Harrower Family Tree » Charles Barclay (1869-1953)

Personal data Charles Barclay 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on May 26, 1869 in Iseiech Cottage, Carnbo, Fossoway and Tulliebole, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 4, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Ploughman in Finderly Farm, Orwell, Kinross, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891 Farm Servant in Finderly Cottar Bothy, Finderly Farm, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Source 6
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Netherhall Cottage, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1881: Carnbo, Kinrosshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891: Finderly Farm, Orwell, Kinross, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891: Finderly Cottar Bothy, Finderly Farm, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1901: Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • (Informant at Death) on March 7, 1953 in Bottomcraig Farm, Balmerino, Wormit, Fife, Scotland: Janet Gordon, Daughter.Source 7
  • He died on March 7, 1953 in Bottomcraig Farm, Balmerino, Wormit, Fife, Scotland, he was 83 years old.Source 7
  • A child of David Barclay and Margaret Wilkie

Household of Charles Barclay

He is married to Isabella Morton.

They got married on December 4, 1891 at The Manse, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Charles Wilkie Barclay  1900-1955 
  2. Janet Barclay  1899-????
  3. David Barclay  1896-????
  4. John Barclay  1898-????


Notes about Charles Barclay

1. Death certificate for Charles Barclay, d. 1955, (b. 1900) states his Mothers name is Isabella Shepherd. A search in Scotlands People finds no record of a marriage between a Charles Barclay and Isabella Shepherd! Charles birth register states his Mothers name Isabella Morton! Possible error by registrar as Charles Barclay was a Shepherd!

2. Charles Wilkie Barclay, born in 1900, likely parents marriage entries in Scotlands People are
BARCLAY, CHARLES, MORTON, ISABELLA, m. 1891, 458/ 6, Torryburn

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Charles Barclay

David Barclay
1793-1878
Ann Cuthill
1803-????
David Barclay
1828-1885

Charles Barclay
1869-1953

1891

Isabella Morton
1849-< 1953

Charles Wilkie Barclay
1900-1955
Janet Barclay
1899-????
David Barclay
1896-????
John Barclay
1898-????

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    1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1869 Record for Charles Wilkie Barclay Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Record for Charles Wilkie Barclay
      Name: Charles Wilkie Barclay
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 26 May 1869
      Birth Place: Fossoway and Tulliebole, Kinross,Scotland
      Father: David Barclay
      Mother: Margaret Wilkie
      FHL Film Number:6035516
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Barclay Parish: Fossoway and Tulliebole; ED: 7; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_128 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 Barclay
      Name: David Barclay
      Age: 48
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Isabella L Barclay
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Milnathort, Kinross-Shire
      Registration Number: 461
      Registration District:Fossoway and Tulliebole
      Civil Parish: Fossoway and Tulliebole
      County: Kinross
      Address:Carnbo
      Occupation: Saw Miller
      ED: 7
      Household Schedule Number:20
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1881_128
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Barclay48 Head
      Isabella L Barclay37 Wife
      Agnes Barclay21 Daughter Wool Spinner (Mother Margaret Wilkie)
      David Barclay14 Son Wool Spinner (Mother Margaret Wilkie)
      Charles Barclay11 Son (Mother Margaret Wilkie)
      Thomas Barclay9 Son (Mother Margaret Wilkie)
      Elizabeth Barclay5 Daughter (Mother Isabella Lyle)
      Laurence Barclay3 Son (Mother Isabella Lyle)
      Margaret Wilkie3 Grandaughter
      Isabella Barclay6 Mo Grandaughter
    3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1891 BARCLAY, CHARLES, ISABELLA MORTON (Statutory registers Marriages 458/ 6)
      1891 BARCLAY, CHARLES, ISABELLA MORTON (Statutory registers Marriages 458/ 6)
      Marriages in th Parish of Torryburn in the County of Fife 1891.
      1891, Fourth December
      The Manse, Torryburn
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
      (Signed)
      Charles Barclay
      Ploughman, Bachelor
      Age 21.
      Finderly Farm, Parish of Orwell
      Parents: David Barclay
      Saw Miller, Deceased
      Margaret Barclay MS. Wilkie, Deceased
      (Signed) Isabella Morton
      General Servant, Spinster
      Age 22
      Finderly Farm, Parish of Orwell
      Parents: John Morton, Ploughman
      Janet Norton MS. Grieve
      Signed
      William Gall
      Minister of Torryburn
      (Signed)
      Andrew Morton, Witness
      Helen Walls, Witness
      Registered
      1891 December 5th, Torryburn
      And. Malloch
      Registrar
    4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Barday Parish: Orwell; ED: 4; Page: 14; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1871_79 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 Barday
      Name: David Barclay
      Age: 43
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name : Margaret Wilkie
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kinross, Kinross
      Registration Number: 463
      Registration District:Orwell
      Civil Parish: Orwell
      County: Kinross
      Address: Netherhall Cot House
      Occupation:Sawmiller
      ED: 4
      Household Schedule Number:65
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1871_79
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Barclay43
      Margaret Wilkie29
      David Barclay4
      Charles Barclay1
    5. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Charles Barclay Parish: Auchterderran; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1901_129 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 Charles Barclay
      Name: Charles Barclay
      Age: 31
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Isabella Barclay
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kinross
      Registration Number: 405
      Registration District:Auchterderran
      Civil Parish: Auchterderran
      County: Fife
      Address: Little Raith Cottage
      Occupation: Shepherd
      ED: 4
      Household Schedule Number:16
      Line: 6
      Roll: CSSCT1901_129
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Charles Barclay 31
      Isabella Barclay 52
      Janet Barclay 2
      David Barclay 5
      John Barclay 3
      Charles Barclay 1
    6. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Charles Barclay Parish: Orwell; ED: 4; Page: 7; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1891_142 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 Charles Barclay
      Name: Charles Barclay
      Age: 20
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
      Relationship: Servant
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Parish, Kinross
      Registration Number: 463
      Registration District:Orwell
      Civil Parish: Orwell
      County: Kinross
      Address: Finderly Cottar Bothy
      Occupation: Farm Servant
      ED: 4
      Household Schedule Number:34
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1891_142
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Robert McGregor 25
      Margaret Drummond 24
      Robert McGregor 1
      Charles Barclay 20
      William Kay 15
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1953 BARCLAY, CHARLES WILKIE 409/ 2 Balmerino Downloaded from Ancestry https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=People&surname=barclay&forename=Charles&forename_so=starts&from_year=1953&to_year=1953&surname_so=exact&record_type=stat_deaths
      1953 BARCLAY, CHARLES WILKIE 409/ 2 Balmerino
      Deaths in the District of Balmerino in the County of Fife 1953.
      Charles Wilkie Barclay
      Retired Shepherd
      Widow of Isabella Morton
      1953 March Seventh 5h 0m AM
      Bottomcraig Farm,
      Balmerino, Wormit
      M.83 Years
      Parents: David Barclay
      Saw Miller (Deceased)
      Margaret Barclay
      MS Wilkie (Deceased)
      COD: Cardiovascular Degeneration
      As certified by William Mears
      LRCPS(Ed)
      Inf Janet Gordon, Daughter
      North Lodge, Newport
      Registered
      1953 March 27th? Gauldry
      John McFarlane
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday May 26, 1869

    • The temperature on May 26, 1869 was about 19.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
      • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
      • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
      • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
      • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
      • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

    Day of marriage December 4, 1891

    • The temperature on December 4, 1891 was about 10.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
      • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
      • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
      • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
      • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
      • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

    Day of death March 7, 1953

    • The temperature on March 7, 1953 was between 0.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
      • May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
      • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
      • July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
      • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
      • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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