Showing posts with label James Laurie 1896. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Laurie 1896. Show all posts
Sunday, September 23, 2012
James Laurie - heirloom
When James Laurie moved to Prince Albert, Sackatchewan, he got a job with the Sicks Prince Albert Brewery. It is the same company that had the Brewery in Lethbridge with the gardens. This was given to him by them. The top has been lost but it is still an interesting memory of the times.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
James & Jessie Laurie Family
We are not sure why James decided to move to Prince Albert but the following history may give us some clues. His passenger list information says he was looking for work as a blacksmith. At some point he became employed by the Sick's Brewery in Prince Albert and worked for them for many years.
Prince Albert officially became a city on October 8, 1904, and by 1910 the new city was booming. In addition to having access to the wealth of the forest and agricultural industries, Prince Albert was a hub of steamboat and railway activity and a centre for commerce. The first train arrived in October 1890, and thus the town was opened to the newly emerging society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prince Albert grew rapidly until the Canadian Pacific Railway assumed a more southerly route. Brewing began in Prince Albert in 1883. The most enduring ventures were the Sick’s Prince Albert Brewery and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery (1924–86). Fritz Sick and his son Emil Sick bought the defunct Regina Brewing and Packing Company and built a new plant in Prince Albert in 1924. Emil Sick and his father Fritz Sick managed their opperation from Lethbridge where Fritz had established his own brewery at the age of 32.
For 17 years they lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. James and Jessie started their family here with the birth of Gertie and all the kids were born while they lived there. The kids are as follows:
Gertrude Irene Graham Laurie born 8 Apr 1921-15 Dec 1995
William James Laurie born 3 Aug 1922-15 Mar 2003
George Alexander Laurie born 29 Apr 1924-17 Jan 2001
Dorothy Jean Laurie born 18 Nov 1925-23 Feb 2000
Marion Isobel Laurie born 4 Jan 1927-12 Sep 1988
Alice Eileen Laurie born 29 Dec 1929
Robert John Laurie born 4 Jan 1933-26 Oct 1986
Charles Daniel Laurie born 9 Nov 1934
Gordon Laurie born 19 Oct 1936-30 Mar 2011
They lived in a two story house with a beautiful oval window in the front door. Their kids went to school and did the many activities that were normal life at that time in history.
During this time James was active in "Football" known in North America as Soccer. He played and was a player/coach for the Prince Albert City Club for many years.
Here is a close up of the above photo. James Laurie is the first one on the left in the back row.
This is the picture of their club taken after they won the Western Canada Championship. James is the last one on the right of the top row.
James and Jessie purchased some land in Ladner, B.C. as an investment. When Gordie was 5 months old Jessie took all nine kids and with the help of Sandy Mitchell, drove out to their land in Ladner, B.C. They lived there for 9 years working hard to support themselves. James and Jessie divorced some time after she moved there.
abt 1944 - Ladner - Alice and Bob sitting on the front porch or their home.
James moved to Taber and worked for the Canning Factory as a mechanic. They sent him to the Vancouver cannery to work on the can line that kept jamming. While he was there he looked up Jessie. He and Bill help design a twist every so often in the can line to correct the jamming problem they were having. On Jan 14, 1946 James and Jessie were remarried at the Court House in Vancouver.
They moved in March of 1947 to Taber where James was employed at the Cannery. By this time only Alice, Bob, Danny and Gordie were at home and made the move with them. Marnie wasn't able to make the trip so she was admitted to the home for disabled at Essendale. George took them to the bus station but remained in Ladner area.
The three boys finished their school years in Taber. Alice was unable to finish High School because of the differences in the school systems of B.C. and Alberta. James and Jessie lived in Taber until their deaths in 1961.
In 1983 James Laurie, along with his club, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. The shield and other memorabilia are located in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in down town Regina.
Prince Albert officially became a city on October 8, 1904, and by 1910 the new city was booming. In addition to having access to the wealth of the forest and agricultural industries, Prince Albert was a hub of steamboat and railway activity and a centre for commerce. The first train arrived in October 1890, and thus the town was opened to the newly emerging society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prince Albert grew rapidly until the Canadian Pacific Railway assumed a more southerly route. Brewing began in Prince Albert in 1883. The most enduring ventures were the Sick’s Prince Albert Brewery and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery (1924–86). Fritz Sick and his son Emil Sick bought the defunct Regina Brewing and Packing Company and built a new plant in Prince Albert in 1924. Emil Sick and his father Fritz Sick managed their opperation from Lethbridge where Fritz had established his own brewery at the age of 32.
For 17 years they lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. James and Jessie started their family here with the birth of Gertie and all the kids were born while they lived there. The kids are as follows:
Gertrude Irene Graham Laurie born 8 Apr 1921-15 Dec 1995
William James Laurie born 3 Aug 1922-15 Mar 2003
George Alexander Laurie born 29 Apr 1924-17 Jan 2001
Dorothy Jean Laurie born 18 Nov 1925-23 Feb 2000
Marion Isobel Laurie born 4 Jan 1927-12 Sep 1988
Alice Eileen Laurie born 29 Dec 1929
Robert John Laurie born 4 Jan 1933-26 Oct 1986
Charles Daniel Laurie born 9 Nov 1934
Gordon Laurie born 19 Oct 1936-30 Mar 2011
They lived in a two story house with a beautiful oval window in the front door. Their kids went to school and did the many activities that were normal life at that time in history.
During this time James was active in "Football" known in North America as Soccer. He played and was a player/coach for the Prince Albert City Club for many years.
Here is a close up of the above photo. James Laurie is the first one on the left in the back row.
This is the picture of their club taken after they won the Western Canada Championship. James is the last one on the right of the top row.
James and Jessie purchased some land in Ladner, B.C. as an investment. When Gordie was 5 months old Jessie took all nine kids and with the help of Sandy Mitchell, drove out to their land in Ladner, B.C. They lived there for 9 years working hard to support themselves. James and Jessie divorced some time after she moved there.
abt 1944 - Ladner - Alice and Bob sitting on the front porch or their home.James moved to Taber and worked for the Canning Factory as a mechanic. They sent him to the Vancouver cannery to work on the can line that kept jamming. While he was there he looked up Jessie. He and Bill help design a twist every so often in the can line to correct the jamming problem they were having. On Jan 14, 1946 James and Jessie were remarried at the Court House in Vancouver.
James and Jessie Laurie
Jessie MacPherson Laurie
Jessie MacPherson Laurie
Back L-R: George, Jessie, Alice
Front L-R: Dan, Gordie, Bob
L-R: Dan, Gordie and Bob Laurie
In 1983 James Laurie, along with his club, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. The shield and other memorabilia are located in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in down town Regina.
Friday, March 18, 2011
James & Jessie Laurie 1919 Marriage & Move
James Laurie and Jessie MacPherson met near Glasgow and were married there on July 18, 1919 at 21 Hope Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Their witnesses were William McGhie, blacksmith and Mary Morrison, domestic servant. James Laurie was a 23yrs old bachelor and a blacksmith living at 8 Leichlee St, Hamilton. He is the son of William Laurie, machineman and Marion Laurie, m.s. Kinnaird. Jessie MacPherson was a 21 yr old spinster and a domestic servant living at Wateryeltes, Kilmacolm. She is the daughter of James Macpherson, Insurance Agent and Isabella Macpherson, m.s. Dyker. They were married in the District of Blythswood in the Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland.
Below is the actual Marriage certificate:
Following their marriage there was an oppotunity for those who wanted it to immigrate to Canada. Jobs were scarse after the war in England and it is thought that veterans were given that opportunity. For some reason he went to Prince Albert to look for a job. He was a blacksmith so perhaps he thought that was a good place to look. He boarded a ship called the Haverford at Liverpool, England and arrived 21 Sep 1919 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He then prepared the way for Jessie to follow in 1920.
The "Haverford", operated by the White Star line, voyaged between Liverpool, England and Canada. This is the same company that owned the Titanic . . .fun to know. The journey usually took 7 days, weather permitting.
Even though this says Jennie Laurie we know it is Jessie because it lists her parents and the fact that she is going to Prince Albert to be with her husband, James. She applied for passage on March 20, 1920. They could not sail to Quebec City in the winter so they would arrange passage ahead of time and then leave when passage up the St Lawerence seaway was possible and when their turn came due to traveling quotas. She arrived in Quebec on 20 Jun 1920. From there she made her way to Saskatchewan where James was living at #202, 25th St 2nd Ave East, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
The "Megantic" was also run by the White Star Line to Quebec City, Canada.
Their witnesses were William McGhie, blacksmith and Mary Morrison, domestic servant. James Laurie was a 23yrs old bachelor and a blacksmith living at 8 Leichlee St, Hamilton. He is the son of William Laurie, machineman and Marion Laurie, m.s. Kinnaird. Jessie MacPherson was a 21 yr old spinster and a domestic servant living at Wateryeltes, Kilmacolm. She is the daughter of James Macpherson, Insurance Agent and Isabella Macpherson, m.s. Dyker. They were married in the District of Blythswood in the Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland.
Below is the actual Marriage certificate:
Following their marriage there was an oppotunity for those who wanted it to immigrate to Canada. Jobs were scarse after the war in England and it is thought that veterans were given that opportunity. For some reason he went to Prince Albert to look for a job. He was a blacksmith so perhaps he thought that was a good place to look. He boarded a ship called the Haverford at Liverpool, England and arrived 21 Sep 1919 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He then prepared the way for Jessie to follow in 1920.
The "Haverford", operated by the White Star line, voyaged between Liverpool, England and Canada. This is the same company that owned the Titanic . . .fun to know. The journey usually took 7 days, weather permitting.
Even though this says Jennie Laurie we know it is Jessie because it lists her parents and the fact that she is going to Prince Albert to be with her husband, James. She applied for passage on March 20, 1920. They could not sail to Quebec City in the winter so they would arrange passage ahead of time and then leave when passage up the St Lawerence seaway was possible and when their turn came due to traveling quotas. She arrived in Quebec on 20 Jun 1920. From there she made her way to Saskatchewan where James was living at #202, 25th St 2nd Ave East, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
The "Megantic" was also run by the White Star Line to Quebec City, Canada.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
James Laurie 1896
James Laurie was born on 23 May 1896 at Kirkbank Smithy, Johnstone, Dumfries, Scottland, to William Laurie and Marion Laurie, m.s. (maiden surname), Kinnaird, who had been married on Nov 23rd, 1893 in Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland.
His older sister Jane, was also born at Kirkbank Smithy, Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland in 1894. There were only two children in the family to our present knowledge.
James worked at the Kirkbank Smithy as a blacksmith for 2 1/2 years for Mr McGhie until he was called into the army. He enlisted on 19 May 1914 at the age of 18. He enlisted into the Lanakshire Yeomanry of the Territorial Force for a term of four years. (source enlistment attestation)
He served in the Gordon Highlanders in World War I. The following is the response to Greg’s requests for information to the Gordon Highlanders on Private James Laurie. There were three in the Gordon Highlanders and two were from Dumfries but the researcher is positive it could only be this one since the other one was killed in the war.
“Bydand
“Bide and Fecht” “Stand and Fight”
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
The Gordon Highlanders ‘. . . the finest regiment that ever was.’
202660 Private James Laurie 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders.
Battle actions of the 1st Battalion from the start of the Great War in 1914 through to late 1917.
1914
They would have been involved in the Retreat from Mons 23-26 August. Then they were straight into the Battle for Le Chateau 26-27 August, and then came the 1st Battle of Marne and 5-11 September the Battle of Ourcq. From 12 Sept. – 3 Oct they were part of GHQ troops, but straight back into the thick of it, the battle for La Bassee 11-31 Oct, 1-2 November, Armentieres. They were involved in the 1st Battle of Ypres, mainly in the conflict 14 Dec Wytschaete Ridge.
1915
Between May and September theywere involved in four battle actions, in May saw the start of the 2nd Battle of Ypres. 16-18 May saw the Battle for Feestubert, followed by Bellewarde 15-19 June. They went on from there into the Battle of Loos 25-27 Sept. and on into the 2nd battle for Bellewarde
1916
They were involved in action along with the French at “The Bluff” 2-3 March, then came the SOMME, in July. 18-26 July, Langue Val and Deville Wood. They saw action again at Falfemont Farm and Angle Wood 16-17 August, 18-26 August they were in action at Guillemont and again at the Battle of Ancre in November. The Battle for Serre was on 13-18 November.
1917
By April they were again in the thick of the action, as was every Battalion of Gordon’s, at the 1st Phase at the Battle of Arras, 9-12 Monchy-Le-Preux. 14 June they saw action in the last phase of Battle of Arras, mainly at Infantry Hill. In July came the Third Battle of Ypres, which again saw the 1st battalion in action almost continually through to November 1917. The two battles which are recorded are Polyon Wood in September and Passchendaele, September-November.”
After the war James Laurie went to work as a blacksmith and was living at 8 Leichlee St., Hamilton, 12 miles south east of Glasgow in the county of South Lanarkshire.
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