The Jamesons, famous coffee and tea merchants of Victoria, were well-rooted in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, home of the famous Jamesons who gifted the world with Jameson's Whiskey of Dublin. Robert Hamilton Jameson was the son of a Spirit Merchant doing business at the foot of Broad Street in Alloa in the early 1800s. Because there are so many Jamesons in Alloa and the surrounding area, it's challenging to connect Victoria's Jameson family to the world-famous whiskey Jamesons... at least within the timeframe I had given the story. It would be interesting to hear if anyone else makes that connection. Let me know if you do!
It would also be interesting to research whether there is any connection to the Starbucks founders who began building their empire across the water in Seattle shortly after the end of the W.A. Jameson Coffee Company closed its doors for good.
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