Harrower Family Tree » John Dow Oliphant (1891-1966)

Personal data John Dow Oliphant 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born on August 18, 1891 in Muiredge, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1926 Carting Contractor: Daughter Janets Birth Certificate.Sources 4, 5
    • before 1966 Carrier and Contracter (Retired) in 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, Fife.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1960: 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, Fife.Source 6
    • in the year 1901: Percival Cottar House (4), Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1922: 41 Bayview Crescent, Methil, Fife, Scotland.
  • (Informant at Death) on September 22, 1966: James W Harrower Son-in-law/112 High Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Newspaper Article) on July 27, 1943: Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 27 Jul 1943.Source 7
  • (Newspaper Article) on December 17, 1929 in 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, Fife: Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 17 December 1929.Source 8
  • (Newspaper Article) on March 17, 1954 in 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, Fife: John Oliphant Advert Leven Mail - Wednesday 17 March 1954.Source 9
  • He died on September 21, 1966 in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 75 years old.Source 4
    Oorzaak: Myocardial Infarction 2. Diabetes Mellitus, Gout, Hypertension, Chronic Bronchitis
  • He is cremated on September 23, 1966 in Krirkcaldy Crematorium, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 10
  • A child of John Oliphant and Catherine McKay

Household of John Dow Oliphant

He is married to Jessie Ann Walker.

They got married on July 12, 1922 at Randolph Hotel, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland, he was 30 years old.Sources 5, 11


Child(ren):

  2. Ian Oliphant  1924-2002 

Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 12, 1922 in Randolph Hotel, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland : William Oliphant 44 Bayview Crescent, Methil Jemima Walker 19 East High Street, Buckhaven.Source 11


Notes about John Dow Oliphant

1. John Oliphant had a removal business in Methil. The Family lived in a house opposite Old Bayview, East Fife's football ground!

2. Bereavement Services ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))
John Oliphant was cremated on 23 Sep 1966 and his ashes were scattered in our Garden of Remembrance C Section, Kirkcaldy Crematorium

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Dow Oliphant

John Oliphant
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Elizabeth Dow
± 1841-????
McKay
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John Oliphant
1867-1941

John Dow Oliphant
1891-1966

1922

Jessie Ann Walker
1897-1985

Janet Dunsire Oliphant
1926-2022
Ian Oliphant
1924-2002

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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Oliphant Parish: Wemyss; ED: 8; Page: 2; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1901_148
      Record for John Oliphant
      Name: John Oliphant
      Age: 34
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Crail, Fife
      Registration Number: 459/2
      Registration district: Buckhaven
      Civil parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Address: Percival Cottar House (4)
      Occupation: Dairyman
      ED: 8
      Household schedule number: 5
      Line: 2
      Roll: CSSCT1901_148
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Oliphant 34 Head
      John Oliphant 9 Son
      James Oliphant 8 Son
      Alex Oliphant 6 Son
      Maggie L Oliphant 4 Daughter
      Wm Oliphant 2 Son
      Lizzie Oliphant 10 Mo Daughter
      Henrietta B Mckay 25 Sister-in-law
      Margaret Lawrie 83 Aunt
    2. 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
    3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1891 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Births 459/2 235)
      1891 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Births 459/2 235)
      Births in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1891.
      John Oliphant
      1891 August Eighteenth 2h0m AM
      Muiredge, Wemyss M
      Parents: John Oliphant
      Ploughman
      Catherine Oliphant
      MS McKay
      m. 1890 November 14
      Buckhaven
      Inf. John Oliphant Father
      Registered
      1891 September 12
      Buckhaven
      David M. Pryde
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1966 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 211)
      1966 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 211)
      Deaths Registered in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife
      John Oliphant
      Carrier and Contractor (Retired)
      Married
      DOB: 18 8 1891
      Spouse: Jessie Ann Walker
      When died: September Twenty first 1966 5h 0m P.M.
      Where died: Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
      Us Res: 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil
      Parents: John Oliphant
      Ploughman (deceased)
      Catherine Oliphant
      MS McKay (deceased)
      COD: 1(a) Myocardial Infarction
      2. Diabetes Mellitus, Gout, Hypertension, Chronic Bronchitis
      Certified Y. Turner MBGRB
      Inf. James W. Harrower
      Son-in-law
      Registered
      22 September 1966
      GY Peter Assistant Registrar
    5. Family Held Certificate, 1926 BIRTH OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE EXTRACT ENTRY OF BIRTH 24 Sep. 1926, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, BUCKHAVEN, 459/2 415 Janet Dunsire Oliphant, b. 1926, 24 September Twenty Fourth, 38 Whyterose Terrace, Aberhill, Wemyss
      24 Sep. 1926, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, BUCKHAVEN, 459/2 415

      Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS for the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife,
      this Ninth day of October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty six.

      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      1926. September Twenty Fourth.
      3h. 30m. A.M.
      38 Whyterose Terrace, Aberhill, Wemyss. F.
      Parents: John Oliphant. Carting Contractor.
      Jessie Ann Oliphant. M.S. Walker.
      (Signed) John Oliphant, Father.
      Registered, 1926. October 9th. at Buckhaven
      (Signed)
      D.M. Pryde. Registrar

      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      Baptised, 5th May, 1927. John M. Sibbald,
      Minister, St. Andrews Church, Buckhaven
    6. Fife, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966, Ancestry.com, 1960 Record for John Oliphant and Jessie Ann Walker Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Fife Electoral Registers; Reference: FC/AS/1/109
      Record for John Oliphant and Jessie Ann Walker

      Residence Year:1960
      Street address:Bayview Crescent 2
      Residence Place:Fife, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    7. Newspaper Article, 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 27 Jul 1943
      Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 27 Jul 1943

      KIRKCALDY WOMAN FATALLY INJURED
      A Kirkcaldy woman,Mrs Irvine, 51 Hill Street, was fatally injured this forenoon when she was knocked down by a motor lorry in Nether Street, Kirkcaldy, near Flesh Wynd. The lorry belonged to John Oliphant, Carrier, Methil
    8. Newspaper Article, 1929 John Oliphant Motoring Offence Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 17 December 1929
      John Oliphant Motoring Offence Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 17 December 1929
      For driving a motor lorry without an efficient rear light John Oliphant carrier, 2 Bayview, was fined 10s.
    9. Newspaper Article, 1954 John Oliphant Advert Leven Mail - Wednesday 17 March 1954
      John Oliphant Advert Leven Mail - Wednesday 17 March 1954
      REMOVALS - Kirkcaldy - Buckhaven - Methl - Leven Carrier. Daily - Oliphant. Orders received at No. 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil 'Phone Leven 279.
    10. E mail, 1966 John Oliphant
      Good Afternoon,

      John Oliphant was cremated on 23/09/1966 and his ashes were scattered in our Garden of Remembrance C Section.

      If you can provide a more specific date of death for Jessie I can have another look at our records.

      Kind Regards

      Antonia De Rosa

      Support Assistant
      Business Support
      Finance & Corporate Services Directorate
      Kirkcaldy Crematorium
      Rosemount Avenue
      Kirkcaldy
      KY2 6HQ
    11. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1922 OLIPHANT, JOHN WALKER, JESSIE ANN (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 73)
      1922 OLIPHANT, JOHN WALKER, JESSIE ANN (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 73)
      Marriages in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1922
      1922 Twelfth July
      Randolph Hotel, Buckhaven
      After Banns according to the Forms of the United Free Church
      John Dow Oliphant
      Carting Contractor
      Bachelor Age 30
      41 Bayview Crescent, Methil
      Parents: John Oliphant
      Colliery Stoker
      Catherine Oliphant
      M.S. McKay (deceased)
      Jessie Ann Walker
      Spinster Age 25
      19 East High Street, Buckhaven
      Parents: Thomas Walker
      Fish Merchant
      Janet Walker
      M.S. Dunsire
      Signed
      David Hume
      Minister
      Signed
      William Oliphant
      44 Bayview Crescent, Methil
      Witness
      Jemima Walker
      19 East High Street, Buckhaven
      Witness
      Registered
      1922 July 14th
      Buckhaven
      William Barrie
      Assistant Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday August 18, 1891

    • The temperature on August 18, 1891 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
      • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
      • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
      • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
      • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
      • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

    Day of marriage July 12, 1922

    • The temperature on July 12, 1922 was between 11.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
      • February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
      • April 15 » U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
      • June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
      • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
      • November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.

    Day of death September 21, 1966

    • The temperature on September 21, 1966 was between 4.1 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
      • January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
      • March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
      • May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
      • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
      • August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
      • August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

    Day of cremation September 23, 1966

    • The temperature on September 23, 1966 was between 5.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
      • March 5 » BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
      • March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
      • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
      • June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
      • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
      • November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
    

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