When Andrew Lorimer was born in 1813, in Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Lorimer, was 42 and his mother, Catharine Dalziel, was 37. He married Helen Kirkpatrick Laurie on 30 August 1839. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and London, England in 1861. He died on 13 December 1878, in Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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