James Mair

M, #6013, b. 2 April 1891
     James Mair was born on 2 April 1891 at 118 Portknockie, Banffshire, Scotland.1 He was the son of William Mair and Ann Wood. His family was known by the tee-name of "Rose". James Mair was a herring fisherman. He married Helen Jane Summers at 154a Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on 10 December 1920.2,3
The Buckie and District Directory for 1926 shows that James Mair lived at 21 Station Street, Portknockie, Banffshire, Scotland.4

Citations

  1. [S4678] James Mair, Register of Births in the District of Seafield in the County of Banff, "James Mair, 1891, April Second 5h 0m A.M. at 118 Portknockie, Seafield (Rathven), Male. Father: William Mair "Rose" Fisherman. Mother: Ann Mair M. S. Wood, married 1885 September 26th in Seafield. Informant: William Mair Rose, Father. Registered: 1891, April 7th at Seafield Manse, James McIntyre, Registrar."
  2. [S9622] James Mair - Helen Jane Summers, Marriage entry, "1920 on the Tenth day of December at 154a Union Street, Aberdeen. After Banns, According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland. James Mair, Herring Fisherman (Bachelor), age 29, usual residence 21 Station Street, Portknockie, Banffshire, parents William Mair Herring Fisherman and Ann Mair M.S. Wood. Helen Jane Summers, Fishworker (Spinster), age 26, usual residence 7 Maiden Street, Peterhead, parents Andrew Stephen Summers Herring Fisherman and Jane Summers M.S. Strachan. James Brebner D.D. Minister at Forgue (Retired). Williamina Mair Witness. Stephen Summers Witness. Registered 1920 December 11th at Aberdeen, W.M. Hall Registrar."
  3. [S9604] Steve Summers, Neil Pirie, Information kindly supplied by Steve Summers of Peterhead, Scotland.
  4. [S727] Buckie and District Directory, 1926, page 76: PORTKNOCKIE, "Mair, James, 21 Station Street", page 114: PORTKNOCKIE, STATION STREET, "21, William Mair, "Rose" fisherman; Alexander Mair; James Mair."