James SCOTT (1831

James SCOTT (1831 - 1905)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Buchanan SCOTT (1870 - 1941) Mathew Lang SCOTT (1873 - 1876) Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT (1875 - 1950) James Lambie SCOTT (1877 - 1879) Robert Johnstone SCOTT (1879 - 1885) Walter Buchanan SCOTT (1881 - 1916) Alexander Paterson SCOTT (1884 - 1918)	James SCOTT (1831 - 1905) + Jessie Cummings LAMBIE (1844 - 1886)	Alexander SCOTT (1781 - 1847)	Unknown SCOTT



		Margaret CATHCART (1801 - 1884)	Robert CATHCART

			Jane MCQUAKER

b. 1831 at Girvan, Ayr, Scotland

m. 1869 Jessie Cummings LAMBIE (1844 - 1886) at Wyndham, Victoria, Australia

d. 1905 at Perth, WA, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of James SCOTT (1831 - 1905)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Unknown SCOTT
Grandfather	Robert CATHCART
Grandmother	Jane MCQUAKER

Father in Law	James LAMBIE	1813	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland	1884	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	71
Mother in Law	Elizabeth BUCHANNAN	1807	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland	1853	Kilcolkill, Argyle, Scotland	46

Father	Alexander SCOTT	abt 1781	Ayrshire, Scotland	1847		66
Mother	Margaret CATHCART	1801	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1884	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83

Self	James SCOTT	1831	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	74

Wife	Jessie Cummings LAMBIE	1844	Southend, Argyle, Scotland	1886	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	42

Daughter	Elizabeth Buchanan SCOTT	1870	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1941	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Son	Mathew Lang SCOTT	1873	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1876	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	3
Daughter	Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT	1875	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1950	Tunbridge Wells, England	75
Son	James Lambie SCOTT	1877	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1879	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	2
Son	Robert Johnstone SCOTT	1879	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1885	Ivanhoe Lodge, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	6
Son	Walter Buchanan SCOTT	1881	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1916	Villers Bretonneux, France	35
Son	Alexander Paterson SCOTT	1884	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1918	Villers Bretonneux, France	34

Brother	John SCOTT	1823	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1899	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	76
Brother	Robert SCOTT	abt 1827	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1892	S. S. Victoria - P & O line	65
Sister	Jane Jean (Jessie) SCOTT	abt 1835	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1907	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	72
Brother	Alexander SCOTT	1843	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1909	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	66

Son in Law	Edward Albert (Ned) OFFICER	1869	Possibly Warnambool, Victoria, Australia	1927	Perth, WA, Australia	58
Son in Law	John McPherson SMITH	1870	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Grandson	Albert Edward OFFICER	1901	Victoria, Australia	1958	Fremantle, WA, Australia	57
Grandson	Robert OFFICER			1958	Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Margaret OFFICER	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	1950	Victoria, Australia	45
Grandson	James OFFICER	1909	Perth, WA, Australia
Grandson	Ian Scott SMITH	1903	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Ailsa Cathcart SMITH	1906	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Gordon McPherson SMITH	abt 1911
Grandson	Kenneth Hew SMITH	1917

Uncle	James SCOTT	1776	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland

Niece	Margaret SCOTT	1853	Ayrshire, Scotland	1918	Christchurch, New Zealand	65
Nephew	Alexander SCOTT	abt 1855	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland	1890	Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia	35
Nephew	David SCOTT	1856	Scotland	1930	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	74
Niece	Jessie SCOTT	1858	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Nephew	James SCOTT	1860	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Niece	Robina SCOTT	1861	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland	1905	Combe Fields Farm, Binley, England	44
Niece	Jane (Jeanie) SCOTT	1864	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Niece	Mary SCOTT	1867	Withorn, Wigton, Scotland
Nephew	Cathcart SCOTT	1879	Victoria, Australia	1944	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	65
Niece	Alexandra SCOTT	1880	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1933	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	53
Nephew	Matthew LANG	1859	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	1886	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	27
Nephew	William Henry LANG	1859		1860	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	1
Nephew	Alexander Scott LANG	1860	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1932	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	72
Niece	Margaret Cathcart LANG	1862	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1874	Victoria, Australia	12
Niece	Jane (Jeannie) Cathcart LANG	1864	Kew, Victoria, Australia	1930	Victoria, Australia	66
Niece	Anne Hason (Mason)LANG	1866	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1909	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	43
Niece	Roberta (Bertha) LANG	abt 1867	Victoria, Australia	1939	Victoria, Australia	72
Nephew	John LANG	1870	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1877	Victoria, Australia	7
Niece	Jessie LANG	1875	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	1894	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	19
Nephew	Stanley LANG	aft 1876
Niece	Edith Mary MCDONALD	1887		1896	Warnambool, Victoria, Australia	9
Niece	Agnes Hilda WATSON	1888	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	1960	Victoria, Australia	72
Nephew	Harold James WATSON	1889	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Gavina Lambie WATSON	1904	Prahan, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Myrtle Agnes SCHULZE	1892	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	1893	Victoria, Australia	1

Sister in Law	Eliza Speirs LAMBIE	1845	Southend, Argyle, Scotlann	1920	Victoria, Australia	75
Brother in Law	James LAMBIE	1848	Southend, Argyle, Scotlann	1940	Victoria, Australia	92
Brother in Law	William LAMBIE	1860	Southend, Argyle, Scotland	1900	South Africa	40
Sister in Law	Mary Jane LAMBIE	abt 1863		1885	Victoria, Australia	22
Sister in Law	Gavina Victoria LAMBIE	1864	Melton, Victoria, Australia	1942	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	78
Sister in Law	Agnes Jeffray LAMBIE	1866	Melton, Victoria, Australia	1898	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia	32
Sister in Law	Jessie HANNAH	1825	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1899	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	74
Sister in Law	Harriett FRANKLIN	1838	Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England	1920	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Matthew LANG	1830	Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1893	Moorabin, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	63

Events in James SCOTT (1831 - 1905)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1831		James SCOTT was born	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	Ancestry tree
1841	10	Census	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	Note 1
1847	16	Death of father Alexander SCOTT (aged 66)		Note 2
1851	20	Census	Neiles Lodge, Canon Mills, Edinburgh	Note 3
1861	30	Census	Townhead, Kirkintillock, Dumbartonshire	Note 4
1864	33	Immigration	'Great Britain" fromLiverpool to Melbourne	Note 5	80
1869	38	Married Jessie Cummings LAMBIE (aged 25)	Wyndham, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
1870	39	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Buchanan SCOTT	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1873	42	Birth of son Mathew Lang SCOTT	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1875	44	Birth of daughter Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1876	45	Death of son Mathew Lang SCOTT (aged 3)	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52, 60
1877	46	Birth of son James Lambie SCOTT	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52
1879	48	Birth of son Robert Johnstone SCOTT	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	52
1879	48	Death of son James Lambie SCOTT (aged 2)	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 13	52, 60
1881	50	Birth of son Walter Buchanan SCOTT	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	52
1884	53	Birth of son Alexander Paterson SCOTT	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Note 15	52
1884	53	Death of mother Margaret CATHCART (aged 83)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 16	60
1885	54	Death of son Robert Johnstone SCOTT (aged 6)	Ivanhoe Lodge, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Note 17	52, 60
1886	55	Death of wife Jessie Cummings LAMBIE (aged 42)	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	Note 18	52, 60
1905	74	James SCOTT died	Perth, WA, Australia	Note 19	60
1905	74	Burial	Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA	Note 20	90

Note 1: SCOTT
Alexander (60)
James (62)
Margaret (35)
John (18)
Robert (14)
James (10)
Jean (5)

Note 2: Can’t find in 1851 census

Email from Terry Whitehouse - 1847

Note 3: SCOTT
James (21) - 1830, Girvan - STUDENT OF PHILOSOPHY (this was his BA used in teaching in Australia)

Note 4: SCOTT
Margt C (60)
James (30) - 1831, Girvan - TEACHER
(In his will he speaks about a watch given to him from the people of Kirkintillock)

Note 5: SCOTT
Margaret (63) - matron
James (33) - lab
Alex (20) - lab

Note 6: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name
Jessie Cumming Lambie
Spouse Name
James Scott
Marriage Place
Victoria
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Year
1869
Registration Number
840

The Argus (Melbourne) 1 April 1869
SCOTT—LAMBIE.—On the 30th ult., at the manse,
Wyndham, by the father of the bride, assisted by
the Rev. H. Darling, Emerald-Hill, James Scott,
B.A., Melbourne, to Jessie, eldest daughter of the
Rev. James Lambie.

Note 7: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Elizabeth Buchan Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1870
Birth Place
Collingwood, Victoria
Registration Year
1870
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jessie Cum Lambie
Registration Number
7925

Note 8: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Matthew Lang Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1873
Birth Place
Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year
1873
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jessie Lambie
Registration Number
4274

Note 9: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Alexandrina Margaret Cathcar Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1875
Birth Place
Echuca, Victoria
Registration Year
1875
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jessie Cumming Lambie
Registration Number
2031

Note 10: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
Matthew Lang Scott
Birth Year
1873
Age
3
Death Place
Victoria
Father's Name
James
Mother's Name
Jessie Cumming Lambie
Registration Year
1876
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
11692

The Riverine Herald (Echuca) 5 Oct 1876
DEATH.
SCOTT.—On the 3rd inst., at the Grammar School,
Echuca, of croup, Matthew Lang Scott, aged three
and a-half years.

Note 11: Died 1879 - 3 years old

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
James Lamble Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1877
Birth Place
Echuca, Victoria
Registration Year
1877
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
Jams Scott
Mother
Jessie Canning Lambie
Registration Number
2280

Note 12: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Robert Johnstone Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1879
Birth Place
Echuca, Victoria
Registration Year
1879
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jesse Cumming Lambie
Registration Number
2309

Note 13: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
James Lamble Scott
Birth Year
1877
Age
2
Death Place
Victoria
Father's Name
James
Mother's Name
Jessie Cumming Lambie
Registration Year
1879
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
10375

Riverine Herald (Echuca) 23 Oct 1879
DEATH.
SCOTT.—At the Grammar School, Echuca, on
the 22nd inst., James Lambie, aged 2 years and
9 months, son of James and Jessie Scott.

Note 14: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Walter Buchanan Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1881
Birth Place
Heidelberg, Victoria
Registration Year
1881
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jessie Cu-ino Lambie
Registration Number
10119

Note 15: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name
Alexander Paters Scott
Birth Date
Abt 1884
Birth Place
Heiglitz, Victoria
Registration Year
1884
Registration Place
Victoria, Australia
Father
James Scott
Mother
Jessie Cum Lambie
Registration Number
350

Note 16: Ancestry tree

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
Margaret Scott
Birth Year
1800
Age
84
Death Place
Melbourne, Victoria
Father's Name
Cathcart Robert
Mother's Name
Jane Mcquaker
Registration Year
1884
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
1987

The Age (Melbourne) 14 March 1884
SCOTT.— On the 13th March, at No. 1 Gipps-street,
East Melbourne, Margaret Cathcart, relict of the late
Alexander Scott, Whitehill, Girvan, Scotland, and
mother of Mrs. M. Lang, Robert, James and Alex-
ander Scott, of this ciiy, aged 84 years.

Note 17: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
Robert Johnstone Scott
Birth Year
1879
Age
6
Death Place
Heidelberg, Victoria
Father's Name
Jas
Mother's Name
Jesse Cumming Lambie
Registration Year
1885
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
5406

The Argus (Melbourne) 8 June 1885
SCOTT.—On the 6th inst., at Ivanhoe-lodge, Ivanhoe,
Robert Johnstone, eldest son of James Scott, B.A.,
aged six years and four months.
SCOTT.—On the 6th inst., at Ivanhoe-lodge, of croup,
Robert Johnstone Scott, aged 6 years.

Note 18: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
Jessie Cumming Scott
Birth Year
1844
Age
42
Death Place
Hawthorn, Victoria
Father's Name
Lamble Jas
Mother's Name
Elizth Buchanan
Registration Year
1886
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
5685

The Age (Melbourne) 28 June 1886
SCOTT— On Saturday, 26th June, at White Horse-
road, Balwyn, Jessie, the wife of James Scott, assis-
tant master Presbyterian Ladies College, eldest
daughter of the late Rev. James Lambie.

Note 19: West Australian (Perth) 1905
SCOTT.--On August 1. at the residence of his
son-in-law, Dr. Officer. James Scott, B.A., in
his 75th year.

The Argus (Melbourne) 3 Aug 1905
SCOTT.—On the 1st August, at the residence of
his son-in-law, Dr. Officer, at West Perth, James
Scott, B.A., for many years principal of the
Warrnambool College.

Note 20: James Scott
Birth 1830
Govan, Glasgow City, Scotland
Death 1 Aug 1905 (aged 74–75)
West Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Burial
Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium
Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia
Plot Presbyterian BA 0194

Personal Notes:

Riverine Herald (Echuca) 19 Jan 1870
NOTICE.
ECHUCA GRAMMAR and COMMERCIAL
SCHOOL (late Echuca Reading Room),
High-street, established for the purpose of sup
plying the want long felt in Echuca, of affording
to the youth of the Borough a sound English
Education. Book-keeping taught in all its:
branches. French and Classics if required. To
be opened on MONDAY, the 10th instant.
J. R. COLLING WOOD.
References—Messrs Franklin, James Shackell,
and R. R. Haverfield.

Principal of the Grammar school at Echuca - from about 1872 to 1879
He was the inagural Principal

The Riverine Herald (Echuca) Dec 1876
Scott Grammar School Annual Speech Day
On the platform were Rev J.C. Johnstone M.A. and Messrs MOORE, Macintosh, Franklin and Noble & the mayor H.G. Butcher
James Scott - Principal delivered the address
1872 - 20 pupils
1876 - 56 scholars
In Feb last, we removed to the present school, built for us by Mr. Macintosh

1886 - death notice of wife Jessie - Assistant master Presbyterian Ladies College

James also spent time at Warnambool
made his will there
1903 Mr James Scott of Ashton, Warnambool - marriage of daughter Margaret Cathcart
West Australian (Perth) 1905 (Ashton = Warnambool college)
SCOTT.--On August 1. at the residence of his
son-in-law, Dr. Officer. James Scott, B.A., in
his 75th year.

The Argus (Melbourne) 3 Aug 1905
SCOTT.—On the 1st August, at the residence of
his son-in-law, Dr. Officer, at West Perth, James
Scott, B.A., for many years principal of the
Warrnambool College.
Warnambool College - established 1887

Will - specifically notes:
My gold watch presented to me by the people of Kirkintillock in Scotland together with my gold chain locket and jewelled key to my son Walter and my microscope together with all its appurtenances to my son Alick.
Money was distributed between living children - Elizabeth, Alexandrina, Walter, Alexander

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name
Jessie Cumming Lambie
Spouse Name
James Scott
Marriage Place
Victoria
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Year
1869
Registration Number
840

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: West Australian (Perth) 1905
SCOTT.--On August 1. at the residence of his
son-in-law, Dr. Officer. James Scott, B.A., in
his 75th year.

The Argus (Melbourne) 3 Aug 1905
SCOTT.—On the 1st August, at the residence of
his son-in-law, Dr. Officer, at West Perth, James
Scott, B.A., for many years principal of the
Warrnambool College.

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 1 April 1869
SCOTT—LAMBIE.—On the 30th ult., at the manse,
Wyndham, by the father of the bride, assisted by
the Rev. H. Darling, Emerald-Hill, James Scott,
B.A., Melbourne, to Jessie, eldest daughter of the
Rev. James Lambie.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: James Scott
Birth 1830
Govan, Glasgow City, Scotland
Death 1 Aug 1905 (aged 74–75)
West Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Burial
Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium
Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia
Plot Presbyterian BA 0194

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