James SILVER^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1898 - 1973  (75 years)

• Name	James SILVER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	15 Mar 1898	Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK   [1, 4, 5]
  	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.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Age: 3; Relationship: Son
  Playing with matches	31 Jan 1902	Harvieston Farm, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	As a three-year-old while playing with matches, he accidentally started a fire at Harvieston farm.
  Census	1911	No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  Residence	1936	Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Residence	1937	Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Residence	1943	Southport, Moreton, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Residence	1954	Beechmont, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  Residence	1958	Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  Residence	1963	Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  Residence	1968	Southport, McPherson, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Death	31 Aug 1973	Southport Hospital, Queensland, Australia   [4, 6]
  Cremated	3 Sep 1973	Allambe Gardens Crematorium, Nerang, Qld, Australia
  _WLNK	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98271321
  Burial	3 Sep 1973	Nerang, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia   [4]
  	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.
  Person ID	I18313085232	NunnSuffolk
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander SILVER,   b. 30 May 1858, Burnside, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland d. 19 Aug 1907, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Helen Jane WATT,   b. 6 Sep 1865, Hilton, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 12 Jan 1905, Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1894	Hilton, Kinneff, Scotland, UK   [7]
  Family ID	F355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S_1470127850] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera). Birth date: abt 1898 Birth place: Kinneff, Kincardineshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland [S_1477928498] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll].Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]). [S156033319] Ancestry.com, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. [S_890319360] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). . 1898 births in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline, in the county of Kincardine, Scotland James B Calder, Registrar<hr> . 1973 Deaths in Queensland, Australia<br> DEATH in the District of BRISBANE, in the State of Queensland, 1973 Registered by Lionel Albert Stevens, Registrar-General. 1 Number 44471 <br> Description - 2 When died and where 31 August 1973 Southport Hospital, Southport<br> 3 Name and surname, profession trade or occupation. JAMES SILVER<br> 4 Sex and age. Male 74 years<br> 5 (1) Cause of death.<br> . 1(a) Atrial fibrillation<br> (b) Pulmonary edema<br> (c) Congestive cardiac failure<br> (2) Duration of last illness.<br> 2 Respiratory tract infection<br> 1 (a) months (b) four days (c) one month<br> (3) Medical attendant by whom certified. N. Glinka,<br> (4) When he last saw deceased. 30 August 1973<br> 6 Name and surname of father. Alexander Silver<br> Profession, trade or occupation. Farmer<br> Name and maiden surname of mother. _ <br> 7 Signature, description and residence of informant. <br>Certified in writing by John S. Scott, NO Relation, Beechmont,<br> 8 (1) Signature of Registrar. 10 September 1973<br> (2) Date (3) Place of registration. Brisbane.<br> If Burial or Cremation Registered- <br> 9 When and where buried or cremated. 3 September 1973 Cremated at Allambe Gardens Crematorium Nerang<br> By whom certified. W.S.Healey<br> 10 Name and religion of minister and/or names of two witnesses ofburial or cremation. Colin K.Kay Presbyterian L. Eames I.C.Pierce<br> 11 Where born and how long in Australian States, stating which. Harvieston, Scotland<br> 53 years<br> If Deceased was married- <br> 12 (1) Where. Never married<br> I, Desmond Barry Tanner, Registrar-General . hereby certify that this is a true photographic copy of particulars recorded in an entry in a register kept in the General Registry Office, Brisbane.<br> Dated 5 AUGUST 2003 <br><hr> . 1894 marriages in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline in the county of Kincardine No 2 1894 on the sixteenth day of March at Mains of Hilton, Kinneff after publication according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland Alexander Silver farmer bachelor 35 of Harvieston, Kinneff Father: Alexander Silver farmer (deceased) Mother: Isabella Silver M.S. Falconer (deceased) AND Ellen Jane Watt farmer's daughter (spinster) 28 Mains of Hilton, Kinneff. Father: John Watt farmer (deceased) Mother: Isabella Watt M.S. Davnie Witnesses: James Hastings Free Church minister Joseph Duncan Isabella Silver <hr>Transcript of wedding invitation send to groom's brother James Silver in Australia Mrs. Watt requests the pleasure of ...... company at the marriage of her daughter , Ellen Jane, to Mr. Alexander Silver, on Friday 16th March, at half past one o'clock. An early reply will oblige. Hilton, Kinneff, Feb. 1894<hr>