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From: "Mrs Dale Mathieson" <>
Subject: [EDB] JAMAICA ST
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:28:57 +0800

G'day Edinburgh,

This is my first e-mail to this list, so hello from sunny Australia!

My husband's gr-grandfather, George Mathieson, was born at 40 Jamaica Street on 24/9/1864. His father was also George Mathieson, a joiner and journeyman. Can anyone familiar with Edinburgh tell me what is built on 40 Jamaica Street now, please? Also, if anyone has access to the 1871 census, I would be grateful to know whether the family was there at the time.
The family seems to have migrated - gr-grandfather turning up in South Africa in 1895 when he was married there. However, I am trying to trace the rest of the family, so any help would be much appreciated. The family, as I know it, is as follows:

George Mathieson Head born 29/12/1837 Leslie, Fife
Catherine Bottomley Wife born 3/1/1837 Dunfermline, Fife
George Mathieson Son born 9/8/1860 Glasgow
John M Son born 6/10/1861 Glasgow
Janet M Dau born 24/5/1863 Edinburgh
George David M Son born 24/9/1864 Edinburgh
Margaret Deas M Dau born 1866 Edinburgh
William M Son born 1868 Edinburgh
James M Son born 1870 Edinburgh
Robertson Balfour M Son born 1872 Edinburgh

Many thanks,
Dale Mathieson

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