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

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

Note: 2

Sarah McPherson, with sisters Catherine and Elizabeth married James Leask (1836), his brother Laurence Mouat Leask and his half-brother George Leask (1850) respectively. They lived in Rumpa, Sandwick in the last half of the 19th Century.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 8 Sep 1836 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland Birth of James Leask (1836) 1c 6a
Baptism 21 Nov 1836 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland Baptism of James Leask (1836) 6a
Census 6 Jun 1841 Hill Side, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland 1841 Census: James Leask (1836) with father George, mother Elizabeth and two siblings 7a
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 4b
Census 7 Apr 1861 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1861 Census: James Leask (1836) fisherman, with father George, step-mother Agnes and three siblings 8a
Census 2 Apr 1871 Egg, Channerwick, Sandwick, Shetland 1871 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, with wife Sarah, three children and Christina Jamieson 9a
Census 3 Apr 1881 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1881 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, wife Sarah, knitter, and five children 2b
Census 5 Mar 1891 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1891 Census: James Leask (1836), fisherman, wife Sarah and 4 children 3b
Note

Fisherman

Census 31 Mar 1901 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1901 Census: James Leask (1836) crofter, wife Sarah and other family members 10a
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 11a
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 12a
Note

James Leask (1836) : Leask family tree has date of death as 17 Sep 1917. Death certificate, 1916/32, registered by John Sandison, son-in-law..

 

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 1d 13a
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
 

Source References

  1. Tony Gott: North Isles Family History: Shetland
      • Page: (www.bayanne.info/Shetland/ : accessed 31 Oct 2010); Death of James Leask.
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Page: (www.bayanne.info/Shetland/ : accessed 31 Oct 2010); Death of James Leask.
      • Date: 8 Sep 1836
      • Page: Birth of James Leask (1836)
      • Date: 22 Dec 1864
      • Page: Marriage of James Leask (1836) and Sarah McPherson
  2. Ancestry.com: 1881 Scotland Census
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=928054&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1837 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
  3. Ancestry.com: 1891 Scotland Census
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=74821&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1833 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
  4. Ancestry.com: 1851 Scotland Census
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851scotland&h=34052&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1836 Birth place: Sandwick, Zetland Residence date: 1851 Residence place: Sandwick, Shetland, Scotland

      • Date: 30 Mar 1851
      • Page: 1851 Census: George Leask (1810), Farmer and fisherman, wife Agnes; Sandwick, ED 2, Page 1, Household Schedule 2 Line 10 Roll CSSCT1851_1
      • 1851 Census George Leask (1810) and family
  5. Ancestry.com: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  6. National Records of Scotland: Scotland Old Parish Registers - Births
      • Date: 8 Sep 1836
      • Page: Birth and baptism of James Leask (1836): father George Leask, mother Elizabeth Mouat, baptism 21 November
      • Citation:

        Birth and baptism of James Leask (1836) - "George Leask in the Egg and his wife Elizabeth ..."

  7. National Records of Scotland: 1841 Scotland Census
      • Date: 6 Jun 1841
      • Page: 1841 Census: George Leask, wife Elizabeth and three children; Dunrossness, Sandwick & Cunningsburgh; ref 003/ 7 1 (note surname as "Leasle")
      • 1841 Census George Leask (1810) and family
  8. Ancestry.com: 1861 Scotland Census
      • Date: 7 Apr 1861
      • Page: 1861 Census: George Leask (1810), wife Agnes and four children: Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1, Household Schedule 3, Line 14, Roll CSSCT1861_1
      • 1861 Census George Leask (1810) and family
  9. Ancestry.com: 1871 Scotland Census
      • Date: 2 Apr 1871
      • Page: 1871 Census: James Leask (1836) wife Sarah, three children and Christina Jamieson, servant; Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1, Household 9, line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_1
      • 1871 Census James Leask (1836), wife and Children
      • Citation:

        1871 Census: James Leask (1836) wife Sarah, three children and Christina Jamieson, servant - is Christina a relation?

  10. Ancestry.com: 1901 Scotland Census
      • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: 1901 census: James Leask (1836), wife Sarah, other family members - Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ED 1, Household Schedule 21 Line 8 Roll CSSCT1901_1
      • 1901 Census James Leask (1836), wife with other family
  11. National Records of Scotland: 1911 Scotland Census
      • Date: 2 Apr 1911
      • Page: 1911 Census: James Leask (1836) wife Sarah, both pensioners: Dunrossness, Sandwick and Cunningsburgh; Census 003/ 2 5/ 1, page 1 of 13
      • 1911 Census James Leask (1936), wife Sarah
  12. National Records of Scotland: Scotland Statutory Registers - Deaths
      • Date: 27 Oct 1916
      • Page: Death of James Leask (1836), old age, not certified
      • Death of James Leask (1836)
      • Citation:

        Death of James Leask (1836), fisherman, "widower of Sarah McPherson...Father George Leask, mother Elizabeth Mouat". Informant John Sandison, son-in-law.

  13. National Records of Scotland: Scotland Statutory Registers Marriage
      • Date: 22 Dec 1864
      • Page: Marriage of James Leask (1836) and Sarah McPherson: Statutory Marriages 003/2 14