Author talk:Alexander James Mitchell Morison

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Talk:Dictionary of National_Biography, 1885-1900/List of Contributors

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.

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

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 &hellip; 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
"MORISON, Alexander James Mitchell, Advocate, 9 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, died 12 August 1919 at London, testate. Confirmation, 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."
 * Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories (1921)

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)