Records of James Comrie on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Comrie and the Comrie Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Comrie Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Comrie family tree.

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Some Famous People called James Comrie

James Comrie (politician)

James Comrie 1816-1902 was an Australian politician and philanthropist.

James Comrie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in May 1816 and arrived in Sydney in June 1843 and worked as a general merchant at Moore's Wharf, Millers Point. In October 1847 he married Sophia Russell the wealthy widow of Phillip Russell. His primary interests were the Christian Faith and books. It was his chief hobby to buy books and give them away which led him to be dubbed a 'literary philanthropist'. He was a pastoralist who owned extensive land in partnership with Jeremiah Rundle. From 1856 to 1861 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was a significant philanthropist being involved with the Bible Society, Religious Tract Society, YMCA and the Sydney Female Refuge. By the 1860s he had retired from public life and was living at Northfields, Kurrajong Heights, he died in 1902 and was buried at Rookwood.

Source: James Comrie (politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Comrie

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