Birrell family tree » William Birrell (1825-1863)

Personal data William Birrell 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1825 in North Berwick, East Lothian.Sources 2, 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
  • He died on December 4, 1863 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, he was 38 years old.
  • A child of David Birrell and Alison Black

Household of William Birrell

He is married to Christina Paterson.

They got married on June 15, 1848 at Saint Cuthberts,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. David Birrell  1851-????
  2. John Birrell  1855-1903
  3. George Birrell  1858-????
  4. Alice Birrell  1859-???? 
  5. William Birrell  1861-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Birrell

William Birrell
1781-????
Catharine Young
1781-????
William Black
1781-1865
Elizabeth Spence
1785-1847
David Birrell
1800-????
Alison Black
1802-1848

William Birrell
1825-1863

1848

Christina Paterson
± 1826-????

David Birrell
1851-????
John Birrell
1855-1903
George Birrell
1858-????
Alice Birrell
1859-????
William Birrell
1861-????
Caroline Williamina Birrell
1864-????

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
    2. 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 14B; Page: 1; Line: 1150; Year: 1841 / Ancestry.com
    3. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. 1861 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 84; Page: 12; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1861_125 / Ancestry.com
    5. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage June 15, 1848

    • The temperature on June 15, 1848 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 3 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
      • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
      • March 13 » The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
      • March 18 » March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
      • May 18 » Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
      • July 11 » Waterloo railway station in London opens.

    Day of death December 4, 1863

    • The temperature on December 4, 1863 was about 5.0 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
      • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
      • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
      • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
      • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
      • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
    

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