Author talk:Alexander James Mitchell Morison

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Talk:Dictionary of National_Biography, 1885-1900/List of Contributors#Alexander James Mitchell Morison

To note that the volume of the BDM says A.J.M. Morison, is is only the 19(2|3)0s consolidated version that expands to the fuller name.

Sources

• Death notice

The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 14, 1919; pg. 1; Issue 42178. — Deaths

MORISON.— On the 12th Aug. suddenly Alistair J. M. Morison, the dearly-beloved husband of Louie Morison, of 41, Queen's-gate-gardens, aged 60.

1891 Scotland census

Parish: Edinburgh St Stephens; ED: 123; Page: 18; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_345.

Name: Allister Jas Mitchell Morison
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Son
Mother's Name: Isabella Jessie Hopkirk
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinr, Midlothian
Registration number: 685/2
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Stephens
County: Midlothian
Address: 77 Great King St
Occupation: Advocate in Practice
ED: 123
Household schedule number: 83
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1891_345
Household Members:
Name Age
Isabella Jessie Hopkirk 69
Elizabeth MacKenzie 32
Delina Mackie 28
Allister Jas Mitchell Morison 31
Sarah Wilhelmina Morison 34
Alilzia MacWatt 30
Isabella Robertson 33
Catherine Ewart 32
Elizabeth Beattie 23

1861 Scotland census

Parish: Edinburgh St Stephen; ED: 57; Page: 9; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1861_126.

Name: Alexr J M Morison
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Alexander Morison
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinburgh
Registration number: 685/2
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Stephen
County: Midlothian
Address: 63 Et King St
ED: 57
Household schedule number: 39
Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1861_126
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Morison 35 (Solicitor In Practise)
Sarah W Morison 3
Rosabella J Morison 2
Alexr J M Morison 1
Jessie Arnst 18
Jane Ormiston 27
Mary Henderson 44

1911 England census

• Class: RG14; Piece: 4771; Schedule Number: 100; .

Name: Alastair Morison
Age in 1911: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Civil parish: Bexhill
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street Address: St Aubyn Brassey Rd Bexhill
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Advocate
Registration district: Battle
Registration District Number: 70
Sub-registration district: Bexhill
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 100
Piece: 4771
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Boatwright 68
Emily Mabel Boatwright 47
Sarah Hipgrave 16
Alastair Morison 51
Louie Morison 46
Annie Winden 32
Ellen Maud Burton

Oxford

Page:Alumni_Oxoniensis_(1715-1886)_volume_3.djvu/202 — Morison, Alexander James, 3s. Kenneth, of Hornsey, Middlesex, gent Non-Coll., matric 23 Oct, 1877, aged 26, but no mention of the Mitchell.

From Talk:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/List of Contributors

Nothing evident for Alexander James Mitchell Morison. List as Parked. -- billinghurst (talk) 01:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

there seems to be one (born 1859) who attended Edinbugh Academy & was connected to the Scottish Record Society. Dsp13 (talk) 01:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The one biography is of a Free Church minister. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:07, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

add comp;ication, there is a Alexander James Morison born 1861, London; at Oxford 1877 with someone claiming died 1919, London. Still looking for more detail. Dastardly short of census detail, I think that was an "adoptio"-lite and I think that there has been trips to India — billinghurst sDrewth 07:16, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I think that I have it. The vol. just says A. J. M. Morison, and there is a (Alistair|Alexander) James Mitchell born 1859 in Edinburgh. Father (Alexander) was a solicitor, and AJMM went on to be a Scottish advocate. Moved to London c.1900, and died 1919, age 60. Death notice says Alistair, death registration says Alexander, family history research says headstone says Alistair. Presumably Alistair is the name called by family to differentiate father and son. Calling it resolved … Scottish advocate, 1859-1919. There is a data dump on the Author talk page. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:23, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Copied published snippet, from unidentified university publication

Morison, Alexander James Mitchell, M.A., 13 July 1883
only son of Alexander Morison, S.S.C., born 26 April 1859, died 12 Aug. 1919, mar. 14 Feb. 1907 Louisa Maud, daughter of George Berry. auctioneer, London

guessing SSC is Scottish Supreme Court, or something similar

That appears in The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943: With Genealogical Notes (1944), page 156. S.S.C. is for members of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Probate

• Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories (1921)

MORISON, Alexander James Mitchell, Advocate, 9 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, died 12 August 1919 at London, testate. Confirmation Edinburgh, 10 January, to Samuel Murphy, Solicitor, 33 Queen Street, Edinburgh, and Alexander John Forbes Wedderburn, S.S.C., there, Executors. Will dated 23 February 1909 recorded Edinburgh 8 January 1921. Value of Estate, £15, 292: 8: 7.

Father

The father Alexander Morison, who apparently died 1902, set up a large firm of solicitors, and could be researched with a bit more effort. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Do we need that for here? — billinghurst sDrewth 11:48, 28 February 2018 (UTC)