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Personal data George Brown Mercer 

Sources 1, 2

Household of George Brown Mercer

He is married to Janet Barclay Kilgour.

They got married on January 3, 1881 at Bleachfield, Leven, Fife, Scotland, he was 19 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):



Notes about George Brown Mercer

1. Courtesy http://www.mercermillions.info/mercers_of_Fife/george_brown_mercer_1861.htm

Full Name: George Brown Mercer

Birth Date: 1/Jun/1861
Place: Muirhouses, Lochgelly, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland

Marriage:
Spouse: Janet Barclay Kilgour (b: 4/Jun/1861 in Leven Fife. d:1933. Occupation: Hempmill Worker.)
Date: 3/Jan/1881
Place: Bleachfield, Leven, Fife, Scotland after Banns according to the forms of the United Presbyterian church.
Officiating Minister: Minister: John S Hyslop
Witnesses
Henry Kilgour
Annie Mercer
Registration Place: Leven
Registration Date: 7/Jan/1881
Registrar: M J Wallace
Children:
1881: Andrew Mercer
1883: Janet Barclay Mercer
1885: George Kilgour Barclay Brown Mercer
1888: Henry Kilgour "Harry" Mercer
1892: Agnes Dunsire Mercer
1903: Christina Douglas Mercer

Residences:
1871: West Wemyss
1881: Methil
1881: 4 Broomie Knowe, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
1891: 17a Castle Street, Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Occupations:
1871: Scholar
1881: Coal Miner
1883: Coal Miner
1885: Coal Miner
1888: Coal Miner
1891: Police Constable
1892: Police Constable
1903: Joiner’s Labourer

Census:
1871: Wemyss
1881: Scoonie
1891: Cupar

Other Facts:
George Brown Mercer, and Janet Kilgour emigrated to Perth, Australia sometime between 1903 (youngest child, Christina, born in Dunfermline) and 1915 (my grandma, Agnes Dunsire Mercer, married in Perth, Australia.) (MH)

Died:
Date: 1951

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Brown Mercer

James Mercer
1802-1844
Isobel Burgess
1797-1875
William Dunsire
1798-1864
Agnes McBain
1799-1867
Andrew Mercer
1824-1878
Agnes Dunsire
1821-1887

George Brown Mercer
1861-????

1881

Janet Barclay Kilgour
1861-????

Andrew Mercer
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    Sources

    1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1861 Record for George Mercer Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for George Mercer
      Name: George Mercer
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 1 Jun 1861
      Birth Place: Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
      Father: Andrew Mercer
      Mother: Agnes Dunsire
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    2. 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
    3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1881 MERCER, GEORGE B KILGOUR, JANET BARCLAY (Statutory Registers of Marriages 456/ 2) Scoonie (Fife) Not downloaded Date from Mercer Millions Website
      1881 MERCER, GEORGE B KILGOUR, JANET BARCLAY (Statutory Registers of Marriages 456/ 2) Scoonie (Fife)

    Historical events

    Birthday June 1, 1861

    • The temperature on June 1, 1861 was about 17.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
      • March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
      • April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
      • April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
      • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
      • November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

    Day of marriage January 3, 1881

    • The temperature on January 3, 1881 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
      • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
      • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
      • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
      • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
      • October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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