James SILVER

Male 1898 - 1973  (75 years)


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  1. 1.  James SILVER was born on 15 Mar 1898 in Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 31 Aug 1973 in Southport Hospital, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 3 Sep 1973 in Nerang, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1901, Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    • Playing with matches: 31 Jan 1902, Harvieston Farm, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    • Census: 1911, No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    • Residence: 1936, Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1937, Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1943, Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1954, Beechmont, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1958, Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1963, Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia
    • Residence: 1968, Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia
    • Cremated: 3 Sep 1973, Allambe Gardens Crematorium, Nerang, Qld, Australia

    Notes:

    His death certificate says he lived 53 years in Australia which means he arrived from Scotland C1920. The nearest shipping record is the following of a James Silver, aged 22, who left in 1919 from Liverpool for Singapore. If that's him, he would have come to Australia by another vessel.

    Birth:
    1898 births in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline, in the county of Kincardine. James Silver 1898 March fifteenth at 4pm at Harvieston Kinneff, male, son of Alexander Silver, farmer, and Ellen Jane Watt.

    _WLNK:
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98271321

    Residence:
    Age: 3; Relationship: Son

    Playing with matches:
    As a three-year-old while playing with matches, he accidentally started a fire at Harvieston farm.

    Buried:
    Note that death certificate gives 31 Aug 1973 as death date yet crematorium plaque has it as 1 Sep 1973. He was also 75 at death, not 74 as certificate states.