Harrower Family Tree » James Oliver (1804-1874)

Personal data James Oliver 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born on September 22, 1804 in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was christened about 1804 in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1861 Wool Stockingmaker in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1851 Stocking Maker in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1841 Stoking Loom Weaver in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871 Wool Stocking Maker in Police Station, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1851: Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1841: Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871: Police Station, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Informant at Death) on March 5, 1874 in Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland: Archibald Oliver, Son.Source 7
  • He died on March 5, 1874 in Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland, he was 69 years old.Source 7
    Oorzaak: Morbus Brightii 8 or 9 Months, Ascites Anacostea 4 or 5 Months
  • A child of Ebenezer Oliver and Betty Scott

Household of James Oliver

(1) He is married to Barbary Scott.

They got married between 1851 and 1861, he was 46 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Barbary Oliver  1853-????


(2) He is married to Margaret Little.

They got married on May 18, 1828 at Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Sources 2, 8


Child(ren):

  1. Isabella Oliver  1844-????
  2. Archibald Oliver  1835-????
  3. John Oliver  1837-????
  4. Walter Oliver  1839-????
  5. George Oliver  1841-1881 


Notes about James Oliver

1. OLIVER, JAMES, MARGARET LITTLE, 18/05/1828, 785/, 30 240, Cavers, Roxburgh

2. Cannot find record of marriage between James Oliver and Barbaray Scott

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Oliver

James Oliver
1804-1874

(1) 1861

Barbary Scott
± 1813-????

Barbary Oliver
1853-????
(2) 1828

Margaret Little
????-1851

Isabella Oliver
1844-????
Archibald Oliver
1835-????
John Oliver
1837-????
Walter Oliver
1839-????
George Oliver
1841-1881

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Sources

  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Oliver Parish: Cavers; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_140 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. 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 Oliver
    Name: James Oliver
    Age: 56
    Estimated birth year: abt 1805
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Barbary Oliver
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cavers, Roxburghshire
    Registration Number: 785
    Registration district: Cavers
    Civil Parish: Cavers
    County: Roxburghshire
    Occupation: Wool Stockingmaker
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 96
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1861_140
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Oliver 56 Head. Cavers, Roxburgh Wool Stockingmaker
    Barbary Oliver 48 Wife. Cavers, Roxburgh
    George Oliver 19 Son. Cavers, Roxburgh Mason Hewer
    Barbary Oliver 8 Daughter. Cavers, Roxburgh
  2. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1828 Record for James Oliver and Margaret Little Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for James Oliver and Margaret Little
    Name: James Oliver
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 18 May 1828
    Marriage Place: Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Spouse:Margaret Little
    FHL Film Number: 1067933, 0102285
    / Ancestry.com
  3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1804 Record for James Oliver 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. FHL Film Number: 1067933 Reference ID: 2:189VQ0V
    Record for James Oliver
    Name: James Oliver
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 22 Sep 1804
    Birth Place: Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Baptism Place: Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Father: Ebenezer Oliver
    Mother: Betty Scott
    FHL Film Number: 1067933
    Reference ID: 2:189VQ0V
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Oliver Parish: Cavers; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_179 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 James Oliver
    Name: James Oliver
    Age: 63
    Estimated birth year: abt 1808
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Barbara Oliver
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cavers, Roxburghshire
    Registration Number: 785
    Registration district: Cavers
    Civil Parish: Cavers
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Police Station
    Occupation: Wool Stocking Maker
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 127
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1871_179
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Oliver 63
    Barbara Oliver 59
  5. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Oliver Parish: Cavers; ED: 1; Page: 23; Line: 550; 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 James Oliver
    Name: James Oliver
    Age: 35
    Estimated birth year: abt 1806
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Cavers
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Denholm
    Occupation: St L W I
    Parish Number: 85
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Oliver 35
    Margaret Oliver 35 Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Archibald Oliver 6
    John Oliver 4
    Walter Oliver 2
  6. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Oliver Parish: Cavers; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_201; 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 James Oliver
    Name: James Oliver
    Age: 45
    Estimated birth year: abt 1806
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Denholm
    Parish Number: 785
    Civil Parish: Cavers
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Denholm
    Occupation: Stocking Maker
    ED: 1
    Page: 9
    Household schedule number: 33
    Line: 3
    Roll: CSSCT1851_201
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Oliver 45
    Archibald Oliver 15
    John Oliver 13
    Walter Oliver 11
    George Oliver 9
    Isabella Oliver 6
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1874 OLIVER, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 785/ 5)
    1874 OLIVER, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 785/ 5)
    Deaths in the Parish of Cavers in the County of Roxburgh 1874.
    James Oliver
    Stocking Maker
    (Married to Barbara Scott)
    1874 March Fifth 9hs. 30ms P.M.
    Denholm, Parish of Cavers
    M. 69 Years
    Parents: Ebenezer Oliver
    Watchmaker
    (deceased)
    Betsey Oliver M.S. Scott
    (deceased)
    COD: Morbus Brightii
    8 or 9 Months
    Ascites Anacostea
    4 or 5 Months
    As cert by Robert Spence M.D.
    Inf: Arch'd Oliver Son Present
    Registered 1874 March 4th
    Denholm.
    G Moodie Registrar
  8. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1828 OLIVER, JAMES, MARGARET LITTLE, 18/05/1828, 785/, 30 240, Cavers, Roxburgh Not downloaded
    OLIVER, JAMES, MARGARET LITTLE, 18/05/1828, 785/, 30 240, Cavers, Roxburgh

Historical events

Birthday September 22, 1804

  • The temperature on September 22, 1804 was about 14.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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).
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Day of marriage May 18, 1828

  • The temperature on May 18, 1828 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder winderig. 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).
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Day of death March 5, 1874

  • The temperature on March 5, 1874 was about 1.5 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
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