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
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
The temperature on August 11, 1954 was between 11.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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