George Archibald Lundie (1819 - 1841)

Born 31 Dec 1819 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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Died 25 Sep 1841 at age 21 in Leone, Samoa

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Biography

From University of Glasgow Story:

"George Archibald Lundie matriculated at the University in 1836, attending the Latin Class of Robert Buchanan.

Lundie was born in Kelso, Roxburgh, son of Reverend Robert Lundie. After a period of study at the University and his work as a Sunday school teacher in Glasgow, Lundie was diagnosed with pulmonary disease and left for Australia in 1839 to restore his health. From Sydney, Lundie informally joined missionaries of the London Missionary Society in their journey to Samoa, where he assisted Reverend Archibald Murray, also of Kelso, in his work on Tutuila, an account of which was published by Lundie's mother in 1846, Missionary life in Samoa, as exhibited in the journals of the late George Archibald Lundie, during the revival in Tutuila in 1840-41.

Lundie's formal education came to great use in Samoa. Arriving at Pagopago on Tutuila in March 1840, Lundie quickly learnt the Samoan language and for about a year was able to offer great assistance to the fledgling mission. He became a de facto missionary, preaching and supervising the foreign native teachers and the work of the mission station in the absence of Archibald Murray.

Lundie died of his illness at the village of Leone, on the island of Tutuila, in 1841."

Sources

• Parish Register. Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland. George Archibald Lundie, born 31 December 1819, baptized 20 Feb 1820. Parents, Robert Lundie and Mary Grey.

• Missionary life in Samoa, as exhibited in the Journals of the late George Archibald Lundie, during the Revival in Tutuila in 1840-41. Edited his Mother, Author of Memoir of Mary Lundie Duncan, &c. Edinburgh: Oliphant and Sons (1846).