Harrower Family Tree » William Brown (1781-1858)

Personal data William Brown 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Brown

He is married to Catherine Lawson.

They got married on December 18, 1802 at Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 21 years old.Source 5


Notes about William Brown

1. William Brown's birth record cannot be found on Scotlands People

2. LAWSON, CATHARINE, WILLIAM BROWN, m. 18/12/1802, 426/50 151, Dysart

3. BROWN, WILLIAM, 77, KELLOCK, d. 1858, 426/ 6, Dysart

4. In the 1841 Ancestry Census at St. Clairtown, there is another Catherine Brown, living with William and Catherine, she was born in 1776? No idea who she was!

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Brown

William Brown
1781-1858

1802

Catherine Lawson
± 1781-1857


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Sources

  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Brown Parish: Dysart; ED: 11; Page: 52; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_88; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. 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 William Brown
    Name: William Brown
    Age: 70
    Estimated birth year: abt 1781
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Catherine Brown
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dysart, Fife
    Parish Number: 426
    Civil Parish: Dysart
    Town: St Clairton N E Part
    County: Fife
    Occupation: Hand Loom Weaver
    ED: 11
    Page: 52
    Household schedule number: 109
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1851_88
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Brown 70
    Catherine Brown 70
  2. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Brown Parish: Dysart; ED: 1D; Page: 7; Line: 880; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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.
    Record for William Brown
    Name: William Brown
    Age: 60
    Estimated birth year: abt 1781
    Gender:Male
    Where born: Fife, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Dysart
    County: Fife
    Address: St Clairtown Or Long Row
    Occupation: L H L W
    Parish Number: 426
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Brown 60
    Cathrine Brown 60
    Cathrine Brown 65
  3. Latter Day Saints, 1781-1858 William Brown
    William Brown 9SD7-VDB
    birth: 1781, Markinch, Fife, Scotland
    marriage: 18 December 1802, Dysart,Fife,Scotland
    death: 11 January 1858, Dysart, Fife, Scotland
    father: William Brown 9SSL-BPT
    mother: Margaret Kellock 9SDX-5F4
    spouse: Catherine Lawson 9SD7-V6H
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1858 BROWN, WILLIAM, 77, KELLOCK, d. 1858, (Statutory registers Deaths 426/ 6) Dysart Not downloaded
    BROWN, WILLIAM, 77, KELLOCK, d. 1858, 426/ 6, Dysart
  5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1802 LAWSON, CATHARINE, WILLIAM BROWN (OPR Banns and Marriages 26/50 151) Dysart
    LAWSON, CATHARINE, WILLIAM BROWN, m. 18/12/1802, 426/50 151, Dysart

Historical events

Day of marriage December 18, 1802

  • The temperature on December 18, 1802 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1802: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
    • April 21 » Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.
    • May 28 » In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
    • July 4 » At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
    • September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
    • November 19 » The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (Present day Belize)

Day of death January 11, 1858

  • The temperature on January 11, 1858 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
    • April 10 » After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
    • July 1 » Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London.
    • August 5 » Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
    • August 16 » U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
    • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.


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