Bef 1828
  Family ID	F1408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BLAZEBY, Hephzibah,   b. Jan 1851, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England d. Australia
  Marriage	1878	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia   [7]
  Children	+ 1. LAURENSON, Jane Hephzibah,   b. 1879, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia d. 25 Sep 1905, Greenwich, London, England (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Jul 1841 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Christening - 7 Aug 1841 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 1878 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Death - 20 Oct 1879 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1851 - Williams, Sarah (Bapt)
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  		Robert Sinclair and Gertrude Stroud

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for James Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=1032586463&indiv=try [S308] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for John Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1779&h=3404178&indiv=try [S77] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=3172597&indiv=try [S348] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for John Laurenson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1780&h=851289&indiv=try [S72] Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). [S87] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S74] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).