James GRIER

1787 - 1849  (62 years)

• Name	James GRIER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Mar 1787	Rivensole, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Manager Elgin Colliery  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Religion	Episcopalian  [6]
  Cause of Death	Jaundice (OPR) dropsy (Holy Trinity Church)  [5, 6]
  Death	11 Sep 1849	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  	or 16 Sep 1849, OPR 424
  Burial	17 Sep 1849	poss Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland   [5]
  Person ID	I173	Mastertons from Cramond
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas GRIER,   b. Abt 1756   d. 1839, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Jean MCARTHUR   d. Aft 1815
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes (Anne) DANKS,   b. 22 Apr 1790, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland d. 19 May 1829, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1810	Shotts, Lanark, Scotland
  Children	1. Isabella GRIER,   b. 1810, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland d. 1878, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 68 years)   2. Jane GRIER,   b. 1811, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland d. 19 Apr 1852, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 41 years)   3. Thomas GRIER,   b. 26 Feb 1815, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1818, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 2 years)   4. Francis GRIER,   b. 23 Nov 1816, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland d. 28 Jan 1872, Kilbagie (Age 55 years)   5. James GRIER,   b. 18 Nov 1818, Newbattle d. 1 Feb 1886, 45 Aytoun Road, Pollokshields, Parish of Kinning Park, Glasgow (Age 67 years)   6. Ann(e) GRIER,   b. 16 Mar 1821, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland d. 15 Apr 1893, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 72 years)   7. Thomas GRIER,   b. 2 Sep 1823, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland d. 12 Dec 1867, Baldridge House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 44 years)   8. Margaret GRIER,   b. Bef 23 Nov 1825, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland d. 23 Jun 1826, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age > 0 years)   9. Margaret GRIER,   b. 20 May 1827, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 21 Apr 1833, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth HUTCHISON,   b. Bef 2 Nov 1800   d. 2 Nov 1831, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age > 31 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1830	Dunfermline, Fife
  Notes	James Grier listed as Manager, Milesmark Cottage
  Children	1. Elizabeth Hutchison GRIER,   b. 2 Nov 1831, Dunfermline, Fife d. 4 May 1904, Dunfermline, Fife (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 3	Agnes (Anne) WEIR,   b. 9 Aug 1808, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. Bef 28 Sep 1899 (Age < 91 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1843	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [5]
  Children	1. Charles GRIER,   b. 22 Aug 1836, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 28 Sep 1899, 2 Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline (Age 63 years)   2. Frances (Fanny) GRIER,   b. 5 Feb 1838, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 8 Apr 1906, 35 Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 68 years)   3. John GRIER,   b. 1 Oct 1839, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1907, Manti, Utah, USA (Age 67 years)   4. Jemima Caroline GRIER,   b. 3 Feb 1841, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 4 Feb 1916, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 75 years)   5. ? Margaret GRIER,   b. 1842, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  author of Evidence on the Employment of Children, a copy in Dunfermline library. acknowledged as a source on coalfields by Rev Chalmers in History of Dunfermline

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] Charles Grier death certificate. [S107] James Grier death certificate. [S65] Thomas Grier death cert. [S81] Thomas Grier & Margaret Gallie. [S37] Trevor Kirkman, Ancestral research into the grave at Dunfermline Abbey. [S45] Fife Pre 1855 Deaths Index, (Fife Family History Society). [S46] Fife Wills. [S88] James Grier of Elgin Colliery.