The postcard style photo above and the two men in uniform below are part of the Jamieson mystery in my family tree. The were recently found on the same page in a family photo album, making me think someone placed them together for a reason. The above one has Uncle Jimmy written on it, I wonder if it's Grandma's writing?
That would make him the brother of her mother, Jeannie Jamieson Milne. The only sure information have about James is from the 1894 Scotland census where it says he was age 7 (born around 1884) and his birthplace was Banff, Banffshire, Scotland. At the time, he was living with his 36 year old mother Margaret (nee Duncan) at 18 St Catherine Street, with brother William Duncan Jamieson age 8 and 11 year old sister Susan A. Jamieson. The only other fact I know is that James was mentioned in Jeannie's obituary in 1948 still living in Banff along with his sisters Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. Greenlaw. Some recall it being said James and perhaps his brother served in WW1 but with such a common name, it is hard to trace. The two military pictures seem to support this theory.
The unidentified photos posted below were found in Grandma's trunk and we wonder if it is James on the left and W.D. on the right as in comparison to the soldiers above? Please do contact me if you have any further information on my Jamiesons. I'd love to know more about them!
P.S. - An online source called Worrall's Directory of the north-eastern counties of Scotland from 1877 indicates a James Jamison farmed at Crannabog near Aberchirder and a Jas Jamieson at Ribrae in the same area. I wonder if they are ancestors?
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