Harrower Family Tree » Agnes Dunsire (1821-1887)

Personal data Agnes Dunsire 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • She was born in the year 1821 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Clinkhill, Baintown, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1841: Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861: 69 Muirhouses, Lochgelly, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1871: Shore, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
  • (Informant at Death) on October 10, 1887: William Mercer, Son. Methil/112 High Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • She died on October 10, 1887, she was 66 years old.Source 5
    112 High Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
    Oorzaak: Heart Disease/112 High Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
  • A child of William Dunsire and Agnes McBain

Household of Agnes Dunsire

She is married to Andrew Mercer.

Their notice of marriage was on February 14, 1846 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 6

They got married on March 6, 1846 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, she was 25 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. William Mercer  1846-1908 
  2. Mary Mercer  1853-1917 
  3. James Mercer  1842-????
  4. Janet Mercer  ± 1850-????
  5. Isabella Mercer  1845-???? 
  6. Alexander Mercer  ± 1855-????
  7. Andrew Mercer  ± 1857-????
  8. Ann Mercer  ± 1859-????
  9. George Brown Mercer  1861-???? 
  10. Agnes Mercer  1863-????
  11. John Mercer  1865-????


Notes about Agnes Dunsire

1. Sometimes known as Dunsyre

2. http://www.family-maw.co.uk
Agnes birth does not appear in IGI but she does in the 1841 census, age 22, a spinner. She married Andrew Mercer, a Coal Miner born in Kennoway, and produced ten children, variously in Beath, Kennoway, and Auchterderran [Lochgelly]. She died 10 October 1887 in Buckhaven, age 68, of heart disease. Andrew Mercer died 22 June 1878 of heart disease, in Methilhill.
Through the courtesy of Malcolm Holt, a descendant, a detailed family tree for Andrew Mercer is available in the Journal of the Fife Family History Society vol.13 No.1, October 2000, in an article entitled "The Fife Kalendar", there appears the following:
KENNOWAY ... Andrew Mercer, clock and watchmaker in Kennoway, received 3 mths imprisonment Cupar Jail at Cupar Sheriff Court 1 May 1876 for assaulting his wife, Agnes Dunsire.

3. On the next page of the register from Wemyss the marriage of Liz's Great Grandparents Robert Stein and Euphemia Wilson are recorded married on 7 August 1846

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Agnes Dunsire

Andrew Dunsire
1759-????
Agnes Nicol
1762-????
William McBone
????-< 1867
Agnes McBain
1799-1867

Agnes Dunsire
1821-1887

1846

Andrew Mercer
1824-1878

William Mercer
1846-1908
Mary Mercer
1853-1917
James Mercer
1842-????
Janet Mercer
± 1850-????
Isabella Mercer
1845-????
Alexander Mercer
± 1855-????
Andrew Mercer
± 1857-????
Ann Mercer
± 1859-????
George Brown Mercer
1861-????
Agnes Mercer
1863-????
John Mercer
1865-????

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    1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Mercer Parish: Kennoway; ED: 6; Page: 10; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_90; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Andrew Mercer
      Name: Andrew Mercer
      Age: 25
      Estimated birth year: abt 1826
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Agnes Mercer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kennoway, Fife
      Parish Number: 434
      Civil Parish: Kennoway
      Town: Baintown
      County: Fife
      Address: Clinkhill
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 6
      Page: 10
      Household schedule number: 35
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1851_90
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Mercer 25
      Agnes Mercer 30
      James Mercer 9
      William Mercer 5
      Janet Mercer 9 Mo
    2. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Dunsire Parish: Wemyss; ED: 6; Page: 25; Line: 880; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for William Dunsire
      Name: William Dunsire
      Age: 43
      Estimated birth year:abt 1798
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Address: Methilmill
      Occupation: Labourer
      Parish Number: 459
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Dunsire 43
      Agnes Dunsire 43
      Agnes Dunsire 22
      Janet Dunsire 19
      Mary Dunsire 15
      William Dunsire 10
      Ann Dunsire 8
      Andrew Dunsire 4
      Margaret Dunsire 2
    3. 1871 Scotland Census - Find my Past, Record for Andrew Mercer 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Shore, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Shore, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      AndrewMercerHeadMarried Male451826Pit Carpenter Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
      AgnesMercerWifeMarried Female531818- Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      StephenPeggieLodgerUnmarriedMale211850Coal Labourer Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      JanetPeggieLodgerUnmarriedFemale201851- Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
      AndrewMercerSonUnmarriedMale141857Coal Drawer Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
      AnnMercerDaughterUnmarriedFemale121859Scholar Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
      GeorgeMercerSonUnmarriedMale91862Scholar Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
      DavidPeggieGrandson-Male01871- Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Mercer Parish: Auchterderran; ED: 6; Page: 37; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Andrew Mercer (Transcribed as Menor)
      Name: Andrew Mercer
      Age: 36
      Estimated birth year:abt 1825
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Agnes Mercer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kennoway, Fife
      Registration Number: 405
      Registration district:Auchterderran
      Civil Parish: Auchterderran
      County: Fife
      Address: 69 Muir Houses
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 6
      Household schedule number: 203
      Line: 12
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Mercer 36
      Agnes Mercer 40 Wemyss
      James Mercer 18 Wemyss Coal Drawer
      Isabella Mercer 16 Methil Factory Worker
      William Mercer 14 Methil Coal Drawer
      Janet Mercer 10 Kennoway
      Mary Mercer 8 Kennoway
      Alexander Mercer 6 Beath
      Andrew Mercer 4 Auchterderran
      Ann Mercer 2 Auchterderran
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1887 DUNSIRE, AGNES (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 62)
      1887 DUNSIRE, AGNES (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 62)
      Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1887.
      Agnes Mercer.
      Widow of Andrew Mercer Coal Miner
      1887 October Tenth 6h0m a.m. Buckhaven
      F. 68 Years
      Parents: William Dunsire
      Coal Miner (Deceased)
      Agnes Dunsire M.S. McBain (Deceased)
      COD: Heart Disease, 1 Year
      As Cert. by John Aitken M.D,
      Inf. William Mercer, Son. Methil
      Registered
      1887 October 10 Buckhaven
      David M Pryde
      Registrar
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1846 MERCER, ANDREW AGNES DUNSIRE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 434/ 40 253 Kennoway) 1846 MERCER, ANDREW AGNES DUNSIRE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 406 Wemyss)
      06/03/1846 MERCER, ANDREW AGNES DUNSIRE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 434/ 40 253 Kennoway)
      Andrew Mercer in this Parish and Agnes Dunsire in the Parish of Wemyss were duly proclaimed in order to Marriage and were married on the 6th March 1846

      06/03/1846 MERCER, ANDREW AGNES DUNSIRE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 406 Wemyss)
      Proclamations and Marriages Wemyss 1846.
      Mercer and Dunsyre Feby. 14
      Andrew Mercer Collier in the Parish of Kennoway and Agnes Dunsyre in Methil. 1846 March 6

      On the next page of the register from Wemyss the marriage of Liz's Great Grandparents Robert Stein and Euphemia Wilson are recorded married on 7 August 1846

    Historical events

    Day of marriage March 6, 1846

    • The temperature on March 6, 1846 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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).
    • In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 20 » Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
      • May 1 » The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
      • May 8 » Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
      • June 16 » The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
      • June 28 » Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
      • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

    Day of death October 10, 1887

    • The temperature on October 10, 1887 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
      • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
      • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
      • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
      • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
    

    Same birth/death day

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