Biographical Sketch for
John Jamieson Family
John Jamieson--+ +--Ann Hardie-----------+ +--Maggie---------+
| | +--+ |
+--+ Samuel Leith---------+ | Julius Morgan--+
| | |
Elspeth Reid---+ | +--Elsie----------+
| | |
| | Harry Firtig---+
| |
| +--Isabell--------+
| | |
| | William Dodge--+
| |
| +--Grace----------+
| | |
| | Charles Smith--+
| |
| +--William
| |
| +--Lillie
|
+--John-----------------+ +--Mary G.
| +--+
| Jane McCredie--------+ +--John A.--------+
| | |
| | Madge Bruce----+
| |
| +--William M.
| |
| +--Rubie-------------+
| | |
| | John J. Stephens--+
| |
| +--Gordon Reed-----+
| | +--+--Mary Gordon
| | Lillian Harris--+
| |
| +--Inez------------+
| +--+--Gordon Paul
| Paul P. Ames----+
|
+--Jane-----------------+ +--Annie
| +--+
| Alex Meldrum---------+ +--Lizzie
| |
| +--William
| |
| +--Elsie
| |
| +--Janie--------------+ +--George
| | +--+--Lottie
| | James S. Jamieson--+ +--Maggie
| | +--Ida
| | +--Robert
| | +--Libbie
| | +--Jessie E.
| |
| +--John---------------+ +--Gussie
| | +--+--Irving
| | Lillie Mayfield----+ +--Ira
| | +--Lotha
| | +--Robert
| | +--Edith
| |
| +--Alex---------------+ +--Libbie
| | +--+--Lincoln
| | Mary Williams------+ +--Oliver
| | +--Mary
| | +--Jack
| | +--Gladys
| |
| +--George-------------+
| +--+--Bert
| Hattie Suiick------+
|
+--Margaret-------------+ +--Anna Bell----------+ +--Lois Evaline
| +--+ +--+--Zella W.
| James Lunan Thain----+ | George Hardie------+
| |
| +--Elsie Jane---------+ +--Winnie
| | +--+--Homer
| | Homer O. Leonard---+ +--Clifford
| | +--Russell
| | +--Margaret
| |
| +--Margaret Keith------+
| | |
| | John Thomas Stewart-+
| |
| +--Marie Louise
| |
| +--John Alexander------+ +--Gussie Zoe
| | +--+--Hazel Margaret
| | Hattie Howard-------+ +--James Lyman
| |
| +--Evaline Francis-----+
| | |
| | Peter Fisher--------+
| |
| +--William Gordon
| |
| +--Mary E.
| |
| +--Mamie Hannah--------+ +--John Thain
| +--+--James Keith
| Scott Levoy---------+
|
+--Alexander
|
| Jessie Robertson-----+ +--Lavina M.
| +--+
+--George---------------+ +--Louise
| |
Francis Maria Dodge--+ +--Alice I.
|
+--Edwin A.------------+
| |
| Minnie Johnson------+
|
+--Jessie M. J. STRANG-+ +--Donald Strang
+--+--Gordon Hurst
George C. Mitchell--+ +--Helen Margaret
+--Louise Janet
+--Jessie Sarah
+--James Bruce
John Jamieson
Born 1800.
Married Elspeth Reid in Scotland.
See tree above for children.
Died 1874.
Buried in Millburn Cemetery.
Elspeth Reid
Married John Jamieson in Scotland.
Buried in Scotland.
Children of John and Elspeth Reid Jamieson
Ann Hardie
Born 1825.
Married Samuel Leith on November 27, 1856.
He was born in 1828 and died in 1901.
Children.
Moved to North Bend, Nebraska.
Died 1906.
John
Born September 3, 1826, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Came to America in September, 1850.
Married Jane McCredie about March 11, 1858.
Children.
Moved to Antioch in 1891.
Died March 1, 1895,
(obituary).
Jane
Born 1828.
Married Alex Meldrum.
Children.
Believe to have died in March, 1897.
Margaret
Born February 29. 1832.
Married James Lunan Thain on December 22, 1855.
He was born in 1834 and died in 1897.
Children.
Died January 5, 1888
(obituary).
Alexander
Born 1834.
Died of drowning at Millburn on July 4, 1854
(insensitive coverage).
George
Born April 7, 1837.
Married Jessie Robertson.
She was born in 1837 and died May 3, 1875.
Children by Jessie.
Married Francis Maria Dodge
on January 24, 1878.
Blacksmith.
School board trustee.
Died January 9, 1919 (17?).
Children of Samuel and Ann Hardie Jamieson Leith
Maggie
Born 1859.
Married Julius Morgan.
Died 1933.
Elsie
Born 1860.
Married Harry Firtig.
Died 1922.
Isabell
Born 1863.
Married William Dodge.
Grace
Born 1865.
Married Charles Smith.
William
Born 1867.
Lillie
Born 1868.
Died 1927.
Children of John and Jane McCredie Jamieson
Mary G.
Born 1859.
Moved to Antioch in 1896 to live with sister Inez.
Died 1920.
John A.
Born 1861.
Married Madge Bruce.
Died 1937.
William M.
Born 1863.
Visited England in 1895.
Died April 19, 1901, at age 38.
Rubie
Born 1865.
Married
John J. Stephens
about February 22, 1887.
Children.
Died on November 1, 1887.
Gordon Reed
Born 1867.
Married Lillian Harris.
Children:
Mary Gordon, born January 30, 1917.
Died June 3, 1940.
Inez M.
Born 1871.
Married
Paul P. Ames
on June 20, 1899.
Children.
Children of Alex and Jane Jamieson Meldrum
Annie
Born about 1851.
Lizzie
William
Born about 1858.
Elsie
Born about 1855.
Janie
Born August, 1852.
Married James S. Jamieson on January 20, 1871.
Read his biographical sketches written in
1891 and
1912.
He was born October 12, 1837, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He is son of Robert and Mary Jamieson.
He came to Millburn in 1859.
He became the Lake County treasurer.
He died November 4, 1912 (
obituary).
Children:
George A.,
known as Mugzy,
born December 28, 1874,
died July 21, 1929, at age 57 years, of fall from scaffold
(
obituary);
Lottie,
born about 1872,
married John Roberts, of Chicago,
had son Alfred, born March, 1895;
Maggie,
born April, 1873,
married George F. Duncan about January 16, 1893,
relocated to Fargo, North Dakota;
Ida;
Robert,
born about 1879,
married Edith Oscar,
lived in Detroit;
Libbie, born September, 1876,
married Albert Padgett in October, 1904,
lived for a time at Charleston, Illinois,
moved to Kansas City,
then to Hermosa Beach, California;
Jessie E.,
born August, 1883,
married Mr. Benjamin Siegfried,
settled in Ringland, Montana.
John
Married Lillie Mayfield.
Children:
Gussie, married Simon Hugh;
Irving;
Ira, married Rex Wisenaud;
Lotha, married William Anderson;
Robert, married Coalney Whitenaud;
Edith, married Marvin Wyell.
Alex
Born 1849
Married Mary Williams.
Children:
Libbie;
Lincoln, married Essie Epperson;
Oliver, married Mary Brink;
Mary;
Jack;
Gladys.
George
Married Hattie Suiick.
Children:
Bert, married Hattie G. Gamm.
Children of George and Jessie Robertson Jamieson
Lavinia M.
Born 1866.
Died 1934 in Berwyn, Ill.
Louise
Born 1868.
Alice I.
Born March, 1871.
Moved to Berwyn, Ill.
Died 1934.
Edwin A.
Born 1873.
Married Minnie Johnson.
Moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1906.
Jessie Margaret
Born April 6, 1875.
When her mother died shortly after her birth, Jessie
was taken by her father to Mr. and Mrs. John "Jake"
Strang, where she was raised as their own. She
took on the STRANG last name. See details.
