Leask, James 1a 1b

Birth Name Leask, James 2a 3a 4a 5
Gender male
Age at Death 80 years, 1 month, 19 days

Notes

Note: 1

Leask family tree has date of death as 17 Sep 1917

Death certificate, 1916/32, registered by John Sandison, son-in-law..

Lived at Rumpa. «i»Re-married? (Leask family tree) Second wife known as "Mom Nonie" - no, according to Marilyn Pope "mom nonie" was James' step-mother, Agnes. James only married once.
«/i»
James Leask married Sarah McPherson; his brother Laurence married Sarah's sister Catherine; his half-brother married Sarah's sister Elizabeth

Note: 2

James Leask (1836) - whilst living in Rumpa was surrounded by other Leasks/Leisks and McPhersons

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 8 Sep 1836 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland Birth of James Leask (1836)  
Baptism 21 Nov 1836 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland Baptism of James Leask (1836)  
Census 6 Jun 1841 Hill Side, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland 1841 Census: James Leask (1836) with father George, mother Elizabeth and two siblings  
Census 30 Mar 1851 Hill Side, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland 1851 Census: James Leask (1836) farm labourer, with father George, step-mother Agnes, 4 siblings and others  
Census 7 Apr 1861 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1861 Census: James Leask (1836) fisherman, with father George, step-mother Agnes and three siblings  
Census 2 Apr 1871 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland 1871 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, with wife Sarah, three children and Christina Jamieson  
Census 3 Apr 1881 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1881 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, wife Sarah, knitter, and five children  
Census 5 Mar 1891 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1891 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, wife Sarah and 4 children  
Note

Fisherman

Census 31 Mar 1901 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1901 Census: James Leask (1836) crofter, wife Sarah and other family members  
Note

1901 Census: James Leask (1901) crofter, wife Sarah, knitter of hosiery and other family members - daughter Sarah, knitter of hosiery; daughter Elizabeth with husband George Smith, fisherman, and their son Laurence

Census 2 Apr 1911 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1911 Census: James Leask (1836) wife Sarah, both pensioners  
Note

1911 Census: James Leask (1836) wife Sarah, both pensioners - note that the census records that they had 5 children, only four now living. Still surrounded by other Leasks, Smiths, Mouats. Have the buildings changed as the number of windows seems to have increased?

Death 27 Oct 1916 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland Death of James Leask due to old age  
Occupation     Weaver, fisherman, crofter  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Leask Leisk, Georgeabout 181025 Jul 1880
Mother Mouat, Elizabeth Johnson26 Dec 1810about 1846
         Leask, James 8 Sep 1836 27 Oct 1916
    Brother     Leask, Laurence Mouat 1839 9 Feb 1912
    Sister     Leask, Margaret Colvin 18 Apr 1841 about Nov 1896
    Brother     Leask, Magnus 13 Mar 1844

Families

Family of Leask, James and McPherson, Sarah
Married Wife McPherson, Sarah ( * 13 May 1835 + 5 Jan 1914 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 22 Dec 1864 Hill Side, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland Marriage of James Leask (1836), fisherman and Sarah McPherson  
Note: 1

Marriage of James Leask (1836) and Sarah McPherson - Married on same day as their brother and sister but different locations ?

Note: 2

Marriage of James Leask (1836) and Sarah McPherson - the Bayanne entry states the marriage was at Rumpa but the official marriage record states that the marriage took place at Hill Side, which is where both bride and groom resided. Marilyn Pope has suggested that "Hill side" might have been one house within the hamlet of Rumpa

Note: 3

Marriage of James Leask (1836) and Sarah McPherson: Marilyn Pope has pointed out that James, his brother Laurence M. and his half-brother George married sisters Sarah, Catherine and Elizabeth McPherson, who I suspect lived either in the same house or next door at Hill Side or Rumpa.

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Leask, George19 Dec 186510 Apr 1929
Leask, John15 Jun 186826 Jan 1903
Leask, Elizabeth29 Nov 18702 Jan 1961
Leask, James2 May 187629 Dec 1951
Leask, Sarah11 Sep 187923 Sep 1957

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number Bayanne Id I93471