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James Smith[1]

Male 1763 - 1848  (85 years)


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  • Name James Smith 
    Born 1763  Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-169654 
    Died 1 Jan 1848  Monkwood Grove, Minishant, Ayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Auld Kirk Burying Ground, Ayr, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I169654  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Elizabeth Doak,   b. Oct 1764, Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1849  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Ballantyne Smith,   b. 21 Sep 1791, Ayr, , Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1878, Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1802, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1886, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F49280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Monument to James Smith & family

      Erected by his friends and admirers, in memory of Mr. James Smith, botanist, Monkwood Grove, who died 1st January, 1848 aged 88 years.

      This simple monument to the father of Scottish botany, will direct the many students who profited by his kind, gratuitous instructions in the science of botany, where the tear of fond remembrance may mingle with the dust of a real and true friend.

      Ground, Auld, South Ayrshire, and Auld Ground. 1763. " James Smith (1763-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030/james-smith.

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      "In the early part of the nineteenth century James Smith of Monkwood Grove at Minishant was one of Scotland's greatest botanists. He gave much valuable information on botanical subjects to Sir William Hooker which Sir William incorporated in his famous books on botany. James Smith died in 1848 and was buried in Ayr old churchyard where his friends erected a monument to him. He was the tenant of the gardens and orchard at Monkwood and was a simple and unworldly man but his knowledge of botany was unsurpassed by any in the whole of Scotland at that time and people came from many countries to listen and learn from him and many old gardens throughout Scotland today owe their beauty to the humble Minishant gardener who advised on what should be be planted in them.

      Excerpt from Maybole, Carrick's Capital Facts, Fiction & Folks by James T. Gray, Alloway Publishing, Ayr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2190] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1864-1950.
      Name:Margaret Smith
      Gender:Female
      Birth Date:21 Sep 1791
      Birth Place:Ayr,Ayr,Scotland
      Father:James Smith
      Mother:Elizabeth Doak
      FHL Film Number:1041330

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Ground, Auld, South Ayrshire, and Auld Ground. 1763. " James Smith (1763-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030/james-smith.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1763 - Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Jan 1848 - Monkwood Grove, Minishant, Ayshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Auld Kirk Burying Ground, Ayr, , Ayr, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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