Leask, James

Birth Name Leask, James 1a 2a
Gender male
Age at Death 75 years, 7 months, 27 days

Notes

Note: 1

Birth and location Leask Family Tree

Birth date corrected from Bayanne

Buried in Levenwick Cemetary

Note: 2

Birth and location Leask Family Tree

Birth date corrected from Bayanne

Buried in Levenwick Cemetary

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 2 May 1876 Cumliewick, Sandwick, Shetland Birth of James Leask (1876) 3a 4a
Census 3 Apr 1881 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1881 census: James Leask (1876) with his father James, mother Sarah and four siblings 1b
Census 5 Apr 1891 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1891 Census: James Leask (1876) with his father James, mother Sarah and three siblings 2b
Census 31 Mar 1901 North Punds, Levenwick, Dunrossness, Shetland 1901 Census: James Leask (1876), fisherman, with wife Maria and son James G 5a
Census 2 Apr 1911 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1911 Census: James Leask (1876), crofter fisherman, wife Maria and two sons 6a
Census 19 Jun 1921 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1921 Census: James Leask (1876), crofter, wife Maria and two sons 7a
Death 29 Dec 1951 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland Death of James Leask (1876) 3b
Note

Death of James Leask (1876), memorial erected in Levenwick Cemetery, with his wife Maria Henderson

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Leask, James8 Sep 183627 Oct 1916
Mother McPherson, Sarah13 May 18355 Jan 1914
    Brother     Leask, George 19 Dec 1865 10 Apr 1929
    Brother     Leask, John 15 Jun 1868 26 Jan 1903
    Sister     Leask, Elizabeth 29 Nov 1870 2 Jan 1961
         Leask, James 2 May 1876 29 Dec 1951
    Sister     Leask, Sarah 11 Sep 1879 23 Sep 1957

Families

Family of Leask, James and Henderson, Maria

Married Wife Henderson, Maria ( * 11 Nov 1874 + 22 Jul 1931 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 5 Jan 1899 15 Clairmont Place, Lerwick, Shetland Marriage of James Leask (1876) and Maria Henderson 3c
Note

Marriage of James Leask (1876) and Maria Henderson: Married by John McLellan, witnesses; Robert Wishart and Mary W. Banks

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Leask, James George19 Mar 190011 Aug 1978
Leask, John Henderson29 Mar 190529 Jan 1994

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number Bayanne Id I109069
 

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: 1881 Scotland Census
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=928059&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1877 Birth place: Sandwick, Shetland Residence date: 1881 Residence place: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland

      • Date: 3 Apr 1881
      • Page: 1881 Census: James Leask (1836), wife Sarah and five children: Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1, Household schedule 3, line 12, roll CSSCT1881_1
      • 1881 Census James Leask (1836), wife and five children
  2. Ancestry.com: 1891 Scotland Census
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=74824&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1877 Birth place: Sandwich, Zetland Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland

      • Date: 5 Apr 1891
      • Page: 1891 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, wife Sarah and 4 children: Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1 Household Schedule 3, Line 11, Roll CSSCT1891_1
      • 1891 Census James Leask (1836),wife and four children
  3. Tony Gott: North Isles Family History: Shetland
      • Date: 2 May 1976
      • Page: Birth of James Leask (1876)
      • Date: 29 Dec 1951
      • Page: Death of James Leask (1876)
      • Citation:

        Death of James Leask (1876): Buried at Levenwick Cemetery, Levenwick, Sandwick

      • Date: 5 Jan 1899
      • Page: Marriage of James Leask (1876) and Maria Henderson
      • Citation:

        Marriage of James Leask (1876) and Maria Henderson: Married by John McLellan, witnesses; Robert Wishart and Mary W. Banks

  4. General Register Office for Scotland & the National Archives of Scotland.: Scotland Statutory Registers - Births
      • Date: 2 May 1876
      • Page: Birth of James Leask (1876): Statutory Births 003/2 20
      • Birth of James Leask (1876)
  5. Ancestry.com: 1901 Scotland Census
      • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: 1901 Census: James Leask (1876), fisherman, with wife Maria and son James G; Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1, Household 24, Line 21, Roll CSSCT1901_1
      • 1901 Census James Leask (1836), wife with other family
  6. National Records of Scotland: 1911 Scotland Census
      • Date: 2 Apr 1911
      • Page: 1911 Census: James Leask (1876), with wife Maria and two sons
      • 1911 Census James Leask (1936), wife Sarah
  7. National Records of Scotland: 1921 Scotland Census
      • Date: 19 Jun 1921
      • Page: 1921 Census: James Leask (1876), wife Maria and two sons; Census 003/ 2 5/ 10, page 10 of 13
      • Scotland 1921 Census James Leask (1876) and John Sandison