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Personal data Elizabeth Bennet 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Elizabeth Bennet

She is married to Abraham Moffat.

They got married on March 8, 1889 at Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, she was 20 years old.Source 7


Child(ren):

  1. Abraham Moffat  1896-1975 
  2. Alexander Bennet Moffat  ± 1902-1967
  3. Agnes Moffat  1891-????
  4. Maggie Moffat  1885-????
  6. David Moffat  1902-
  7. Alison Moffat  1900-
  9. Kate Moffat  1899-????
  10. James Moffat  1892-1973

Event (Photograph) UNKNOWN in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland : Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat..Source 8


Notes about Elizabeth Bennet

1. 1934 MOFFAT, ELIZABETH 405/2 42 Lochgelly
Deaths in the District of Lochgelly in the County of Fife 1934
Elizabeth Moffat
(Married to Abraham Moffat
Coal Miner Retired)
1934 April Eighteenth 1h 20m PM
80 Main Street, Lumphinnans, Lochgelly
F. 65 Years
Parents: James Bennett
Coal Miner (Deceased)
Margaret Bennett MS King (Deceased)
COD: Diabetes Mellitus & Pulmonary Edema
as cert by D Elliot Dickson
MD F.R.C.S.
Inf. Jas B Moffat, Son
Viewfield Terrace, Lumphinnans (Present)
Registered
1934 April 19th, Lochgelly
BC Monaghan
Assistant Registrar

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elizabeth Bennet

James Bennet
1822-????
Margaret King
1825-????

Elizabeth Bennet
1868-1934

1889

Abraham Moffat
1864-1947

Abraham Moffat
1896-1975
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

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Sources

  1. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Bennett Parish: Dalkeith; ED: 14; Page: 17; Line: 11; Roll: cssct1881_277 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 James Bennett
    Name: James Bennett
    Age: 59
    Estimated birth year: abt 1822
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret Bennett
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Newton, Midlothian
    Registration Number: 683
    Registration district: Dalkeith
    Civil Parish: Dalkeith
    County: Midlothian
    Address: No. 13
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 14
    Household schedule number: 74
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1881_277
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Bennett 59
    Margaret Bennett 57
    John Bennett 23
    James Bennett 20
    Thomas Bennett 18
    Archibald P Bennett 15
    Elizabeth Bennett 12
    James B Peacock 28 Lodger
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1868 Record for Elizabeth Bennet Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Elizabeth Bennet
    Name: Elizabeth Bennet
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 26 May 1868
    Birth Place: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Father: James Bennet
    Mother: Margaret King
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Bennett Parish: Dalkeith; ED: 13; Page: 21; Line: 23; 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 James Bennett
    Name: James Bennett
    Age: 49
    Estimated birth year: abt 1822
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret Bennett
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Newton, Edinburgh
    Registration Number: 683
    Registration district: Dalkeith
    Civil Parish: Dalkeith
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Cowdenfoot
    Occupation: Miner
    ED: 13
    Household schedule number: 98
    Line: 23
    Roll: CSSCT1871_155
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Bennett 49
    Margaret Bennett 46
    Alexander Bennett 16
    John Bennett 43
    James Bennett 11
    Thomas Bennett 9
    Archibald Bennett 6
    Elizabeth Bennett 3
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1934 MOFFAT, ELIZABETH 405/2 42 Lochgelly Downloaded from Ancestry
    1934 MOFFAT, ELIZABETH 405/2 42 Lochgelly
    Deaths in the District of Lochgelly in the County of Fife 1934
    Elizabeth Moffat
    (Married to Abraham Moffat
    Coal Miner Retired)
    1934 April Eighteenth 1h 20m PM
    80 Main Street, Lumphinnans, Lochgelly
    F. 65 Years
    Parents: James Bennett
    Coal Miner (Deceased)
    Margaret Bennett MS King (Deceased)
    COD: Diabetes Mellitus & Pulmonary Edema
    as cert by D Elliot Dickson
    MD F.R.C.S.
    Inf. Jas B Moffat, Son
    Viewfield Terrace, Lumphinnans (Present)
    Registered
    1934 April 19th, Lochgelly
    BC Monaghan
    Assistant Registrar
  7. 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
  8. Photograph, Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat.
    Elizabeth Moffat (nee Bennet) and Abe Moffat.

Historical events

Birthday May 26, 1868

  • The temperature on May 26, 1868 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
    • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
    • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
    • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.

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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Day of death April 18, 1934

  • The temperature on April 18, 1934 was between 7.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
    • February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
    • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
    • May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
    • May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
    • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.


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Source: Wikipedia

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