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Personal data James Rattray Leitch 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born on October 4, 1873 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1893 Coalminer in Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1891 Coalminer in West End or Street leading to Braehead, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901 Coalminer in Denend Colliery, Goull Row, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Woodside, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1893: Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1891: West End or Street leading to Braehead, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901: Denend Colliery, Goull Row, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Individual fact) in the year 1906 in Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland: Death of Father John.Source 6
  • (Informant at Death) on October 2, 1944 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland: John Leitch, Son, 123 Simon Crescent, Methillhill.Source 7
  • He died on October 1, 1944 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 70 years old.Source 7
    Oorzaak: Heart Failure, Pyloric Stenosis
  • A child of John Leitch and Ann Rattray

Household of James Rattray Leitch

He is married to Agnes Halkerston Stewart Chrichton.

They got married on January 2, 1893 at 76 Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland, he was 19 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Ann Leitch  1896-????
  2. John Leitch  1898-????
  3. Agnes Leitch  1900-

Event (Witness at Marriage) on January 2, 1893 in 76 Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland : Andrew Leitch, Hellen Crichton.Source 5


Notes about James Rattray Leitch

1. 1893 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY, AGNES H S CRICHTON (Statutory registers Marriage 444/ 3 Leslie) (Fife)

2. 1944 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY (Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 1202)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Rattray Leitch

John Allan Leitch
1808-1879
Janet Jenny Paxton
1809-1854
James Rattray
1824-1882
Margaret Campbell
1827-1903
John Leitch
1849-1906
Ann Rattray
1849-1885

James Rattray Leitch
1873-1944

1893

Agnes Halkerston Stewart Chrichton
1871-1946

Ann Leitch
1896-????
John Leitch
1898-????
Agnes Leitch
1900-

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    1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1873 Record for James Rattray Leitch 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.
      1873 Record for James Rattray Leitch
      Name: James Rattray Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 4 Oct 1873
      Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
      Father: John Leitch
      Mother: Ann Rattray
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Leitch Parish: Aberdour; ED: 4; Page: 16; Line: 22; Roll: cssct1881_113 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 John Leitch
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 31
      Estimated birth year: abt 1850
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Ann Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Aberdour, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Woodside
      Occupation: Engine Keeper
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 73
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1881_113
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 31 Head
      Ann Leitch 32 Wife Dalgety, Fife
      John Leitch 12 Son Dunfermline, Fife
      Janet Leitch 9 Daughter Dunfermline, Fife
      James Leitch 7 Son Dunfermline, Fife
      Andrew Leitch 5 Son Dunfermline, Fife
      Tom Leitch 3 Son Dunfermline, Fife
      David Leitch 1 Son Aberdour, Fife
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Leitch Parish: Wemyss; ED: 1; Page: 20; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_141 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 James Leitch
      Name James Leitch
      Age 17
      Estimated Birth Yearabt 1874
      Relationship Brother-in-law
      Gender Male
      Where born Townhill, Fife
      Registration Number 459/2
      Registration districtBuckhaven
      Civil parish Wemyss
      Town Buckhaven
      County Fife
      Address West End or Street Leading to Brachead
      Occupation Coalminer
      ED 1
      Household schedule number 107
      Line 11
      Roll CSSCT1891_141
      Household Members (Name)AgeRelationship
      John Thomson 24Head
      Janet Thomson 19Wife
      James Leitch 17Brother-in-law
    4. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Leitch Parish: Auchterderran; ED: 4; Page: 23; Line: 9; 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 James Leitch
      Name: James Leitch
      Age: 27
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Agnes Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 405
      Registration district: Auchterderran
      Civil parish: Auchterderran
      County: Fife
      Address: Denend Colliery, Goull Row
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 103
      Line: 9
      Roll: CSSCT1901_129
      Household Members (Name)AgeRelationship
      Janes Leitch 27Head
      Agnes Leitch 30Wife
      Ann Leitch 5Daughter
      John Leitch 3Son
      Agnes Leitch 1Daughter
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1893 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY, AGNES H S CRICHTON (Statutory registers Marriage 444/ 3 Leslie) (Fife) Downloaded from Ancestry@ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/74758426/person/182343824253/media/7d0fd43a-c636-4524-9d46-809730a8d382
      1893 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY, AGNES H S CRICHTON (Statutory registers Marriage 444/ 3 Leslie) (Fife)
      Marriages in the Parish of Leslie in the County of Fife 1893.
      1893 Second January
      76 Prinlaws, Leslie
      After Banns According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
      (Signed)
      James Rattray Leitch
      Coalminer, Bachelor Age 19
      Buckhaven, Parish of Wemyss
      Parents: John Leitch, Coal Miner
      Ann Leitch M.S. Rattray (Deceased)
      (Signed)
      Agnes HS Crichton
      Flaxmill Worker, Spinster Age 21
      76 Prinlaws, Leslie
      Parents: Lawrence Crichton
      Lime Burner
      Janet Crichton, M.S. Fernie
      (Signed)
      James N Hill, Minister
      (Signed)
      Andrew Leitch, Witness
      Hellen Crichton, Witness
      Registered
      1893 January 4th, Leslie
      N.A.Swan
      Registrar
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1906 LEITCH, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/1 42)
      1906 LEITCH, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/1 42)
      Deaths in the District of Wemyss in the County of Fife 1906.
      John Leitch
      Coal Miner
      Married to Margaret Gault, formerly Stewart
      1906, June Eighteenth 8h.30m. A.M.
      South Side, East Wemyss
      M. 57 Years
      Parents: John Leitch, Carrier and Carter
      (deceased)
      Janet Leitch M.S. Paxton (deceased)
      COD: Neuritis, Cardiac Syncope
      As Cert. by J. Maxwell Dawson MBCM
      Inf. James Leitch. Son.
      Coaltown of Wemyss
      Registered
      1906 June 19th East Wemyss
      David Laing
      Registrar
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1944 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY (Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 1202)
      1944 LEITCH, JAMES RATTRAY (Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 1202)
      Deaths in the District of George Square in the City of Edinburgh 1944.
      James Rattray Leitch
      Coal Miner (retired)
      Married to Agnes Crichton
      1944 October first 3h. 0m. AM
      Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
      Usual residence
      14 Cameron Cottages,Windygates, Fife
      M. Age 70 years
      Parents: John Leitch
      Colliery engine Keeper (deceased)
      Ann Leitch M.S. Rattray (deceased)
      COD: Heart Failure, Pyloric Stenosis
      As cert. by Alastair D, McIntosh M.B.
      Inf. John Leitch
      Son, 123 Simon Crescent, Methillhill, Methil
      Registered
      1944 October 2nd, Edinburgh
      R.W. Robertson
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday October 4, 1873

    • There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
      • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
      • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
      • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
      • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
      • September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

    Day of marriage January 2, 1893

    • The temperature on January 2, 1893 was about -4.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
      • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
      • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
      • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
      • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
      • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

    Day of death October 1, 1944

    • The temperature on October 1, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
      • April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
      • June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
      • August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
      • August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
      • September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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