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Personal data Janet Jaffrey 

Source 1
  • Resident in the year 1759: Methilhill, Fife, Scotland.Source 2

Household of Janet Jaffrey

She is married to Peter Dunsire.

They got married on December 21, 1756 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Sources 3, 4


Child(ren):

  1. Andrew Dunsire  1759-???? 
  2. Robert Dunsire  1763-????
  3. Isabel Dunsire  1765-????
  4. John Dunsire  1769-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Jaffrey

Janet Jaffrey
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1756

Peter Dunsire
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Andrew Dunsire
1759-????
Robert Dunsire
1763-????
Isabel Dunsire
1765-????
John Dunsire
1769-????

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  1. Dunsire, Andrew, The Dunsire Families of Fife 1660-1875, The Dunsire Families of Fife 1660-1875 Andrew Dunsire University Lecturer A Surname History A one-name study of the Dunsire/ Dunsyre family in Fife, Scotland.
    A one-name study of the Dunsire/ Dunsyre family in Fife, Scotland.

    THERE MAY BE ONLY a thousand or so holders of the surname DUNSIRE in the world today, many of them still living in Scotland, and particularly in Fife, though there are now large extended families in Canada and USA, and in Western Australia.
    With this site you can explore your own Dunsire ancestry, and contribute your own family tree if it is not here, or bring it up to date if it is.
    / www.dunsires.co.uk
  2. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1759 DUNSIRE, ANDREW (Old Parish Registers Births 459/ 30 180 Wemyss)
    1759 DUNSIRE, ANDREW (Old Parish Registers Births 459/ 30 180 Wemyss)
    Dunsire Andrew lawful Son to Peter Dunsire Coalier in Methil hill & Janet Jamfrey
    Born 29 December
    Baptized 30 December
  3. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1756 Record for Peter Dunsyre and Janet Jaffrey Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Peter Dunsyre
    Name: Peter Dunsyre
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1756
    Marriage Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Janet Jeffray
    FHL Film Number: 1040184
    / Ancestry.com
  4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1756 DUNSYRE, PETER, JANET JEFFRAY 21/12/1756 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 50 346 Wemyss) Not downloaded
    1756 DUNSYRE, PETER, JANET JEFFRAY 21/12/1756 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 50 346 Wemyss)

    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=People&surname=Dunsyre&forename=&forename_so=starts&from_year=1756&to_year=1756&surname_so=exact&church_type=Old%20Parish%20Registers&event=M&record_type[0]=opr_marriages

Historical events

Day of marriage December 21, 1756

  • The temperature on December 21, 1756 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1756: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
    • June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
    • July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
    • August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

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