Chalmers, Janet Alice, 1857-1946 (daughter of James Lorimer; married to Sir David Chalmers)
Dates
- Existence: 1857 - 1946
Biography
Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) was born to parents Hannah Stodart Lorimer (1835-1916) and James Lorimer (1818-1890) in 1857. Janet Alice was nicknamed 'Alice', 'Polly', 'Ploks' and 'Ploko' by family members. She married British colonial judge Sir David Chalmers (1835-1899) in 1878. The couple lived in British Guiana (now Guyana) and had a maid named Joanna, nicknamed 'Nan' or 'Nana'.
Janet Alice Chalmers and Sir David Chalmers had six children: David Patrick (b.1880), Hannah Helen (b.1882), Alison Bell (b.1884), Thomas Michael (1886-1904), James Lorimer (b.1888), and Esther Barbara (1894-1983).
Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:
Unsigned and incomplete letter to "Dearest Polly" Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer)), 1 July [no year]
Unsigned and incomplete letter in English to "Dearest Polly" Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer)) on the subject of "Jim" in Copenhagen, dated 1 July, no year.
Unsigned letter from Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) to 'Dearest Louischen" (Caroline Louise Lorimer), undated
Unsigned letter in English from Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) to 'Dearest Louischen" (Caroline Louise Lorimer) on the subject of a visit from H.R.H, giving lessons to Nan and children and laying the first stone for her new house, no date.
Unsigned letter from Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) to "My dearest Lorry" (Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer)), undated
Unsigned letter in English from Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) to "My dearest Lorry" (Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer)) on the subject of warm weather, mosquitoes, visits and stories from neighbours, no date.
Unsigned letter to "Alice" (Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer)), undated
Unsigned letter in English to "Alice" (Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer)) on the subject of weather in Pitlochry and travelling home from Italy, no date.