Harrower Family Tree » Janet Barclay Kilgour (1861-????)

Personal data Janet Barclay Kilgour 

  • She was born on June 4, 1861 in Leven, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Profession: in the year 1881 Hempmill Worker.

Household of Janet Barclay Kilgour

She is married to George Brown Mercer.

They got married on January 3, 1881 at Bleachfield, Leven, Fife, Scotland, she was 19 years old.Source 2


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Barclay Kilgour

Janet Barclay Kilgour
1861-????

1881

George Brown Mercer
1861-????

Andrew Mercer
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Sources

  1. Web Site Information, George Brown Mercer http://www.mercermillions.info/mercers_of_Fife/george_brown_mercer_1861.htm
    Full Name: George Brown Mercer

    Born:
    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
  2. 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 4, 1861

  • The temperature on June 4, 1861 was about 16.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
    • February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
    • May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
    • November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

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.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
    • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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