James Colquhoun of Tunbridge Wells

[Smokey807]

I would like to obtain the marriage record of James Colquhoun born October 29,1857 at Bothwell, Lanarkshire Scotland, the son of William Colquhoun and Eliza Short. James was a mining clerk in Scotland before emigrating to Arizona USA in 1883 where he eventually became president of the Arizona Copper Company. Upon his retirement he and his wife and two sons ( William Wallace Colquhoun (1890-1915) born in Clifton Arizona; and James Clifton Colquhoun (1893-1977) born in Clifton Arizona) moved to Tunbridge Wells Kent and lived in a fine home at 31 Ferndale Road. The family was still there in 1934. While his surviving son remained in England James and his wife lived in California and BC, Canada, James died in BC, Canada in 1954 and his wife in California in 1944.

I believe James was married in Scotland. His wife was Elizabeth S. Colquhoun identified in her death records as Elizabeth Scott Colquhoun (1859-1944) and who was also from Bothwell, Lanarkshire Scotland which is how the couple met. At the time of the 1881 census, taken at 8 English Row, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire James was single and working as a clerk at an iron works. He was living with his parents William and Eliza and three siblings.

Since James emigrated to Arizona in August 1883 I suspect he must have been married in Scotland in 1882 although I can not find out any information about his wife until the birth of their children in Clifton Arizona in 1890 and 1893 apart from a birth record for an Elizabeth Scott Wallace April 12,1859 at Bothwell, the daughter of James Wallace and Mary Robertson. There is also a birth of Elizabeth Wallace August 21,1859 at Old Monkland, Lanarkshire the daughter of Edward Wallace (1825-1891) and Mary Robertson (1823-1900) and so I am not sure which one married James Colquhoun.

Any information about James Marriage and any information about his wife would be much appreciated.

[AMBLY]

The California Death Index for Elizabeth Scott Colquhoun who died 1944, states
Father: WALLACE
Mother: ROBERTSON

And of the two Wallace-Robertson couples you mention, the one with the daughter Elizabeth Scott WALLACE is likely to be the right one?

Those parents appear also to have had:
James WALLACE b 1857, Bothwell
Thomas WALLACE b 1861, Bothwell
Mary Wilson WALLACE, b 1863, Tarbolton, Ayr
George WALLACE b 1866, Old Monkland
John WALLACE b 1868, Old Monkland

The family in 1871: at: Clarks Land Parish Road Police Station, Calderbank, Old Monkland
James WALLACE 42, ---------? b Fenwick ,Ayr
Wife: Mary 38, b Bothwell
Son: James 13, b Bothwell
Dau: Elizabeth 11, b Bothwell
Son: Thomas 9, b Bothwell
Dau: Mary 7, b Annbank, Lanarkshire (sic)
Son: George 5, b Calderbank, Lanarkshire
Son: John 2, b Calderbank, Lanarkshire
Dau: Janet, 5 mth, b Calderbank, Lanarkshire
Servant: Barbra LAMBIE 17, Domestic Servant

In 1881, the same family is at  No 1 Wallace Land Calder Bank, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire
James WALLACE 54, Provision Merchant, b Fenwick, Ayr
Wife: Mary  49, b Shotts, Lanarkshire
Son: James 23, Commercial Clerk, b Shotts
Dau: Elizabeth 21, Normal Student, b Shotts
Son: Thomas 19, Shopman, b Shotts
Dau: Mary 17, Scholar,  b Annebank, Ayrshire
Son: George 18, Scholar, b Old Monkland
Son: John 12, Scholar, b Old Monkland
Dau: Janet 10, Scholar, b Old Monkland

Your James must have made his way back to Scotland again after 1883.

He and Elizabeth married in 1887:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Scotlands People:
James COLQUHOUN
Lizzie Scott WALLACE
Registered in Blythswood, Lanarkshire

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

Elizabeth's likely first arrival in the US, on her own in 1888 - James probably had gone on ahead of her, but can't see him presently.

Arrived 19 Oct 1888 at New York, out of Liverpool
Ship: City of New York
Mrs J COLQUHOUN 29, Female, Lady,
Last residence: England
Destination: Arizona

And here she is again,
Arrived 24 Oct 1892 at New York out of Glasgow
Ship: SS Furnessia
Mrs Jas COLQUHOUN 33, Lady
Wm COLQUHOUN  2, Child
Citizens of the USA
Last Residence: Glasgow
Destination: Arizona
1st Class Cabin, 5 pieces of luggage

Cheers
AMBLY

[Smokey807]

Thank you Amply


You have answered my question completely.