Harrower Family Tree » Abraham Moffat (1864-1947)
Personal data Abraham Moffat
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- He was born on November 23, 1864 in Smeatonhead, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
- Occupations:
- in the year 1881 Iron Moulder in 49 Garnet Bank, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
- in the year 1891 in 71 Lumphinnans, Ballingry, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
- in the year 1901 Coal Miner in 131 Main Street, Ballingry, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
- Resident:
- in the year 1871: Cowdenfoot, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1881: 49 Garnet Bank, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
- in the year 1891: 71 Lumphinnans, Ballingry, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
- in the year 1901: 131 Main Street, Ballingry, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
- He died on May 21, 1947 in 156 Main St, Lumphinnans, Fife, Scotland, he was 82 years old.
- A child of David Moffat and Agnes Scott Gordon
Household of Abraham Moffat
He is married to Elizabeth Bennet.
They got married on March 8, 1889 at Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, he was 24 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Alexander Bennet Moffat ± 1902-1967
- Agnes Moffat 1891-????
- Maggie Moffat 1885-????
- Thomas Moffatt 1909-
- David Moffat 1902-
- Alison Moffat 1900-
- Margaret Moffat 1910-
- Kate Moffat 1899-????
- James Moffat 1892-1973
Event (Photograph) UNKNOWN in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland : Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat..Source 6
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Sources
- 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Moffat Parish: Cockpen; ED: 2; Page: 30; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1881_275 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 David Moffat
Name: David Moffat
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Agnes Moffat
Gender: Male
Where born: Newton, Midlothian
Registration Number: 676
Registration district: Cockpen
Civil Parish: Cockpen
Town: Bonnyrigg
County: Midlothian
Address: 49 Garnet Bank, Dundas Street
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 150
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1881_275
Household Members:
Name Age
David Moffat 48
Agnes Moffat 47
Thomas Moffat 21
David Moffat 19
James Moffat 17
Abraham Moffat 15
Adam Moffat 12
Peter Moffat 10
Maxwell Moffat 5
Jessie Rodger 15 - 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Abraham Moffat Parish: Ballingry; ED: 1; Page: 21; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1901_130 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 Abraham Moffat
Name: Abraham Moffat
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Moffat
Gender: Male
Where born: Dalkeith, Midlothian
Registration Number: 408
Registration district: Ballingry
Civil Parish: Ballingry
County: Fife
Address: 131 Main Street
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 100
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1901_130
Household Members:
Name Age
Abraham Moffat 35
Elizabeth Moffat 33
Maggie Moffat 16
Agnes Moffat 10
James Moffat 8
Abraham Moffat 4
Kate Moffat 2
Alison Moffat 8 Month - 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Moffat Parish: Dalkeith; ED: 13; Page: 25; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1871_155 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 David Moffat
Name: David Moffat
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Agnes Moffat
Gender: Male
Where born: Newton, Edinburgh
Registration Number: 683
Registration district: Dalkeith
Civil Parish: Dalkeith
County: Midlothian
Address: Cowdenfoot
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 13
Household schedule number: 114
Line: 20
Roll: CSSCT1871_155
Household Members:
Name Age
David Moffat 38
Agnes Moffat 37
Elizabeth Moffat 16
Alison Moffat 16
Thomas Moffat 11
David Moffat 9
James Moffat 7
Abram Moffat 6
William Moffat 4
Adam Moffat 2
Peter Moffat 1 month - 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Abraham Moffat Parish: Ballingry; ED: 1; Page: 30; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1891_124 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 Abraham Moffat
Name: Abraham Moffat
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Moffat
Gender: Male
Where born: Dalkeith, Edinburghshire
Registration Number: 408
Registration district: Ballingry
Civil Parish: Ballingry
Town: Lumphinnans
County: Fife
Address: 71 Lumphinnans
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 137
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1891_124
Household Members:
Name Age
Abraham Moffat 26
Elizabeth Moffat 22
Maggie Moffat 6
Agnes Moffat 7 Mo - Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1889 MOFFAT, ABRAHAM, ELIZABETH BENNET (Statutory register Marriages 408/ 4 Ballingry) Not downloaded
1889 MOFFAT, ABRAHAM, ELIZABETH BENNET (Statutory register Marriages 408/ 4 Ballingry)
Actual date from Moffat family tree @
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/14348439/person/93802756/facts
Date of marriage 8 March 1889 - Photograph, Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat.
Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat.
Historical events
Birthday November 23, 1864
- The temperature on November 23, 1864 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
- June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
- June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
- September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
- November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.
- December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
Day of marriage March 8, 1889
- The temperature on March 8, 1889 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
- March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
- July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of death May 21, 1947
- The temperature on May 21, 1947 was between 8.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
- August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
- August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
- August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
- November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
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