James Howard Johnstone McKemmie

1936 - 1990  (54 years)

• Name	James Howard Johnstone McKemmie
  Birth	13 Jul 1936	Roodlands Hospital, Haddington, East Lothian.
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1990	Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
  	Cause: Gallstones plus smoking.
  Person ID	I0005	McKemmie
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	James Burns McKemmie,   b. 13 Jun 1899, Edinburgh. d. 5 Mar 1976, Longmore Hospital, Edinburgh. (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Allison Pollard Soutter,   b. 23 Apr 1899, 38, High Street, Haddington, East Lothian. d. 25 May 1945, Haddington, East Lothian. (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	14 Sep 1927	Haddington, East Lothian.
  Family ID	F006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	M.G. Tuck
  Children	1. I.A. McKemmie   2. M. McKemmie   3. S.E. McKemmie
  Family ID	F005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2014

  
  

• Notes

  worked as Engineer/ Fitter at Blackford Hill Royal Observatory in Edinburgh and then as a laboratory technician at Nuclear Physics Dept. Edinburgh University, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh. Cigarette smoker for most of his life, this was a contributory factor in his comparatively early death. He was fairly overweight and balding from his twenties. He had few hobbies or interests, tending to stay at home and watch TV after his work. He was rarely off work. He had a back problem and lay on a board to cure it for about ten weeks in his early fifties. He went to Knox Academy in Haddington, Morningside Primary in Edinburgh, and Darroch Secondary School. He left school with only a certificate in technical drawing and went to work in a surgical instrument shop near the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh at sixteen. He then got an apprenticeship at Ferranti Engineering in Robertson Avenue in Edinburgh. He became a metalworker and technician. He was about 5 foot eight inches and around 13 stone. He had a round face type and black hair which went grey around the fringes. His first car was a Ford Prefect, his second a Ford Cortina, his third a Ford Escort and his fourth a Peugeot 309.