- Yes, date unknown
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Name |
James Torry |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I92369 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2020 |
Family |
Jean Halliday, b. Bef 1767 d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
23 Nov 1767 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
- or 18 Dec 1767 South Leith
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Children |
| 1. Janet Torry, b. 15 Nov 1768, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 13 Mar 1836, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 67 years) |
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Family ID |
F33781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2020 |
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Notes |
- Baillie of the City of Edinburgh
James Torry was born about 1739 and died 11 Aug 1791 in Edinburgh. Merchant in New Kirk Parish. Had apprentices, clerks, shopmen. Robert Armstrong, coppersmith. John Walker, apprentice and later partner. William Richardson, clerk. John Miller, shopman. Partner to John Black, merchant 1769. Alexander Grieve, partner to James Torry, 1801. Married 23 Nov 1767 in Edinburgh, or 18 Dec 1767 South Leith,. Subscribed to: "Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland," by Hugo Arnot, Esq. Also: "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" (3rd Ed) by Robert Burns. Listed in Williamson's Directory of Edinburgh for 1773-74, 74-75, 75-76 (Merchant, Counsellor, Espquire, Exchange--Macer's Land, North End of the Bridge). James Torry and Jean Halliday were married 22 Nov 1767. James Torry was the son of John Torry and Janet Miller (Janet was the daughter of James Miller).
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