Dempsters Abroad




 

 

Name & Sex Unknown

Arrived San Francisco CA, 1852. Age unknown. Source: San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists vol 1.

 

Name Unknown (Male)

Arrived San Francisco CA, 1852. Age unknown. Source:

 

ALEXANDER

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1775. Age 18. A gardener previously resident in Perthshire, Scotland. He shipped in May 1775 from Leith to Philadelphia in the "Friendship" with Lily. Source: Emigrants from Scotland to America 1774-1775, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783.

 

ALEXANDER

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1794. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

BLAKLEY

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1868. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

C.J.

Arrived San Francisco CA, 1862. Age unknown. Source: San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists.

 

DANIEL

Shipped from Scotland to Canada in "Commerce" in June 1820. Received a land grant in Lanark, Upper Canada on 8th September 1820. Source: Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 1625-1825 vol 3 and vol 5.

 

GEORGE

Arrived Georgia, 1734. Age unknown. Source: A List of Early Settlers of Georgia.

 

GEORGE

A Cooper, born in Scotland. An indentured servant who escaped from his master, J. Fraser, in Charleston SC in June 1734. Source: Directory of Scots in The Carolinas 1680-1830, South Carolina Gazette 22-June-1734.

 

GEORGE

Surgeon, Army Medical Staff. Resident in Jamaica 1824, Member of the House of Assembly there. Married to Catherine Thomson, widow of John Thomson of Maydy and Woodside plantations. Father of George.Source: Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 1625-1825. See Over Manchester

 

GEORGE

Born at Kenilworth Lodge, Manchester, Jamaica 29th January 1824. Son of Dr George Dempster and Catherine Thomson, widow of John Thomson of Maydy and Woodside plantations.Source: Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 1625-1825. See Over Manchester

 

GEORGE

A merchant in Montreal. He was served as heir to his grandfather George, a baker in Alloa, Scotland on 22nd April 1848 and as heir to his mother Helen Duncan or Traquair, also in Alloa on 13th April 1853. Source: Scottish-American Heirs 1683-1883.

 

GILBERT DEMSTER

Arrived New York NY, 1820. Aged 30. Source: US State Dept Passenger Arrivals 1819-1820. #7870

 

JAMES

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1802. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

JAMES

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1868. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

JAMES A.

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1854. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

JANE

Arrived Barbados 1679. Age unknown. Accompanied by her son Robert. Source: Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700.

 

JOHN DEMSTER

Arrived Barbados, 1680. Age unknown. Possibly a connection of Jane and Robert. Source: Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700.

 

JOHN

Arrived New York NY, 1822. Age unknown. Source: .

 

JOHN

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1868. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

LILY

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1775. Aged 16. A servant, usually resident in Edinburgh. Shipped in May 1775 from Leith to Philadelphia in the "Friendship" with Alexander. Source: Emigrants from Scotland to America 1774-1775, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783.

 

ROBERT

Arrived Barbados 1679. Age unknown. Son of Jane Source: Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700

 

ROBERT

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1835. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

ROBERT

Born at Balerno, Midlothian, Scotland on 10th July 1815, son of Robert Dempster and Margaret Purdie. Emigrated to Ontario before 1844. Occupation, carpenter. Was at Oshawa, East Whitby Township in 1865. Married to Lilian Tennant, he had children Robert (born c 1843), Marion, Sarah, George, Jessie and Lilias. Source: A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation.

 

SAMUEL

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1868. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 

WILLIAM DEMSTER

Arrived Virginia, 1654. Age unknown. Source: Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666.

 

WILLIAM R.

Arrived Philadelphia PA, 1841. Age unknown. Source: Index to Records of Aliens vol 3.

 




   


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