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Andrew Chalmers 1823 – 1892 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 May 1823

Birth Location: North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 31 Aug 1892

Death Location: Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Robert Chalmers

Mother: Jane Bremner

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Morris

Children(s): Robert Chalmers, James Chalmers, Christina Chalmers, Jane Chalmers, Elizabeth Chalmers, Arthur Chalmers, Jane Chalmers, Andrew Chalmers

Andrew Chalmers was born in 1823 in North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Chalmers and Jane Bremner. Andrew Chalmers married Elizabeth Morris, and had children including Robert Chalmers, James Chalmers, Christina Chalmers, Jane Chalmers, Elizabeth Chalmers, Arthur Chalmers, Jane Brymer Chalmers, Andrew Chalmers. Andrew Chalmers passed away in 1892 in Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Andrew Chalmers was born in 1823 in North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Chalmers and Jane Bremner.
  • Andrew Chalmers married Elizabeth Morris, and had children including Robert Chalmers, James Chalmers, Christina Chalmers, Jane Chalmers, Elizabeth Chalmers, Arthur Chalmers, Jane Brymer Chalmers, Andrew Chalmers.
  • Andrew Chalmers passed away in 1892 in Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Chalmers
1767 – 1859
Birth Location: Mire End, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Jane Bremner
1790 –
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Morris
1819 – 1869
Birth Location: Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Chalmers
1848 – 1880
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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James Chalmers
1849 –
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
JC
Christina Chalmers
1849 – 1917
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Jane Chalmers
1853 – 1858
Birth Location: North Church, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Elizabeth Chalmers
1855 – 1899
Birth Location: Kirkgate, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Arthur Chalmers
1857 – 1858
Birth Location: Carnock, Fife, Scotland
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Jane Chalmers
1861 –
Birth Location: Otago, New Zealand
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Andrew Chalmers
– 1920
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
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Andrew Chalmers's Ancestors

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Andrew Chalmers
1823 – 1892
Birth Place: North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Robert Chalmers
1767 – 1859
Mire End, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Jane Bremner
1790 –
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Chalmers
1714 –
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Alison Currie
1730 – 1783
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
James Brimer
1760 –
Fife, Scotland
Helen Ready
1760 –
Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Chalmers
1669 – 1739
Jennet Colvile
John Currie
Marjory Berryhill
Alexander Ready
1747 –
Elizabeth Wilson
1750 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Chalmers
Ann Unknown

Andrew Chalmers's Descendants

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Andrew Chalmers (20 May 1823 – 31 Aug 1892) m. Elizabeth Morris (Abt. 1819 – 13 May 1869)
  1. 1. Robert Chalmers (Abt. 1848 – 18 Apr 1880) m. Elizabeth Watt (24 Jan 1858 – 1957)
    1. 1. Andrew (Watt) Chalmers (09 Mar 1878 – 23 Oct 1920)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Chalmers (05 Oct 1879 – )
  2. 2. James Chalmers (Abt. 1849 – ) m. Flora (Allan) Henderson (Abt. 1859 – 29 May 1940)
    1. 1. Flora (Annie) Chalmers (1891 – 15 Nov 1995) m. Geoffrey (Michael Fulton) Barnett (01 Oct 1893 – 13 Jul 1950)
      1. 1. Michael (Edward Fulton) Barnett (24 Apr 1921 – 08 Apr 1940)
      2. 2. Margaret Barnett m. Unknown Bushby
      3. 3. Joan Barnett
      4. 4. John (Geoffry Fulton) Barnett
      5. 5. Richard (James Fulton) Barnett
      6. 6. Susan Barnett m. Unknown Cashmore
      7. 7. David (Miles Fulton) Barnett
  3. 3. Christina Chalmers (24 Feb 1849 – 09 Dec 1917) m. Andrew Hamilton (11 Jul 1844 – 12 Aug 1917)
    1. 1. Andrew (Chalmers) Hamilton (03 Jul 1868 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Morris) Hamilton (19 Nov 1870 – 1909) m. Joseph Kyle ( – 09 Mar 1927)
    3. 3. Isabel (Nelson) Hamilton (15 Jul 1872 – 02 May 1923) m. Lancelot Giles m. John (David) Engelbrecht ( – May 1931)
    4. 4. William Hamilton (12 Jul 1874 – 18 Mar 1891)
    5. 5. Christina (Jane) Hamilton (19 Jul 1876 – 30 Jan 1960) m. Henry (Richard) Dodd (16 May 1869 – 1938)
    6. 6. James Hamilton (21 Jul 1878 – )
    7. 7. Mary Hamilton (07 Sep 1880 – 21 May 1958) m. Jacob (Herman) Betten
      1. 1. Lloyd (Andrew) Betten (Abt. 1895 – 30 Apr 1960) m. Lillian Percy
      2. 2. Christina (Ethel Maude) Betten ( – 1964) m. Thomas (Alexander) Colvill ( – 1951)
        1. 1. Gordon (Alexander) Colvill (28 Nov 1924 – 05 May 1999) m. Maureen (Patricia) Young (14 Nov 1932 – 21 Sep 1995)
        2. 2. Joan (Mary) Colvill (10 Jun 1928 – ) m. William Birnie (27 Sep 1912 – )
      3. 3. Raymond (Noel) Betten
      4. 4. Mona (May) Betten m. James Dolan ( – Bef. 1969)
      5. 5. Isobel (Murvyn Iris) Betten m. George (William A) Cooling ( – 1969)
    8. 8. Flora (Maude Chalmers) Hamilton (01 Aug 1882 – 1953) m. Richard Hyman (Abt. 1870 – 13 Jul 1936)
    9. 9. Arthur Hamilton (31 Aug 1884 – 30 Oct 1888)
    10. 10. Lloyd Hamilton (25 Mar 1886 – 24 Nov 1956)
  4. 4. Jane Chalmers (20 Mar 1853 – 16 Oct 1858)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Chalmers (26 Jan 1855 – 30 Jun 1899) m. James Gibson (Abt. 1851 – 31 Aug 1886)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane Morris) Gibson (24 Dec 1875 – 25 Jul 1930) m. Percival (George) Coates (25 May 1872 – )
      1. 1. Percival (James Gibson) Coates (15 Dec 1903 – 1940)
      2. 2. Cecil (Robert) Coates (07 May 1905 – 17 Mar 1969) m. Olive Tanner
        1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Coates (1946 – ) m. Robert Wood
      3. 3. Winifred (Elizabeth) Coates (18 Feb 1907 – ) m. Harry Kellett m. Leslie Ibbotson
        1. 1. David Kellett (1947 – ) m. Alison French
        2. 2. Susan (Mary) Kellett m. Colin Pain m. Andrew Baing
      4. 4. Albert (Alexander) Coates (03 Feb 1909 – ) m. Clemency Arras
        1. 1. Raymond Coates (1934 – ) m. Lynley Holmes
        2. 2. Alan Coates (1942 – ) m. Ruth Miller
        3. 3. Annette Coates (1949 – ) m. Kingsley Burrell
      5. 5. Geoffrey (Charles) Coates (27 Apr 1911 – 29 Jul 2000) m. Arete (Wynn Edgar) Snelt
        1. 1. Robyn (Margaret) Coates (1946 – ) m. David (John) Campbell
        2. 2. Melody (Elizabeth) Coates (1948 – ) m. Michael (Allan) Rhodes
        3. 3. John (Edgar) Coates (1950 – ) m. Teresa (Anne) Bargh
      6. 6. Jessica (Maude) Coates (24 Jun 1913 – ) m. Percival Burns
        1. 1. Jill (Elizabeth) Burns (1945 – ) m. Malcolm Levarre-Waters m. Lindesay Kennedy m. William Sinclair
        2. 2. Anne (Patricia) Burns (1948 – )
        3. 3. Sandra (Mary) Burns (1950 – )
      7. 7. Arthur (William) Coates (19 Apr 1915 – ) m. Moyra Hollamby
        1. 1. Janice Coates (1945 – ) m. Graeme Elder
        2. 2. Stephen Coates (1957 – )
        3. 3. Gerald Coates m. Ann Donovan
      8. 8. Dorothy (Lillian) Coates (15 Jul 1917 – ) m. Eric (G D) Joliffe (Abt. 1916 – 19 Apr 1985)
        1. 1. Alan (Graeme) Joliffe (1950 – ) m. Robyn (Mary) Laird
        2. 2. Brian (James) Joliffe (1953 – ) m. Lesley (Graham) Rennie
      9. 9. Frederick (George) Coates (31 Jul 1919 – ) m. Rose (Caroline) Gadd
        1. 1. Jeanette (Elizabeth) Coates (1948 – Bef. 1998) m. Geoffrey Ball
        2. 2. Richard Coates (1951 – ) m. Gwenda Hancox
    2. 2. Margaret (Maude Christina) Gibson (10 Dec 1880 – Bef. 1937) m. Wallace Main ( – 12 Mar 1960)
      1. 1. Kate Main (1915 – )
      2. 2. Emily (Maude) Main (1916 – ) m. Jack Whitehead
        1. 1. Ann (Nyola) Whitehead (1942 – ) m. Graham Wilson
        2. 2. Rae Whitehead (1944 – ) m. Eric Christie
      3. 3. Murial Main (1917 – ) m. Eric (Raymond) Waite ( – 1957)
      4. 4. Murray Main (07 Apr 1918 – ) m. Patricia (Maud) Armstrong ( – Feb 1973)
        1. 1. Suzanne (Maude) Main (1949 – ) m. Trevor Cheetham
        2. 2. Paulette Main (1952 – ) m. Ronald Argue
      5. 5. Nyola Main (06 Jun 1920 – ) m. Peter Quinn
        1. 1. Barry Quinn (1948 – )
        2. 2. David Quinn (1951 – ) m. Eileen Smith
        3. 3. Pam Quinn (1952 – ) m. Bruce Daly
        4. 4. Keith Quinn (1953 – )
        5. 5. Anna Quinn (1955 – )
      6. 6. Elizabeth Main (13 Mar 1923 – ) m. Verdaun Till
        1. 1. Sandra Till (1951 – )
        2. 2. Douglas Till (1954 – )
    3. 3. Robert (Arthur) Gibson (1884 – Bef. 1984) m. Elsie Banks
    4. 4. Alexander Gibson (1886 – 1942) m. Dorothy (Edith) Pulman ( – 1968)
      1. 1. Olga (Ethel Frances) Gibson (1911 – ) m. Nixon (Harry) Canham ( – 1973)
        1. 1. Evelyn (Frances) Canham (1936 – ) m. Mervyn (Leslie) Atkinson
        2. 2. Raewyn (Amy) Canham (1949 – ) m. Rex Carswell
      2. 2. Madge (Elizabeth) Gibson (1913 – ) m. Eric Cain ( – Bef. Feb 2000)
        1. 1. Desmond (John) Cain (1937 – ) m. Jillian Meyer
        2. 2. Julie (Elizabeth) Cain m. David Basham m. Dennis Hoy
      3. 3. Maurice (James Alexander) Gibson (1914 – 1969) m. Esme Morgan
        1. 1. Roylan (Lewis) Gibson (1937 – ) m. Rosita Selier
        2. 2. Maureen (Esme) Gibson (1939 – ) m. John Watling m. John Lickfield
        3. 3. Wayne (Maurice) Gibson (1954 – ) m. Tamara Coxon
        4. 4. Judith (Marilyn) Gibson m. Gary Small
      4. 4. Robert (Leslie) Gibson (1918 – 23 Feb 2000) m. Myrtle Kirtlan
        1. 1. Suzanne (Esther) Gibson (1946 – ) m. Richard Lyon
        2. 2. Raymond (Eric) Gibson (1948 – ) m. Jennifer Smith
        3. 3. Lorraine (Margaret) Gibson (1950 – ) m. Wayne Henderson
      5. 5. Kathleen (Cora) Gibson (1918 – ) m. Colin (Thomas) Higgins ( – Bef. Feb 2000)
        1. 1. Dennis (Kingsley) Higgins (1951 – )
        2. 2. Colin (Ross) Higgins (1953 – )
      6. 6. Mavis (Dorothy) Gibson (19 Aug 1927 – ) m. Jack (Rainford) Rasmussen (18 Jun 1918 – )
        1. 1. Bruce (Rainsford) Rasmussen (10 Jan 1950 – ) m. Christine (Patricia) Ellis
        2. 2. Clive (Richard) Rasmussen (04 Oct 1958 – )
      7. 7. Raymond (Kingsley) Gibson (1931 – 1944)
    5. 5. James Gibson
    6. 6. Andrew (Albert) Gibson ( – Dec 1886)
  6. 6. Arthur Chalmers (09 Jun 1857 – Bef. 1858)
  7. 7. Jane (Brymer) Chalmers (18 Oct 1861 – ) m. Hugh (Blain) Scott (Abt. 1857 – 11 Nov 1937) m. Charles (Thomas) Dunn (Abt. 1853 – )
    1. 1. Thomas (Arthur) Scott (09 Jun 1886 – 1967) m. Bella
      1. 1. Douglas Scott
    2. 2. Florence Scott
  8. 8. Andrew Chalmers ( – 1920)

Andrew Chalmers's Timeline

4 Records

1823
20 May 1823
Birth of Andrew Chalmers in North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1823
20 May 1823
Andrew Chalmers was christened in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1892
31 Aug 1892
Age 69
Death of Andrew Chalmers in Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand
Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand
1892
02 Sep 1892
Age 69
Burial of Andrew Chalmers in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 May 1823
    Event Place: North Urquhart, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 20 May 1823
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] A_DURRYfam1.FTW
    [2] Record of Baptism for Andrew Chalmers, Old Parichial Records, Dunfermline 1823 Ref 424/15 pg 367

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 15 Feb 2000
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1892
    Event Place: Makikihi, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] A_DURRYfam1.FTW
    [2] Record of Death for Andrew Chalmers, Waimate Register, entry 21

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 02 Sep 1892
    Event Place: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW
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