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Personal data William Stein 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Stein

He is married to Elizabeth Syme.

They got married on February 13, 1808 at Cameron, Fife, Scotland, he was 20 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Stein  1823-1897 
  2. David Stein  ± 1830-????
  3. John Stein  ± 1820-????
  4. Jane Stein  1817-????
  5. Elizabeth Stein  1822-1886 


Notes about William Stein

1. Some images on this page have been downloaded from Ancestry.co.uk.

2. It appears that William Stein dies before the 1851 census, as Elizabeth Syme, his wife, widow, is living with her son, John Stein, in South Oakley, Saline Parish. A possible death in 1842, has been recorded, but cannot be confirmed!

3. STEIN, WILLIAM, JAMES STEIN/JEAN BLACK FR170 (FR170), M, b. 23/12/1787, 412/10 187, Cameron, Fife

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Stein

William Stein
1787-1842

1808

Elizabeth Syme
1786-1859

Robert Stein
1823-1897
David Stein
± 1830-????
John Stein
± 1820-????
Jane Stein
1817-????
Elizabeth Stein
1822-1886

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  1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1787 STEIN, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 412/00 0010 0187 CAMERON) Downloaded from Ancestry.com
    STEIN, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 412/00 0010 0187 CAMERON)
    1787 Register of Baptisms
    Stein. Wm. Son to James Stein & Jean Black was born on the 21st & baptised on the 23rd of Dec.r
  2. 1841 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1841 STEIN, WILLIAM, (Census 412/ 3/ 11) Parish: Cameron 1841 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online. Originally written as Stien, in Scotlands People, 1841 Census. Transcript of 1841 Census on Ancestry.co.uk also states Stien. I have changed entry in Ancestry.co.uk for this record, to read Stein, (As below) It has been reported to Ancestry.co.uk that the name is incorrect by Richard Evans on 21/01/2013 (Stein rather than Stien, Correction due to an error in transcription). Image from Scotlands People is that for Isabella Brown, rather than William Stein
    1841 STEIN, WILLIAM, (Census 412/ 3/ 11)
    Name: William Stein
    Age: 50
    Estimated birth year:abt 1791
    Gender:Male
    Where born: Fife, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Cameron
    County: Fife
    Address: Denhead
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    Parish Number: 412
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Stein50
    Elizabeth Stein50
    Elizabeth Stein19
    Robert Stein17
    David Stein11
    Isabella Brown88
    Robert Simpson25
    Robert Simpson 1
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1897 STEIN, ROBERT (Statutory Deaths 410/00 0122)
    STEIN, ROBERT (Statutory Deaths 410/00 0122)
    Robert Stein, Pitheadman, (Married to Euphemia Wilson)
    1897, July Ninth, 9h 0m, a.m.
    39 High Street, Cowdenbeath, m, 67 Yrs.
    Parents: William Stein, Coal Miner (deceased)
    Elizabeth Stein m.s. Syme (deceased)
    COD: Senile Decay 6 mths As Cert. by Alex Selkirk MBCM
    Wit. David Stein Son (Present)
    41 High Street, Cowdenbeath.
    Reg'd
    1897 July 10th at Cowdenbeath,
    D. Beveridge
    Assistant Registrar
  4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1823 STEIN, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Births 443/ 50 33 Largo) Page 33 of 374
    28/12/1823 STEIN, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Births 443/ 50 33 Largo) Page 33 of 374
    November 30th 1823.--
    Was born Robert Son to William Stein, Collier in Bonnyton, and Elisabeth Sime, his Spouse, and Baptised the 28th December by the Rev Robert Brown, in presence of the congregation
  5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Deaths and Burials, 1842 STEIN, WILLIAM (O.P.R. Deaths 459/00 0060 0442 WEMYSS) Downloaded from Ancestry.com Possible. Cannot be confirmed! STEIN, WILLIAM-----, M, 16/10/1842,
    1842 STEIN, WILLIAM (O.P.R. Deaths 459/00 0060 0442 WEMYSS)
    William Stein Oct. 16 Mortcloth 3/0
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1808 STEIN, WILLIAM, ELIZABETH SYME, (Old Parish Registers Marriages 412/ 10 372 Cameron)
    13/02/1808 STEIN, WILLIAM, ELIZABETH SYME, (Old Parish Registers Marriages 412/ 10 372 Cameron)
    Register of Marriages 1808.
    Stein and Syme.
    Febry 6 . This day William Stein and Elizabeth Syme, both in this parish, were contracted in order to marriage, and having been regularly proclaimed, were married 13th Febtuary

Historical events

Birthday December 21, 1787

  • The temperature on December 21, 1787 was about 1.0 °C. 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)
  • In the year 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
    • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
    • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
    • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
    • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
    • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Christening day December 23, 1787

  • The temperature on December 23, 1787 was about -2.0 °C. 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)
  • In the year 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
    • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
    • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
    • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
    • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

Day of marriage February 13, 1808

  • The temperature on February 13, 1808 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
    • January 12 » The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
    • April 8 » The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
    • July 8 » Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
    • August 21 » Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
    • November 23 » French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.

Day of death October 16, 1842

  • The temperature on October 16, 1842 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
    • February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
    • March 9 » The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
    • March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
    • August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.


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