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JAMES RUSSELL 1823 – 1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Apr 1823

Birth Location: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Dec 1897

Death Location: Drummond, Victoria, Australia

Father: JOHN RUSSELL

Mother: MARGARET ARTHUR

Spouse(s): ELIZABETH NIMMO

Children(s): Catherine Russell, John Russell

1823 marked the beginning of JAMES RUSSELL's life in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland, to parents JOHN RUSSELL and MARGARET ARTHUR. Eventually, JAMES RUSSELL married ELIZABETH NIMMO, and they welcomed Catherine Margaret Russell and John Russell. JAMES RUSSELL passed in 1897 at Drummond, Victoria, Australia.

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Parents

JOHN RUSSELL
1801 – 1859
Birth Location: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
JR
MARGARET ARTHUR
1798 – 1861
Birth Location: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
MA

Spouses(s)

ELIZABETH NIMMO
1818 – 1859
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
EN

Children(s)

Catherine Russell
1849 – 1859
Birth Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
CR
John Russell
1851 – 1859
Birth Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
JR

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Description
    Event Year: Oct 1859

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 11 Mar 1898
    Event Place: Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 20 Dec 1897
    Event Place: Malmsbury Cemetery, Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia. (Presbyterian ground)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 11 May 1823
    Event Place: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 Apr 1823
    Event Place: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, 1861 Scotland Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1710; Folio: 233; Page: 9; GSU roll: 193618.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 Dec 1897
    Event Place: Drummond, Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: August 1859
    Event Place: Sailed the 'Royal Charter' from Victoria Australia to Liverpool

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Walsworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1710; Folio: 233; Page: 9; GSU roll: 193618.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Mid Street (kerrs Prop), Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

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