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Personal data William Mercer 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Mercer

He is married to Christina Morris.

They got married on November 27, 1865, he was 19 years old.Source 6


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Event (Witness at Marriage) on November 27, 1865: James Fowler, George Johnstone/Kirkgate, Dunfermline, Fife.Source 6

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Mercer

James Mercer
1802-1844
Isobel Burgess
1797-1875
William Dunsire
1798-1864
Agnes McBain
1799-1867
Andrew Mercer
1824-1878
Agnes Dunsire
1821-1887

William Mercer
1846-1908

1865

Christina Morris
± 1844-????

Alex Mercer
????-

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    1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Mercer Parish: Kennoway; ED: 6; Page: 10; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_90; 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 Andrew Mercer
      Name: Andrew Mercer
      Age: 25
      Estimated birth year: abt 1826
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Agnes Mercer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kennoway, Fife
      Parish Number: 434
      Civil Parish: Kennoway
      Town: Baintown
      County: Fife
      Address: Clinkhill
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 6
      Page: 10
      Household schedule number: 35
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1851_90
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Mercer 25
      Agnes Mercer 30
      James Mercer 9
      William Mercer 5
      Janet Mercer 9 Mo
    2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Mercer Parish: Auchterderran; ED: 6; Page: 37; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 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 Andrew Mercer (Transcribed as Menor)
      Name: Andrew Mercer
      Age: 36
      Estimated birth year:abt 1825
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Agnes Mercer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kennoway, Fife
      Registration Number: 405
      Registration district:Auchterderran
      Civil Parish: Auchterderran
      County: Fife
      Address: 69 Muir Houses
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 6
      Household schedule number: 203
      Line: 12
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Mercer 36
      Agnes Mercer 40 Wemyss
      James Mercer 18 Wemyss Coal Drawer
      Isabella Mercer 16 Methil Factory Worker
      William Mercer 14 Methil Coal Drawer
      Janet Mercer 10 Kennoway
      Mary Mercer 8 Kennoway
      Alexander Mercer 6 Beath
      Andrew Mercer 4 Auchterderran
      Ann Mercer 2 Auchterderran
    3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1846 MERCER, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 10/04/1846 410/20 83) Beath
      1846 MERCER, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 10/04/1846 410/20 83) Beath
      Births in the Parish of Beath, Fife 1846.
      Andrew Mercer and Agnes Dunsire his wife had a child born to them on the 10th April 1846 named William Mercer. Born in the Parish of Wemyss, Their 2nd Son.
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1887 DUNSIRE, AGNES (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 62)
      1887 DUNSIRE, AGNES (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 62)
      Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1887.
      Agnes Mercer.
      Widow of Andrew Mercer Coal Miner
      1887 October Tenth 6h0m a.m. Buckhaven
      F. 68 Years
      Parents: William Dunsire
      Coal Miner (Deceased)
      Agnes Dunsire M.S. McBain (Deceased)
      COD: Heart Disease, 1 Year
      As Cert. by John Aitken M.D,
      Inf. William Mercer, Son. Methil
      Registered
      1887 October 10 Buckhaven
      David M Pryde
      Registrar
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1908 MERCER, WILLIAM (Statutory Deaths 447/2 18) Windygates Downloaded from Ancestry
      1908 MERCER, WILLIAM (Statutory Deaths 447/2 18) Windygates
      Deaths in the District of Windygates in the County of Fife 1908.
      William Mercer
      Retired Coal Miner
      (Married to Christina Morris)
      1908 November Twenty First 3h 20m, AM
      Spinkie Den Cottage, Windygates M. 63 Years
      Parents: Andrew Mercer, Coal Miner
      (Deceased)
      Agnes Mercer M.S. Dunsire
      (Deceased)
      COD: Cardiac Degeneration, Cardiac Dilation
      As Cert by A Andrews MBCM
      Inf. Alex Mercer, Son, Windygates
      Registered
      1908 November 21st, Windygates
      George C Berry
      Registrar
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1865 MERCER, WILLIAM, CHRISTINA MORRIS (Statutory registers Marriges 424/1 140) Dunfermline Burgh Downloaded from Ancestry
      1865 MERCER, WILLIAM, CHRISTINA MORRIS (Statutory registers Marriges 424/1 140) Dunfermline Burgh
      Marriages in the Burgh of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1865.
      1865 Twenty Seventh November.
      Kirkgate, Dunfermline
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      Wm. Mercer, Coal Miner , Bachelor
      Age 19, Lochgelly, Auchterderran
      Parents: Andrew Mercer, Coal Miner
      Agnes Mercer M.S. Dunsire
      (Signed)
      Christina Morris (Spinster)
      Age 21 Lochgelly, Auchterderran
      Parents: John Morris Coal Miner
      Christina Morris M.S. Paterson
      (Signed)
      James M. Rose, Minister
      (Signed)
      James Fowler, Witness
      George Johnston, Witness
      Registered
      1860 November 27th, Dunfermline
      Ro.Wilson
      Assistant Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday April 10, 1846

    • The temperature on April 10, 1846 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt zwaar regen bui donder. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 28 » The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
      • February 4 » The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
      • June 14 » Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
      • June 19 » The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.
      • August 22 » The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
      • December 6 » American and Californio forces clash at the Battle of San Pasqual.

    Day of marriage November 27, 1865

    • The temperature on November 27, 1865 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
      • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
      • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
      • May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
      • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
      • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

    Day of death November 21, 1908

    • The temperature on November 21, 1908 was between 0.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
      • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
      • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
      • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
      • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
      • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
    

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