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James Pollock 1786 – 1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1786

Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 19 Sep 1870

Death Location: Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: John Pollock

Mother: Catherine Calder

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Stark

Children(s): John Pollock, Catharine Pollock, Agnes Pollock, James Pollock, Jane Pollock

James Pollock was born in 1786 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of John Pollock and Catherine Calder. In 1841, James Pollock resided in Langrigy, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. In 1851, James Pollock resided in Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. James Pollock married Elizabeth Stark, and had children including John Pollock, Catharine Pollock, Agnes Pollock, James Pollock, Jane Pollock. James Pollock passed away in 1870 in Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Pollock was born in 1786 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of John Pollock and Catherine Calder.
  • In 1841, James Pollock resided in Langrigy, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • In 1851, James Pollock resided in Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • James Pollock married Elizabeth Stark, and had children including John Pollock, Catharine Pollock, Agnes Pollock, James Pollock, Jane Pollock.
  • James Pollock passed away in 1870 in Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Pollock
1756 –
Birth Location: –
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Catherine Calder
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Stark
1781 – 1857
Birth Location: West Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Pollock
1803 –
Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
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Catharine Pollock
1814 – 1903
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
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Agnes Pollock
1821 – 1896
Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
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James Pollock
Birth Location: –
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Jane Pollock
1811 – 1874
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
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James Pollock's Ancestors

Self
James Pollock
1786 – 1870
Birth Place: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
John Pollock
1756 –
Catherine Calder
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Pollock's Descendants

1.
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James Pollock (1786 – 19 Sep 1870) m. Elizabeth Stark (1781 – 16 Jul 1857)
  1. 1. John Pollock (abt 1803 – )
  2. 2. Catharine Pollock (1814 – 13 Oct 1903) m. Robert Thomson (1808 – 29 Apr 1875)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Thomson (abt 1838 – 28 Jan 1898) m. James Thornton (abt 1817 – 8 Dec 1885)
      1. 1. Peter Thornton (abt 1860 – 30 Mar 1946)
      2. 2. Catherine Thornton (abt 1862 – 12 Jul 1862)
      3. 3. Jane ((Jeanie)) Thornton (14 Aug 1864 – 2 Aug 1935) m. Leslie (Frank) Bucknall (1862 – 25 Jan 1903)
      4. 4. Robert Thornton (abt 1867 – 1925) m. Euphemia Lindsay ( – 9 Dec 1958)
      5. 5. James (Waddell) Thornton (1868 – )
      6. 6. Thomas Thornton (1st May 1870 – 31 May 1932)
      7. 7. Mary Thornton (abt 1872 – 1951)
      8. 8. Child Thornton (18 Nov 1874 – 18 Nov 1874)
      9. 9. William Thornton (abt 1876 – 5 Jan 1917)
      10. 10. Margaret ((Maggie)) Thornton (abt 1878 – 1966)
    2. 2. Margaret Thomson (abt 1839 – )
    3. 3. Thomas Thomson (abt 1840 – )
    4. 4. James Thomson (abt 1843 – )
    5. 5. Robert Thomson (1845 – 4 Nov 1853)
    6. 6. Catherine Thomson (1847 – 14 Nov 1853)
    7. 7. Jane Thomson (1850 – 23 Oct 1853)
    8. 8. Agnes Thomson (abt 1853 – )
    9. 9. John Thomson (1855 – 7 Apr 1873)
  3. 3. Agnes Pollock (1821 – 12 Oct 1896) m. JOHN MCLURE (18 Nov 1817 – 1851 - 1854)
    1. 1. Elizabeth McLure (1840 – 13 Apr 1914) m. Archibald Chisholm (1844 – 10 Apr 1921)
      1. 1. John (McClure) Chisholm (abt 1870 – )
      2. 2. Marion Chisholm (1873 – )
      3. 3. William Chisholm (1878 – )
      4. 4. Archibald Chisholm (1 Feb 1880 – )
    2. 2. Marion McLure (1844 – 26 Dec 1867) m. Archibald Chisholm (1844 – 10 Apr 1921)
      1. 1. unknown Chisholm (24 Dec 1867 – )
    3. 3. John McLure (1846 – 13 Dec 1875)
    4. 4. Agnes McLure (1849 – 5 Apr 1926) m. Robert Stark
      1. 1. Thomas Stark (20 Nov 1883 – 1979)
        1. 1. Jean (Kemp) Stark (23 Nov 1929 – 26 Apr 2008)
        2. 2. Mary (Agnes McLure) Stark m. Stanko Kalugerovich
      2. 2. Robert (Pollock McLure) Stark (abt 1883 – )
        1. 1. Jean Stark
        2. 2. Unknown Stark
        3. 3. Stuart Stark
    5. 5. James McLure (1850 – 2 Sep 1937) m. Janet Cherry ( – 1944)
      1. 1. John McLure (1884 – 1945) m. Maud Nelson (1888 – 1961)
        1. 1. James (Clement) McLure (1909 – 1964)
        2. 2. John (Nelson) McLure (abt 1911 – ) m. Doreen Llewellyn (abt 1913 – 1975)
        3. 3. Robert (Stark) McLure (abt 1913 – 1977)
        4. 4. Alexander (Anzac) McLure (abt 1915 – 1978)
      2. 2. William (Fell Cherry) McLure (1886 – 1941) m. Hilda (Maud) Sault ( – 1932)
        1. 1. David (Leslie) McLure ( – 1973)
      3. 3. Agnes (Pollock) McLure (1888 – 1950) m. William (Bulmer) Nelson (1884 – 1957)
        1. 1. William (R M) Nelson (1909 – )
      4. 4. James (Pollock) McLure (1890 – 1978) m. Charlotte (Elizabeth) Marsh (1891 – 1977)
        1. 1. Sydney (Westport) McLure m. Rose Fowler
      5. 5. Janet McLure (1892 – 9 Apr 1935) m. Allan (Stuart) Holland (1892 – 28 Jun 1957)
        1. 1. Allan (Shields) Holland ( – 1979)
        2. 2. Nancy Holland ( – 10 Dec 1924)
      6. 6. David McLure (1895 – 1895)
    6. 6. Andrew (Lindsay) Pollock (6 Sept 1855 – 2 Feb 1912) m. Elizabeth Robertson (abt 1852 – 27 Sep 1913)
      1. 1. Davidtina Ramsay (abt 1889 – )
      2. 2. Christina (Ina) Pollock (abt 1890 – )
    7. 7. Jane Pollock (6 Sept 1855 – 15 Apr 1891)
  4. 4. James Pollock
  5. 5. Jane Pollock (1811 – 18 Jun 1874) m. Alexander Lindsay (22 Oct 1797 – 10 Nov 1871)
    1. 1. Andrew Lindsay (abt 1830 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth Lindsay (1831 – 3 Dec 1902) m. Thomas Meikle (11 Nov 1824 – 26 Nov 1894)
      1. 1. Jane Meikle (abt 1855 – )
      2. 2. John Meikle (abt 1857 – )
      3. 3. Alexander Meikle (abt 1859 – )
      4. 4. Agnes Meikle (abt 1863 – )
      5. 5. Thomas Meikle (1865 – )
      6. 6. James Meikle (abt 1868 – )
      7. 7. Andrew Meikle (abt 1870 – ) m. Agnes (abt 1878 – )
        1. 1. Annie Meikle (abt 1898 – )
        2. 2. Thomas Meikle (abt 1900 – )
      8. 8. George Meikle (abt 1873 – )
      9. 9. David Meikle (abt 1876 – )
    3. 3. Marion Lindsay (abt 1832 – )
    4. 4. Catherine Lindsay (1834 – 2 Aug 1856)
    5. 5. James Lindsay (1836 – 14 Jan 1891) m. Janet Allan (1831 – 11 Oct 1905)
      1. 1. Alexander Lindsay (abt 1861 – )
      2. 2. Thomas Lindsay (abt 1864 – )
      3. 3. James Lindsay (abt 1866 – )
      4. 4. Andrew Lindsay (abt 1868 – )
      5. 5. William (A) Lindsay (abt 1870 – ) m. Mary Miller (abt 1879 – )
    6. 6. John Lindsay (abt 1837 – )
    7. 7. Robert Lindsay (abt 1839 – )
    8. 8. Alexander Lindsay (1841 – )
    9. 9. William Lindsay (abt 1842 – )
    10. 10. George Lindsay (abt 1845 – ) m. Margaret I (abt 1850 – )
      1. 1. Alexander Lindsay (abt 1871 – )
      2. 2. David Lindsay (abt 1873 – )
      3. 3. Jessie Lindsay (abt 1878 – )
      4. 4. William Lindsay (abt 1880 – )
      5. 5. Jane Lindsay (abt 1880 – )
      6. 6. George Lindsay (abt 1884 – )
      7. 7. Anne Lindsay (abt 1888 – )
      8. 8. Andrew Lindsay (abt 1891 – )
      9. 9. Bessie Lindsay (abt 1894 – )
      10. 10. James Lindsay (abt 1894 – )
    11. 11. Margaret Lindsay (abt 1847 – 7 Feb 1927) m. William Black (abt 1843 – 9 Dec 1917)
      1. 1. Jane Black (abt 1878 – )
      2. 2. David Black (abt 1881 – 20 Nov 1959)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Black (abt 1883 – 25 Apr 1929)
      4. 4. Alexander (L) Black (abt 1888 – 30 Sept 1958)
      5. 5. Richard Black (abt 1890 – 11 Oct 1892)
    12. 12. Ebenezer Lindsay (abt 1848 – 1 Nov 1916)
    13. 13. Thomas Lindsay (abt 1850 – )
    14. 14. Richard Lindsay (1851 – 19 Sep 1853)
    15. 15. Richard Lindsay (abt 1854 – )
    16. 16. David Lindsay (1856 – 2 Jun 1860)

James Pollock's Timeline

6 Records

1786
1786
Birth of James Pollock in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 55
James Pollock resided here in Langrigy, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Langrigy, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 65
James Pollock resided here in Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 75
James Pollock resided here in Villiage of Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Villiage of Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1870
19 Sep 1870
Age 84
Death of James Pollock in Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1871
15 Jul 1871
Age 85
James Pollock - Will in Linlithgow Sheriff Court, west Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow Sheriff Court, west Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Will
    Event Date: 15 Jul 1871
    Event Place: Linlithgow Sheriff Court, west Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1786
    Event Place: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1841 Scotland Census
    [2] 1861 Scotland Census
    [3] 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Langrigy, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Villiage of Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1870
    Event Place: Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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