Harrower Family Tree » Alexander Harrower (1865-1941)

Personal data Alexander Harrower 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born on May 18, 1865 in Bakers Lane, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1894 Weaver in Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 8
    • in the year 1901 Weaver of Woollen goods in 1 Lacy Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1881 Mill Worker in 67 Cobden Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891 Woollen Weaver in George Street, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Sources 3, 6
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1894: Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 8
    • before 1941: 11 George Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 9
    • in the year 1871: Stirling Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Sources 4, 5
    • in the year 1881: 67 Cobden Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1901: 1 Lacy Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891: George Street, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Sources 3, 6
  • He died on June 13, 1941 in Royal Alexandria Infirmary, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was 76 years old.Source 9
    Oorzaak: Coal Gas Poisoning, 4 Days
  • A child of Colin Harrower and Ann or Agnes Syme

Household of Alexander Harrower

He is married to Euphemia Jane Minto Kilburn.

They got married on December 28, 1894 at Institute Hall, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 29 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Colin Harrower  1895-1950 
  2. Luke Harrower  1897-1948
  3. Mary Ann Harrower  1899-1916

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 28, 1894 in Institute Hall, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland : D. Sinclair, Mary Kilburn.Source 8

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Harrower

George Harrower
1788-1852
Isobel McArthur
1788-1864
Mungo Syme
< 1794-1863
Janet Anderson
1798-< 1859

Alexander Harrower
1865-1941

1894

Euphemia Jane Minto Kilburn
1870-1926

Colin Harrower
1895-1950
Luke Harrower
1897-1948
Mary Ann Harrower
1899-1916

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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Harrower Parish: Paisley; ED: 81; Page: 2; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1901_209 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. 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 Alexander Harrower
      Name: Alexander Harrower
      Age: 35
      Estimated birth year: abt 1866
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Euphemia Harrower
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Alva, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 573/1
      Registration district: Paisley
      Civil Parish: Paisley
      County: Renfrewshire
      Address: 1 Lacy St
      Occupation: Weaver of Woollen Goods
      ED: 81
      Household schedule number: 9
      Line: 14
      Roll: CSSCT1901_209
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Alexander Harrower 35 Alva
      Euphemia Harrower 31 Tillicoultry
      Colin Harrower 5 Cambusbarron
      Luke Harrower 3 Paisley
      Mary Ann Harrower 1 Paisley
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Ann Syme Parish: Alva; ED: 2; Page: 25; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1881_131 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. 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 Ann Syme
      Name: Ann Harrower
      Age:54
      Estimated birth year:abt 1827
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 470
      Registration district:Alva
      Civil Parish: Alva
      County: Stirlingshire
      Address: 67 Cobden St
      Occupation: Yarn Winder
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 126
      Line: 23
      Roll: CSSCT1881_131
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Ann Harrower 54
      Jane Harrower 27
      William Harrower 19
      Peter Harrower 17
      Alexander Harrower 15
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1891 HARROWER, ANN/AGNES (Census 470/ 2/ 32) Parish: Alva 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. 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
      Name: Ann Harrower (Mrs)
      Age: 63
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Registration Number: 470
      Registration district: Alva
      Civil parish: Alva
      County: Stirlingshire
      Address: George Street
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 169
      Line: 4
      Roll: CSSCT1891_145
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Ann Harrower 63 Head
      Jane Harrower 35 Daughter
      William Harrower 29 Son
      Alexander Harrower 25 Son
      Agnes Sinclair 17 Granddaughter
      Samuel Gibson 23 Boarder
    4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Colin Harrower Parish: Alva; ED: 3; Page: 26; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1871_81 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] 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.
      Record for Colin Harrower
      Name: Colin Harrower
      Age: 51
      Estimated birth year:abt 1820
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Ann Harrower
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Clackmannan, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 470
      Registration district:Alva
      Civil Parish: Alva
      County: Stirlingshire
      Address: Stirling St
      Occupation: Woollen Weaver
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 132
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1871_81
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Colin Harrower 51
      Ann Harrower 45
      George Harrower 22
      Jane Harrower 18
      Colin Harrower 14
      John Harrower 11
      William Harrower 9
      Peter Harrower 7
      Alexander Harrower 5
    5. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 HARROWER, COLIN (Census 470/ 3/ 26) 1871 HARROWER, COLIN (Census 470/ 3/ 27) Parish: Alva 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] 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 Census
      Name: Colin Harrower
      Age: 51
      Estimated birth year:abt 1820
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Ann Harrower
      Gender:Male
      Where born: Clackmannan, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 470
      Registration district:Alva
      Civil Parish: Alva
      County: Stirlingshire
      Address: Stirling St
      Occupation: Woollen Weaver
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 132
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1871_81
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Colin Harrower 51
      Ann Harrower 45
      George Harrower 22
      Jane Harrower 18
      Colin Harrower 14
      John Harrower 11
      William Harrower 9
      Peter Harrower 7
      Alexander Harrower 5
    6. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Ann Harrower Parish: Alva; ED: 2; Page: 32; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1891_145 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. 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 Ann Harrower
      Name: Ann Harrower
      Age: 63
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Registration Number: 470
      Registration district: Alva
      Civil parish: Alva
      County: Stirlingshire
      Address: George Street
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 169
      Line: 4
      Roll: CSSCT1891_145
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Ann Harrower 63 Head
      Jane Harrower 35 Daughter
      William Harrower 29 Son
      Alexander Harrower 25 Son
      Agnes Sinclair 17 Granddaughter
      Samuel Gibson 23 Boarder
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1865 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Births 470/ 71)
      1865 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Births 470/ 71)
      Births in the Parish of Alva in the County of Stirling 1865.
      Alexander Harrower.
      1865. May Eighteenth.
      2h. 0m. P.M. Bakers Lane, Alva. M.
      Parents: Colin Harrower. Woollen Weaver.
      Ann Harrower M.S. Syme.
      m. 1842 August, Alloa.
      Inf. Colin Harrower Father.
      Registered 1865 May 31st at Alva.
      William Robertson. Registrar
    8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1894 HARROWER, ALEXANDER, EUPHEMIA JANE MINTO KILBURN (Statutory registers Marriages 468/ 34)
      1894 HARROWER, ALEXANDER, EUPHEMIA JANE MINTO KILBURN (Statutory registers Marriages 468/ 34)
      Marriages in the Parish of Tillicoultry in the County of Clackmannan 1894.
      1894 Twenty Eighth December. Institute Hall, Tillicoultry.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Evangelical Union Church.
      (signed) Alex Harrower. Weaver. Bachelor. 29 Years. Alva.
      Parents: Colin Harrower, Weaver (deceased) -
      Ann Harrower. M.S, Syme.
      (signed) Euph. Jane Minto Kilburn. Millworker. Spinster. 24 Years. Tillicoultry.
      Parents: Luke Kilburn. Weaver. -
      Mary Ann Kilburn M.S. Little.
      (signed) James Davidson. Minister, Tillicoultry.
      (signed) D. Sinclair, Witness
      Mary Kilburn, Witness.
      Registered 1894 December 29 at Tillicoultry.
      J.P. Hendry, Registrar
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1941 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Deaths 573/1 993) RCE1941 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 573/01 028 117) (RCE) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_rce/401074?record_type=nrs_stat_deaths&record_id=9337501&session=204811
      1941 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Deaths 573/1 993)
      Deaths in the District of Paisley in the County of Renfrew 1941,
      Alexander Harrower.
      Handloom Weaver. Widower, of Euphemia Jane Minto Kilburn.
      1941. June Thirteenth. 6h 40m P.M.
      Infirmary (Us: Res: 11 George Street) Paisley. M. 76 Years.
      Parents: Colin Harrower. Weaver. (deceased)
      Ann Harrower M.S. Syme (deceased)
      COD: Coal Gas Poisoning. 4 Days, as Cert. by Wm. Steele.
      MB, ChB.
      Inf. (signed) Colin Harrower,
      Son. Present.
      7 Clarence Street, Paisley.
      Registered 1941 June 16th at Paisley.
      Nellie Lawrie. Interim Registrar.

      1941 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 573/01 028 117) (RCE)
      1941 HARROWER, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 573/01 028 117) (RCE)
      Vol 28 Page 117 Register of Corrected Entries
      for the District of Paisley in the County of Renfrew.
      The following report of result of a Precognation has been received touching the Death of Alexander Harrower, registered under Entry No. 993 in the Register Book of Deaths for the year
      1941.
      Name, Age & Sex: Alxander Harrower 76 Years. Male.
      When & Where Died: On 13th June, 1941, at 6.40P.M. in Royal Alexandra Infirmary, (Us. Res. 11 George Street, Paisley)
      Cause of Death: Coal Gas Poisoning (Suicide)
      Procurator Fiscal's Office. Paisley 26th June, 1941.
      Certified by David B. Copeland,
      Procurator-Fiscal. Dep.
      1941, July 30th; At Paisley
      John Bell, Assist. Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday May 18, 1865

    • The temperature on May 18, 1865 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. 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)
    • 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
      • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
      • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
      • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
      • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
      • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

    Day of marriage December 28, 1894

    • The temperature on December 28, 1894 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
      • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
      • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
      • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
      • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
      • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

    Day of death June 13, 1941

    • The temperature on June 13, 1941 was between 3.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
      • April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
      • July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
      • July 20 » Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
      • December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
      • December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
    

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