Search for content in message boards

Coachman Alexander Phemister

Replies: 13

Coachman Alexander Phemister

Posted: 7 Oct 2014 3:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Phimester, Phemister
My 2nd great-grandfather was "born in Edinburgh of parents that were natives of Morayshire." His birth year was 1801.

I do know his father's name, it was Alexander Phemister, and his occupation, was coachman. Also know that in Edinburgh he was listed as a servant. As was his wife, the marriage date being pretty close to the son's birth date.

Probably the name in Moray was Phimister, as even the 2nd great-grandfather Robert used both spellings in his own lifetime.

The problem is that there is no lack of Alexander Phemisters or Phimisters in Moray. And no way of telling which of them left to go to Edinburgh etc. Alexander's wife died in her son's home on Lauriston Street in Edinburgh, but she had been a widow some years by then.

Tentative information says he was buried and maybe died in Alves. Other information seems to indicate he was born in Dallas. That is the one I'm thinking is not the right Alexander though.

So what is the question?? It is, is there any one town more than any other town in Moray, in the late eighteenth century, that would have given a person the skill to become a coachman?
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
barbarajfn 7 Oct 2014 9:22PM GMT 
Forfarian 8 Oct 2014 9:56AM GMT 
barbarajfn 8 Oct 2014 5:25PM GMT 
jecroft 8 Oct 2014 6:17PM GMT 
barbarajfn 8 Oct 2014 6:25PM GMT 
Forfarian 8 Oct 2014 7:10PM GMT 
barbarajfn 8 Oct 2014 7:52PM GMT 
jecroft 8 Oct 2014 8:26PM GMT 
barbarajfn 8 Oct 2014 9:52PM GMT 
Forfarian 8 Oct 2014 10:04PM GMT 
per page

Find a board about a specific topic