Harrower Family Tree » John Sim or Syme (± 1768-< 1841)

Personal data John Sim or Syme 

Source 1
  • He was born about 1768 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • He was baptized on June 19, 1768 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    19/06/1768 SIME, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 420/ 20 222 Cupar) Page 222 of 290.
  • Profession: in the year 1785 Weaver in Cameron, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident in the year 1785: Cameron, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • He died before 1841.Source 3
    Isabella Brown, in 1841, is living with her son, John, in South Oakley.
  • A child of John Sime

Household of John Sim or Syme

He is married to Isabella Brown.

They got married on April 16, 1785 at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Syme  1786-1859 


Notes about John Sim or Syme

1. Isabella Brown, in 1841, is living with her son, John, in South Oakley.

2. Images on this page have been downloaded from Ancestry.co.uk.

3. Elizabeth Syme's death record in 1859 confirms her parents as John Syme and Isabella Brown. John Symes Occupation recorded as a Miner! John Syme and Isabella Brown marriage he is recorded as being a weaver in 1785?
What I cannot confirm is the birth dates of John Syme and Isabella Brown, and their parent's, as they both appear to have died before Statutory records began!

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John Sim or Syme
± 1768-< 1841

1785

Isabella Brown
1766-????

Elizabeth Syme
1786-1859

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Sources

  1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1768 SIME, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 420/ 20 222 Cupar)
    19/06/1768 SIME, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 420/ 20 222 Cupar)
    Baptized Anno 1768,
    June 19 John Sime Laberour (sic) his Son John baptized.
  2. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1785 SIME, JOHN, ISABLE BROWN, 16/04/1785 436/30 457, Kilconquhar. D°, in the Citation text, refers to Ditto, meaning the "same as before" Image also at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/73761093/person/36290186674/media/c8cf54ac-cf6c-47de-b4c7-df6710a26a3c
    SIME, JOHN, ISABLE BROWN, 16/04/1785
    436/30 457, Kilconquhar.
    Sime. John Sime Weaver in the Parish of Cameron & Isable Brown in this Parish were Contracted; Once proclaimed the 3. of April & twice the 10th of D° before the Congregation and married on the 16th of D°
  3. 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

Historical events

Christening day June 19, 1768

  • The temperature on June 19, 1768 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
    • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
    • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
    • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
    • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
    • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Day of marriage April 16, 1785

  • The temperature on April 16, 1785 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

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