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     Her married name was Lawson.¹ Martha Goldie married James Black Lawson, son of William Lawson and Lady Isabella Ingram.¹ Martha Goldie was born in 1847.¹ ; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She died on 4 April 1926.¹

     Her married name was Fraser.² Eleanora Goldie Lawson married David Smart Fraser.² Eleanora Goldie Lawson was born in 1869.¹ She was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She died in 1926 at Bourtree, Carnoustie, .¹

     Her married name was Oswald.¹ Edith Isabella Lawson married Walter Charles Oswald; married Edith's sister Dorothy on her death.¹ Edith Isabella Lawson was born in 1869.¹ She was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She died on 14 April 1909; http://www.ancestry-australia.com.au/cgi-bin/csvsearch3.pl?Surname=lawson accessed 20141231 by IWS

An index of Dundonians who travelled far to make a home!
Surname Christian Name Middle Name Maiden Name Notice Type Year Country Publication Transcript Snippet
Lawson Edith Isabella headstone 1909 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Angus

http://www.dundee-strays.com/L.php acessed 201412231 by IWS
Surname, Christian Names; Reference Type; Reference Year; Country; Publication

Lawson, Edith Isabella; headstone, 1909; Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Publication: Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Angus.¹

     James Lawson was may have introduced sister to Walter Oswald. at tea planter in Ceylon.¹ He was born in 1871.¹ He was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ He died on 5 July 1900 at Badulla, ? Ceylon, .¹

     William Edward Lawson was born in 1873.¹ He was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ He died on 8 April 1902 at tuberculosis, Aviemore, .¹

     Alfred Ernest Lawson was born in 1874.¹ He was
Ancestry.com has the actual certificates - but is the supporting documentation for each examination application that contains the most useful biographical details. Also here is a summary of the information in the examination applications.
This information was provided to me by Lemuel Lyes, http://historygeek.co.nz, who was investigating the sinking of SS Ventor and found my website which contained details of AE Lawson's genealogyl. I am most grateful to him for this information.


COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF MARITIME RECORDS EX ANCESTRY.COM
(Note that there was another Alfred Ernest Lawson who sat his examinations at around the same time, in 1893, 1894 and 1896. He was born in Sunderland in 1872. The other three examination applications are the ones for Alfred Ernest Lawson who went down with the VENTNOR – confirmed by obituaries).

Certificate of Competency as Second Mate [18930816]
No. of Certificate: 026866
Address of Owner: Bour-tree Bank, Carnoustie
Date and Place of Birth: 1874 Dundee
Signature: Alfred Ernest Lawson
This Certificate is given upon an Ordinary Examination passed at Ddee on the 16 day of August 1893. Issued at the Port of Dundee on the 19th day of August 1893. Actual certificate is dated 18 August 1893.
Previous Service at Sea:
Ship’s Name: Helenslea. Rig. Square. Tonnage: 1315. Port of Registry: Dundee
Capacity: app.
Date of Commencement: 3/6/89
Date of Termination: 16/6/93
Time employed in this service: 4 years 0 months 14 days
Trade in which employed: Foreign

Personal Description of Applicant: 5 feet 11 inches tall, fair complexion, star on left arm AL on right arm, brown hair and blue eyes.
His application for examination lists his date of birth as 24 April 1874 in Dundee. The certificate required is for square-rigged vessels. States that he previously sat and failed the examination in Dundee on 1 August 1893 – failing the subject of Navigation.
This application looks to be signed in his own hand. A fee of one pound was paid to the Superintendent.

Certificate of Competency as First Mate [18970614]
No. of Certificate: 026866
Address of Owner: Bour-tree Bank, Carnoustie
Date and Place of Birth: 1874 Dundee
Signature: Alfred Ernest Lawson
This Certificate is given upon an Ordinary Examination passed at Dundee on the 14th day of June 1897. Issued at the Port of Dundee on 23 June 1897. Actual certificate is dated 21 June 1897.
Previous Service at Sea:

Ship’s Name: Glencova Rig. Bar. Tonnage: 2245 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Dundee 99220
Capacity: 3rd Mate/Date of Commencement: 18/9/93/Date of Termination: 26/3/95/Time employed in this service: 1 year, 6 months and 9 days/Trade in which employed: Foreign /
Ship’s Name: Galena Rig. Bar. Tonnage: 2169 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Dundee 96417
Capacity: 2nd Mate/Date of Commencement: 23/5/95 /Date of Termination: 16/4/96 Time employed in this service: 10 months and 24 days Trade in which employed: Foreign

Ship’s Name: Loch Leven Rig. SS Tonnage: 535 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Dundee 78679
Capacity: 2nd Mate/Date of Commencement: 7/8/96 Date of Termination: 6/10/96 Time employed in this service: 2 months Trade in which employed: Foreign

Ship’s Name: Ruby Rig. SS Tonnage: 799 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Dundee 86378
Capacity: 2nd Mate /Date of Commencement: 1/12/96 Date of Termination: 18/3/97 Time employed in this service: 3 months 18 days Trade in which employed: Foreign

Certificate now required: 2nd Mate of Square Rigged Vessels. Failed subject of Navigation at previous examination on 2 June 1897.
Personal description of candidate: 5 feet 11 inches tall with fair complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. Star on left wrist.


Certificate of Competency as Master [19000925]
No. of Certificate: 026866 Address of Owner: Bour-tree Bank, Carnoustie Date and Place of Birth: 1874 Dundee
Signature: Alfred Ernest Lawson
This Certificate is given upon an Ordinary Examination passed at Leith on the 25th day of September 1900. Issued at the Port of Dundee on 2 October 1900. Actual certificate is dated 29 September 1900.

Previous Service at Sea:
Ship’s Name: Loch Lomond Rig. ‘ship’ Tonnage: 1199 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Glasgow
Capacity: 2nd Mate Date of Commencement: 20/8/97 Date of Termination: 21/12/97 Time employed in this service: 4 months and 1 day Trade in which employed: Foreign

Ship’s Name: Loch Katrine Rig. ‘ship’ Tonnage: 1199 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Glasgow
Capacity: Mate Date of Commencement: 22/12/97 Date of Termination: 7/4/98 Time employed in this service: 3 months 16 days Trade in which employed: Foreign

Ship’s Name: Glencona Rig. ‘ship’ Tonnage: 2488 Port of Registry and Official No. of Ship: Dundee
Capacity: Mate Date of Commencement: 5/7/98 Date of Termination: 24/25(?) /5/1900 Time employed in this service: 22 months 19 days Trade in which employed: Foreign

Lists same name, D.O.B and address as previous applications. Indicates that his Mate certificate had never been suspended or cancelled. His Master certificate requested was for square rigged vessels. He had not previously failed any examinations for Master.
The date and place of examination was Leith, 25.9.00.
Personal description; 5 feet 11 inches, dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes with star tattooed on left wrist and A.L. on right arm.

Citation: Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.

Hopefully this information is useful for you. I suspect that although qualified to act as Master on square rigged vessels Alfred accepted the position of Second Mate on the Ventnor as an opportunity to gain experience on a steamship - a new one at that, as this was the Ventnor's maiden voyage. between 1893 and 1900 at Master Mariner.² He was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ He married Margaret Fowlis on 16 October 1900 at Gray's Rooms, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .^1,3 Alfred Ernest Lawson died on 20 October 1902 at drowned in wreck of SS Venture of coast of New Zealand; The wreck of the SS Ventnor was discovered in 2013:
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The S.S. Ventnor sank 112 years ago off the northern New Zealand coast, bearing unusual cargo: the exhumed bodies of 499 Chinese miners, some in wooden coffins and others in sealed zinc caskets.
The SS Ventnor was a British ship chartered by Dunedin businessman Choie Sew Hoy to transport the exhumed remains of Chinese men who had died in New Zealand back to their home country for reburial in a bid to follow Chinese tradition.
Mr Sew Hoy died before the ship set sail, and his body was among those lost at sea. The 13 crew on board also lost their lives when the vessel sank
They had tried their luck in New Zealand's gold rush, and had paid in advance to ensure their bodies would go back to China, no matter what. A wreck believed to be the ship was discovered in 2012, raising the possibility that someday, the remains might go home.." from website accessed 15 Dec. 2114, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11361059, article written by Patrice Dougan NZME. This information was provided to me by Lemuel Lyes, http://historygeek.co.nz, who was investigating the sinking of SS Ventnor and found my website which contained details of AE Lawson's genealogyl. I am most grateful to him for this information.
http://ssventnor.wordpress.com/history/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/zealand-feud-over-fate-1902-corpse-ship-150357909.html#ai4nTem

The following article on the Wreck of the SS Ventnor, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC19021101.2.12, from "The Colonist", (Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10555, 1 November 1902, Page 2) a Nelson, NZ paper, October 31contains a "list of those who drowned in the Ventnor's missing [life] boat: Captain Ferry; second mate, A. Lawson;" and probably six crew members plus five Chinese passengers. There were only 13 crew members, so this is almost certainly our A E Lawson.
This information was provided to me by Lemuel Lyes, http://historygeek.co.nz, who was investigating the sinking of SS Ventnor and found my website which contained details of AE Lawson's genealogyl. I am most grateful to him for this information.¹

     Her married name was Lawson.¹ Margaret Fowlis was born say 1875. She married Alfred Ernest Lawson, son of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie, on 16 October 1900 at Gray's Rooms, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .^1,2

     Frederick Charles Lawson was educated at trained as architect.¹ He was (an unknown value) at ran JB's whiskey business with brother Kenneth when JB died..¹ He married Catherine Jane Gray.¹ Frederick Charles Lawson was born on 9 January 1877.¹ He was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ He died on 13 November 1942 at age 65.¹

     Her married name was McCorquodale.¹ Martha Lawson married Alexander Croll McCorquodale.¹ Martha Lawson was born on 29 December 1879?; See Annecdote on J B Lawson, who saw Tay Bridge fall while awaiting birth of daughter.¹ She was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She died on 31 January 1970 at age 90.¹

     Her married name was Oswald.¹ Dorothy Lawson was born say 1890. She was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She married Walter Charles Oswald after 1909.¹ Dorothy Lawson died in 1968.¹

     Her married name was Ferguson might be Fergus.¹ Mildred Lawson married John James Addison Ferguson.¹ Mildred Lawson was born in 1884.¹ She was in a photograph; This is the original photograph from which the principal image for JB Lawson was created. This image was photocopied and an unknown person indicated on the copy who the persons were.¹ She died in 1950.¹

     John James Addison Ferguson was (an unknown value) at chartered accountant, Edinburgh.¹ He married Mildred Lawson, daughter of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie.¹ John James Addison Ferguson died in 1959.¹

     William Lawson was (an unknown value) at founded family whisky business in Seagate, Dundee, carried on by JB Lawson. He lived at Magdalen Yard Rd, Dundee, . He was born in 1807 at Forfar, .¹ He married Lady Isabella Ingram, daughter of Alexr Ingram and Isbal Thomson, on 7 July 1833 at Kennay, Arbilot, Montrose, ; GROS 312/00 0011 0166 Montrose
Header: OPR, County Forfar, Parish Montrose
7 July 1833
Mr William Lawson, Merch[an]t and Isabella Ingram both of this parish, were proclaimed in order to Marriage and no objextions offered.
LawsonWmIngramIsabellaMarriage18330721OPR312_000_0110_0166Z.jpeg.³ William Lawson married Elizabeth Gardyne on 6 December 1872 at 3 Myrtle Ter, Newport, Fife, Scotland, .⁴ William Lawson died on 12 May 1882 at [??] Windsor Street, Dundee, ; From death certificate
LatLon coordinates show correctly in Google Maps. But grave stone numbers (486) are slightly muddled up in cemetery.¹

     Her married name was Lady Lawson.¹ Lady Isabella Ingram was born on 26 April 1807 at Parish:Boharm, Banff, ; 8      26 Apr 1807      INGRAM      ISOBEL      ALEXR INGRAM/ISBAL THOMSON      U      BOHARM, Banff     128/0A 0002
"The ancient name is Bocharin; in the original signifying the bow about the cairn, or rocky hill, from its surrounding nearly three parts of the bottom of the mountain of Beneageen. The length, between the parish of Mortlich, at the west, and the parish of Bellie, at the east, is from 7 to 9 English miles; the breadth, from the parish of Botriphnie, at the south, to the highest cultivated land on the mountain, northward, is from 2 to 3 English miles; but the figure of the parish is so irregular, that these measures are to be regarded as the mean, rather than the particular length and breadth. The general appearance of the country may be conceived as an extensive valley from east to west, having all the arable land hanging on the declivities of both sides, there being little or no plain on the banks of the brooks, which, rising in the hills, bend their courses to either hand; to Fiddich, on the west; and, by the east, turning by the north-west to Spey. From this general description, Airndilly, the seat of David M'Dowall Grant, Esq; falls to be excepted, being delightfully situated on a rising ground, above a pretty extensive plain, half encircled by the Spey, in the south-western end of the parish, near to which, a little farther down the river, lie the haughs of Kailymore, a part of the same estate, signifying the great wood; which epithet, in some degree, it still comparatively merits." From The Statistical Account for Scotland, 1791-1799.¹ She married William Lawson, son of Martha Williamson, on 7 July 1833 at Kennay, Arbilot, Montrose, ; GROS 312/00 0011 0166 Montrose
Header: OPR, County Forfar, Parish Montrose
7 July 1833
Mr William Lawson, Merch[an]t and Isabella Ingram both of this parish, were proclaimed in order to Marriage and no objextions offered.
LawsonWmIngramIsabellaMarriage18330721OPR312_000_0110_0166Z.jpeg.³ Lady Isabella Ingram died on 3 November 1867 at age 60; See husband William Lawson for picture and location of grave stone.¹

     William Lawson was born in 1836.¹ He died on 24 June 1837.¹

     Isabella Lawson was born in 1833.¹ She died on 24 November 1938.¹

     Eliza Lawson was born in 1840.¹ She died on 30 October 1857.¹

     Charles Lawson was born in 1844.¹ He died on 6 November 1876.¹

     Martha Lawson was born in 1849.¹ She died on 2 February 1895 at was lost in Red Sea on trip to Ceylon; Note in Martha Goldie (Mrs James Black Lawson) journal of trip to Ceylon, accompanied by Aunt Mattie: "Martha Lawson, daughter of William, died 2nd February 1895 in Red Sea." No further comment at all except on 9 March 1895 "After nearly six weeks I venture to take up the thread of our experiences in Ceylon."

Letter from Lloyd's Register of Shipping 28 Apr 1983 to J K Lawson from C SD Fowlis:
"The SHROPSHIRE was a Bibby Line vessel built in 1801 by Harland & Wolf of Belfast. She was 5,721 ton vessel made of steel with twin screw and four masts. SHe was 445.5 ft in length, 49.1 ft in bredth, 29.7 ft in depth, and registered in Liverpool. I presume that this was the ship on which Martha Goldie went to Ceylon & from which Martha Lawson was lost.¹

     John Lawson was born in 1846.¹ He died on 22 September 1925 at Australia, .¹

     Her married name was Hirst.¹ Helen Lawson married Samuel Cobley Hirst.¹ Helen Lawson was born in 1843.¹ She died on 22 November 1913.¹

     Samuel Cobley Hirst was (an unknown value) at Organist, St Marys, Dundee for many years. He married Helen Lawson, daughter of William Lawson and Lady Isabella Ingram.¹ Samuel Cobley Hirst was born in 1843.¹ He died on 5 August 1921.¹

     Florence Hirst was born in 1865.¹ She died on 20 December 1949 at Did not marry.¹

     Edith Lawson was born say 1895.

     David Smart Fraser married Eleanora Goldie Lawson, daughter of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie.¹ David Smart Fraser was born in 1858.² He died in 1942.

     Walter Charles Oswald was (an unknown value) at tea planter in Ceylon.¹ He married Edith Isabella Lawson, daughter of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie; married Edith's sister Dorothy on her death.¹ Walter Charles Oswald was born in 1863.¹ He married Dorothy Lawson, daughter of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie, after 1909.¹ Walter Charles Oswald died in 1935.¹

     Her married name was Rankin.¹ Mary Edith "Bunny" Oswald was born in 1893.¹ She died in 1947.¹

     Her married name was Lawson.¹ Catherine Jane Gray married Frederick Charles Lawson, son of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie.¹ Catherine Jane Gray was born on 6 April 1880.¹ She died on 7 January 1968 at age 87.¹

     Alexander Croll McCorquodale married Martha Lawson, daughter of James Black Lawson and Martha Goldie.¹ Alexander Croll McCorquodale was born say 1880.

     His baptism name was Charles Soutar Called Charles in MS but Charlotte in OPR.² Charlotte Soutar was born on 11 December 1815 at Forfar, Mains & Strathmartin, ; 24/12/1815 SOUTAR CHARLOTTE [NOT Charles - is this the same] JOHN SOUTAR CATHERINE CRAIK U MAINS AND STRATHMARTIN [Forfar] 307/00 0003
OPR 307/3 p143 "1815 Dec 24 John Soutar and Catherine Craik had a child baptised, born 11th named Charlotte Soutar."¹