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James John Abernethy 1846–1922 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 June 1846

Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting

Death Date: 11 February 1922

Death Location: Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

Father: Christina Henderson

Mother: John Abernethy

Spouse(s): Margaret GAIR, Margaret Abernethy

Children(s): Jemima ABERNETHY, Bethia Bachop, Mary Hogg, John ABERNETHY, Christina Abernethy, Ann Abernethy, James Abernethy, Jeremiah Abernethy, Jeremiah Abernethy, George Abernethy, Peter Abernethy, Archibald Abernethy, Joseph Abernethy, Ann Abernethy, Thomasina Abernethy, Charles Abernethy, Alexander Abernethy, Christina Abernethy, Ann Abernethy, Francis Abernethy, Mabel Abernethy, Betsy Abernethy, Jemima Abernethy

The story of James John Abernethy began in 1846 in Shetland, Sandsting. James John Abernethy married Margaret Abernethy, Margaret Gair, and had children including Alexander Abernethy, Ann Eliza Abernethy, Ann Margaret Abernethy, Archibald J Abernethy, Bethia Harrower Bachop, Betsy Abernethy, Charles Milne Abernethy, Christina Abernethy, Francis H Abernethy, George Henry Abernethy, James A Abernethy, Jemima Abernethy, Jemima Dingwell Abernethy, Jeremiah William Abernethy, John James Abernethy, Joseph Abernethy, Mabel H Abernethy, Mary Hogg, Peter George Abernethy, Sarah Abernethy, Thomasina Agnes Abernethy. James John Abernethy passed away in 1922 in Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of James John Abernethy began in 1846 in Shetland, Sandsting.
  • James John Abernethy married Margaret Abernethy, Margaret Gair, and had children including Alexander Abernethy, Ann Eliza Abernethy, Ann Margaret Abernethy, Archibald J Abernethy, Bethia Harrower Bachop, Betsy Abernethy, Charles Milne Abernethy, Christina Abernethy, Francis H Abernethy, George Henry Abernethy, James A Abernethy, Jemima Abernethy, Jemima Dingwell Abernethy, Jeremiah William Abernethy, John James Abernethy, Joseph Abernethy, Mabel H Abernethy, Mary Hogg, Peter George Abernethy, Sarah Abernethy, Thomasina Agnes Abernethy.
  • James John Abernethy passed away in 1922 in Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christina Henderson
1809–1892
Birth Location: Vementry, Aithsting, SHI, SCT
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John Abernethy
1798–1871
Birth Location: Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret GAIR
1843–1917
Birth Location: Whiteness, zetland
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Margaret Abernethy
1851–
Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting
MA

Children(s)

Jemima ABERNETHY
1882–1942
Birth Location: Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
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Bethia Bachop
1852–1928
Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
BB
Mary Hogg
1865–
Birth Location: Montrose, Forfarshire
MH
John ABERNETHY
1865–1943
Birth Location: Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland
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Christina Abernethy
1868–1946
Birth Location: Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
CA
Ann Abernethy
1870–1873
Birth Location: Ayres of Strome, Whiteness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
AA
James Abernethy
1871–
Birth Location: Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
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Jeremiah Abernethy
1872–1937
Birth Location: Tingwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
JA
Jeremiah Abernethy
1872–1937
Birth Location: Ayres of Strome, Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland
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George Abernethy
1874–1897
Birth Location: Whiteness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
GA
Peter Abernethy
1875–
Birth Location: Zetland, Whiteness
PA
Archibald Abernethy
1876–1955
Birth Location: Ayres of Strome, Whiteness, SHI, SCT
AA
Joseph Abernethy
1879–1899
Birth Location: 1879/14244 Aramoana, near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Ann Abernethy
1880–1896
Birth Location: 1880/12120 Aramoana, near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
AA
Thomasina Abernethy
1884–1921
Birth Location: 1884/13871 Aramoana, near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
TA
Charles Abernethy
1885–1915
Birth Location: 1885/15377 Port Chalmers, New Zealand
CA
Alexander Abernethy
1887–1978
Birth Location: 1887/4107 Aramoana, near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
AA
Christina Abernethy
1890–1946
Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting
CA
Ann Abernethy
1870–1873
Birth Location: Tingwall,Shetland,Scotland
AA
Francis Abernethy
1885–
Birth Location: Whiteness, Zetland
FA
Mabel Abernethy
1887–
Birth Location: Whiteness, Zetland
MA
Betsy Abernethy
1884–
Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting
BA
Jemima Abernethy
1887–
Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting
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James Abernethy's Ancestors

Self
James Abernethy
1846–1922
Birth Place: Shetland, Sandsting
Parents
Christina Henderson
1809–1892
Vementry, Aithsting, SHI, SCT
John (A.) Abernethy
1798–1871
Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Elizabeth Hanson
1783–1857
Northmavine
Alexander Henderson
1775–
Burraland, Northmavine, SHI, SCT
Henry Abernethy
1762–1841
Culswick, Sandsting and Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland
Barbara Abernethy
1770–1810
Shetland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Laurence Henderson
1754–1841
Andrina Hawick
1755–1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Abernethy's Descendants

1.
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James (John) Abernethy (19 June 1846–11 February 1922) m. Margaret GAIR (15 November 1843–4 March 1917) m. Margaret Abernethy (abt 1851–)
  1. 1. Jemima (Dingwell) ABERNETHY 1882–1942 m. Arthur (PICKERING) BACHOP 1878–1940
    1. 1. Annie (Christina) Pickering 1912–2005 m. Douglas (Cameron) Rutherford 1908–1985
      1. 1. Gaynor (Helen) Rutherford 1935–2013 m. Viliami (Esei Finau) Tafuna 1927–1989
      2. 2. Anita (Lorraine) Rutherford 1940–2009 m. Truby (Te Tauroa) Mihaere 1937–1998
    2. 2. James (Arthur) PICKERING 1905–1959 m. Reta (Isobel Pickering nee) Brownlie 1906–1988
      1. 1. Robert (Watson) PICKERING 1927–1976
      2. 2. William (Stanley) PICKERING 1928–1976 m. Lilian (Agnes) Mawhinney 1929–1995
      3. 3. Arthur (Melville) PICKERING 1930–2008
      4. 4. Betty (Aileen) PICKERING 1932–1985
      5. 5. Isobel Ledgerwood 1934–2020
      6. 6. Elaine (Joyce Morgan (née) Pickering) 1940–2000
      7. 7. James (Arthur) PICKERING 1905–1959
      8. 8. Rose (Elsie) Pickering 1914–1994
      9. 9. Ernest (James (Ernie)) Pickering 1947–2025
    3. 3. Margaret (Barthia) Pickering 1907–1970 m. Douglas (Blair) Buchanan 1905–1977
      1. 1. Alan (Bruce) Buchanan 1925–2012
      2. 2. Isobel (May) Buchanan 1928–2010
      3. 3. Stuart (Alistair) Buchanan 1933–1989 m. Valda (Audrey) Johnston 1934–2020
      4. 4. Gordon (Lindsay) Buchanan 1934–1998
      5. 5. Infant Buchanan 1942–1942
      6. 6. Margaret (June) Buchanan 1943–1994
    4. 4. Agnes (Mima) PICKERING 1908–1985 m. John Milne 1909–1976
    5. 5. Rose (Elsie) PICKERING 1914–1994 m. James Campbell 1908–1953 m. George (Alfred) Pope 1901–1982
    6. 6. Ivy (Alexandrina) PICKERING 1917–1957 m. Rodrick (Robert) BRENSSELL 1913–1989
      1. 1. Valerie (Barbara) BRENSSELL 1937–2007
    7. 7. Private (Ernest John PICKERING) #18986 1918–1942
    8. 8. Myrtle (Olive) PICKERING 1922–1998 m. James (Desmond) Doherty 1924–1997
    9. 9. Bessie (Florence) PICKERING 1924–1976 m. Norman (William) Rossiter 1923–2017 m. Raymond (William) Welch 1919–1982 m. Mervyn (John) Barker 1913–1995
      1. 1. Allan (Neil Sullivan) Barker 1945–2021 m. Gloria (Ann) Ramsay 1948–2003
      2. 2. Andrew (Mervyn) Barker 1939–1990
      3. 3. Faith (Violet) Barker 1943–1943
    10. 10. Kenneth (Charles) PICKERING 1927–1999 m. Frances (Christina) Bruhns 1927–2013
  2. 2. Bethia (Harrower) Bachop 1852–1928
  3. 3. Mary Hogg 1865–
  4. 4. John (James) ABERNETHY 1865–1943
  5. 5. Christina Abernethy 1868–1946 m. Alexander (Walker _(m\C Abernethy) Roger (b) 1945) 1845–1918
    1. 1. James (Abernethy Roger (b) 1889) 1889–1956
    2. 2. Robert (John Roger (b) 1892) 1892–1957
    3. 3. Alexander (Walker Roger (b) 1893) 1893–1971
  6. 6. Ann (Eliza) Abernethy 1870–1873
  7. 7. James (A) Abernethy 1871–
  8. 8. Jeremiah (William) Abernethy 1872–1937 m. Rose (Isabel) Warren 1869–1963
    1. 1. William (Arthur) Abernethy 1893–1966
    2. 2. George (Henry Woodington) Abernethy 1894–1923
    3. 3. Effie (Isabel) Abernethy 1897–1923
    4. 4. Joseph (James) Abernethy 1898–1898
    5. 5. Rosina (Margaret) Abernethy 1899–1970 m. Frank (Westwood) Matthews 1893–1973
      1. 1. Audrey (Margaret) Matthews 1917–2004
      2. 2. Frank (William) Matthews 1924–2011
      3. 3. Rosina (Olive (Joy)) Matthews 1924–2015
      4. 4. John (Paton) Matthews 1928–1997
    6. 6. Dolly Abernethy 1901–1901
    7. 7. James (Ernest) Abernethy 1903–
    8. 8. John (Warren) Abernethy 1903–1990 m. Marion (Susannah) Barker 1904–1998
      1. 1. John (Louis) Abernethy 1929–2010
      2. 2. David (Rodney) Abernethy 1936–1984
      3. 3. Ian (Michael) Abernethy 1939– m. Dairne (Jean) Cassie 1942–2003
      4. 4. Alastair (‘Bruce’) Abernethy 1943–2024
    9. 9. Olive (Martha) Abernethy 1906–1967
    10. 10. Ethel (May) Abernethy 1909–1909
  9. 9. Jeremiah (William) Abernethy 1872–1937
  10. 10. George (Henry) Abernethy 1874–1897
  11. 11. Peter (George) Abernethy 1875–
  12. 12. Archibald (J) Abernethy 1876–1955 m. Jessie (Margaret) LAUGHTON 1880–1963
    1. 1. Ilma (Jessie Ann Margaret) Abernethy 1905–1968
    2. 2. Alexander (William) Abernethy 1908–1996
    3. 3. Leslie (Roger) Abernethy 1910–
  13. 13. Joseph Abernethy 1879–1899
  14. 14. Ann (Margaret) Abernethy 1880–1896
  15. 15. Thomasina (Agnes) Abernethy 1884–1921
  16. 16. Charles (Milne) Abernethy 1885–1915
  17. 17. Alexander Abernethy 1887–1978 m. Isobel Abernethy 1893–1933
    1. 1. Alister (Scott) Abernethy 1920–2003
    2. 2. Iona (Margaret) Abernethy 1921–2002
    3. 3. Stephen (Gair) Abernethy 1924–2007
    4. 4. Maurice (Stewart) Abernethy 1928–1968
    5. 5. William (Stanley) Abernethy 1930–2017 m. Hilda (May) Robertson 1928–1998
    6. 6. Eion (James) Abernethy 1933–1957
  18. 18. Christina Abernethy 1890–1946
  19. 19. Ann (Eliza) Abernethy 1870–1873
  20. 20. Francis (H) Abernethy 1885–
  21. 21. Mabel (H) Abernethy 1887–
  22. 22. Betsy Abernethy 1884–
  23. 23. Jemima Abernethy 1887–

James Abernethy's Timeline

2 Records

1846
19 June 1846
Birth of James John Abernethy in Shetland, Sandsting
Shetland, Sandsting
1922
11 February 1922
Age 76
Death of James John Abernethy in Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 June 1846
    Event Place: Shetland, Sandsting

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 February 1922
    Event Place: Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
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