Researching John Jamieson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8340 people with the Jamieson surname? In that year Jamieson was ranked number 488 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Jamieson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Jamieson and the Jamieson Family History
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John Jamieson (curler)
John Gardner Jamieson (February 14, 1925 – November 10, 2001) was a Canadian-American curler from Lynden, Washington. He was the second on the Granite Curling Club team (from Seattle, Washington, United States) during the World Curling Championships known as the 1961 Scotch Cup, where they won the silver medal.
Jamieson grew up in Winnipeg and Victoria Beach, Manitoba. He served as a seaman with the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. After exiting the Navy, he would work as an inspector with a phone company. In 1957, he moved to Everett, Washington to work for the West Coast Telephone Company. He then worked for Boeing before becoming the owner of the Riverside Tavern in Everett. After that, he became the owner of Wallace Poultry in Bellingham, Washington.
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