LAURENSON, Catherine

1830 - 1891  (60 years)

• Name	LAURENSON, Catherine  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Jul 1830	Bressay, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Birth	10 Jul 1830	Bressay Shetland Scotland   [1]
  Christening	17 Jul 1830	Bressay Shetland Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1841	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Death	1 Jul 1891	Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
  Person ID	I9160	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, 2]
  Married	Bef 1828
  Family ID	F1408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WILLIAMSON, Thomas,   b. 26 Sep 1829, Havera, Burra, Shetland, Scotland d. Aft 1862 (Age > 34 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1852	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. WILLIAMSON, Laurence,   b. 1853, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. WILLIAMSON, David,   b. 18 May 1856, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1938, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. WILLIAMSON, Jane,   b. 9 Sep 1859, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 11 Mar 1861, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. WILLIAMSON, Mary Jane,   b. 26 Jun 1862, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 16 Sep 1897, St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Jul 1830 - Bressay, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 17 Aug 1852 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Death - 1 Jul 1891 - Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Thomas Williamson & Cathrine Laurenson (1852 marriage)

  
  

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