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Personal data Alexander Mercer 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born on April 1, 1827 in Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3
    01/04/1827 MERCER, ALEXANDER (Old Parish Registers Births 434/ 40 191 Kennoway) Page 191 of 312
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1871 Labourer in Easter Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1861 Railway Labourer.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Easter Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871: Easter Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • A child of James Mercer and Isobel Burgess

Household of Alexander Mercer


Notes about Alexander Mercer

1. Sent to Scotlands People 27.11.2019, Andrew Mercer, record of birth 20/08/1830 (434/ 40 191 Kennoway) refers to his brother, William Mercer, b. 20/08/1830. The record firstly records Andrew’s birth, but the name Andrew is scored out, and replaced with William. William’s brother, Andrew Mercer, was born 9/04/1824 and is recorded at 434/0040 0012 Kennoway. Incidentally, on the same page there is a birth record of Alexander, b. 1/04/1827, Andrew and William’s brother.
The funny thing is, in the next record on 434/ 40 191 Kennoway, the above Andrew Mercer’s (b. 1824) daughter, Isabella, her birth, recorded as 05/04/1845, the Andrew Mercer to which the original record refers to!!!!
Weird stuff indeed.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Mercer

Andrew Mercer
????-
Catherine Martin
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Alexander Burgess
????-
Jean Dalrymple
????-1843
James Mercer
1802-1844

Alexander Mercer
1827-????


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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 MERCER, ALEXANDER (Census 434/ 3/ 20) Parish: Kennoway 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlands People] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. 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.
      1871 MERCER, ALEXANDER (Census 434/ 3/ 20)
      Isabella Mercer Head W 72 F Fife, Kennoway
      Alexander Mercer Son S 43 M Labourer Fife, Kennoway
      Isobella Mercer Grandaughter S 25 F Fife, Kennoway
      Isabella Burgess McCallum Great Grandaughter S 2 F Fife, Kennoway
      Agnes Bennet Great Grandaughter S 4 months F Fife, Kennoway
    2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Isabella Mercer Parish: Kennoway; ED: 3; Page: 21; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_57 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 Isabella Mercer
      Name: Isabella Mercer
      Age: 61
      Estimated birth year: abt 1800
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Kennoway, Fife
      Registration Number: 434
      Registration district: Kennoway
      Civil Parish: Kennoway
      County: Fife
      Address: Easter Kennoway
      Occupation: Linen Weaver
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 132
      Line:10
      Roll: CSSCT1861_57
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Isabella Mercer 61
      Alexander Mercer 33
    3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1827 MERCER, ALEXANDER (Old Parish Registers Births 434/ 40 191 Kennoway) Page 191 of 312
      01/04/1827 MERCER, ALEXANDER (Old Parish Registers Births 434/ 40 191 Kennoway) Page 191 of 312
      Kennoway 1827
      James Mercer Sawyer and his Wife Isabella Burgess had a som born on the 1st April 1827 and Baptized by the Rev'd Patrick Wright, named Alexander

    Historical events

    Birthday April 1, 1827

    • The temperature on April 1, 1827 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
      • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
      • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
      • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
      • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.
      • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
    

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