Jamieson Matches

 In 1835, my ancestor James Gillespie married Mary Jamieson in Lisnadill parish, Armagh.  Shortly after, they emigrated to Quebec where they raised their family and spent the rest of their lives.  According the recorded memories of their daughter, Mary Gillespie Henderson, (Memories of my early years, 1937 Montreal, pp 9-10), we know that Mary was one of four daughters of Arthur Jamieson and Mary Orr, and she had two brothers, John and William, who also emigrated to Quebec.  Arthur Jamison was recorded in the Griffith's Valuation of Ballymoran in Lisnadill, Armagh in 1864, and he died in 1866 at the age of 73.

Thanks to DNA matching, we are beginning to expand our knowing of the Jamieson family.  We now have matches leading to descendants of John Jamieson and Eliza Ferguson (Ontario, Canada), Ann "Nancy" Jamieson and James Diffin (Ontario, Canada), and Eliza Jamieson and Andrew Keys (Northern Ireland).  The Jamiesons are also thought to have originated from Scotland, so we also have them to thank for our Celtic ancestry.