Fonds F3686 - Keith Jamieson fonds

Ronald Keith Jamieson (1929 -) was a United Church missionary who first served in Angola before being sent to India where he continued to serve until he resigned his post. Jamieson was born in Nelson, B.C. and earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia and later a diploma in Environmental Control from the London School of Tropical Medicine. After spending some time in Portugal learning the language, Jamieson began his missionary work at the Bailundo mission in Angola. Here he worked from 1961-1964 on school administration, evangelism and rural development extension programs. In 1965, his missionary work continued in Western India, at mission sites in Solapur, Osmanabad, Jalna, Vadala, and Pune.

In 1970, Keith married his wife Johanna (neé Macaulay) Jamieson, also a missionary for the Church of Scotland mission, while working in Jalna, India. They remained together for their missionary work in India until 1987 when they returned to Canada, and Johanna became Associate Secretary for Finance and Administration of the Division of World Outreach for the United Church.