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From: "Ian Wright" <>
Subject: RE: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset... (Scotland, 1755- England, 1821)
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:45:26 +1100
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5053b$71b23180$3300a8c0@Edge>


Hello Edge,

I have Bisset connections in South Africa too. My Great Great Grandfather
was Alexander Bisset born 18 Feb 1787 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland died 15
September 1857 Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a Contractor / Master Plasterer.

His son John Greig Bisset, a Master Mariner (a lot of Bisset people were
Mariners or seafaring) and later Wharfinger, and finally a Railway Station
Master in New South Wales. One of John's Great Grandchildren, also John
Greig Bisset was born in NSW in 1916, and after WW2 emigrated to South
Africa where he married (a second time) and had a family. He left South
Africa and died in 1992, but his family are still in Cape Town.

Regards,

Ian Wright
Sydney NSW

>From: "Edge Bisset" <>
>To:
>Subject: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset...
>(Scotland, 1755 - England, 1821)
>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:15:21 +0200
>
>Hey, cousins!
>
>I'm having trouble tracing the South African Bisset family history. The
>oldest relative I can trace is my 4 x Great grandfather Alexander
>Bisset, born in 1755 in Echt, Scotland. Apparently he died in 1821 in
>Croydon. If anyone has further information on old Al, that would be very
>useful.
>
>Incidentally, his third son, also Alexander, was a Lieutenant with the
>Royal Navy who brought his family to South Africa in 1820, aboard La
>Belle Alliance. From there we seem to have bred like fleas. There is a
>family legend which says that LT. Alexander lost the ship he was
>commanding (the Emu, if I'm not mistaken) and had to be bailed out of
>trouble by his father in Law, Admiral ET Smith of the Royal navy,
>prompting him to leave for South Africa in disgrace. (true Bisset
>style...?)
>
>If anybody could shed any light on any of this I'd be very thankful.
>
>Cheers,
>Edge.
>
>PS. If anybody knows where I could get information on La Belle Alliance,
>that would earn bonus points...
>
>
>
>
>
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