Harrower Family Tree » Janet Dunsire Oliphant (1926-2022)

Personal data Janet Dunsire Oliphant 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • Alternative name: Netta Harrower (also known as / alias)
  • She was born on September 24, 1926 in Whyte Rose Terrace, Aberhill (Methil) Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, 24 September 1926, 459/2 415, Buckhaven
  • She was baptized on May 5, 1927 in St. Andrews Church, Buckhaven, Fife.Source 3
    John M, Sibbald, Minister Age: 7 Months
  • Education: in the year 1941 Day School Certificate, Aberhill School, Aberhill, Innerleven, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
  • (Certificate of Registration of Power of Attorney) on July 30, 2007 in Office of the Public Guardian, Scotland: Appointing Colin Harrower.
  • (Informant at Death) on March 10, 2022: Colin Harrower, Nephew 29 Glenfield Road, Cowdenbeath. Death registered at Glenrothes by telephone.Sources 10, 11
  • (Newspaper Article) on March 10, 2022: Courier and Advertiser: Announcement of Death.Source 10
  • She died on March 4, 2022 in Forthview Care Home, Sea Road, Methil, Fife, Scotland, she was 95 years old.Source 11
    Oorzaak: Frailty secondary to old age 5 years Other conditions: Alzheimers Disease, 9 years Hypertension 19 years
  • She was cremated on March 17, 2022 in Kirkcaldy Crematorium, Fife, Scotland.Source 10
  • A child of John Dow Oliphant and Jessie Ann Walker

Household of Janet Dunsire Oliphant

She is married to James Wilson Harrower.

Their notice of marriage was on July 3, 1949 in Methil, Fife, Scotland.Source 12

Their notice of marriage was on July 3, 1949 in Forman Church, Leven, Fife, Scotland.Source 13

They got married on July 14, 1949 at Forman Church, Leven, Fife, Scotland, she was 22 years old.Source 8

Event (Marriage Information) on April 14, 1951 in Scoonie, Fife, Scotland : Mrs Harrower.Source 8

Event (Witness at Marriage) on April 12, 1949: Abram W. Harrower, Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Witness./Forman Church, Forman Road, Leven, Fife, Scotland.Source 8

Event (Marriage, Platinum) on April 12, 2019 in Forthview Care Home, Sea Road, Methil, Fife, Scotland .Source 8


Notes about Janet Dunsire Oliphant

1. My Auntie Netta, Janet Dunsire Oliphant, and Jim Harrower are mentioned in the book, The Dunsire Families of Fife, page 108, by Andrew Dunsire. It appears that Netta is a descendant of the authors Grandparents, James Dunsire and his second wife, Ann Hastie.

2. Dates of residance guess only.

3. HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE m. 14th July 1949 456/ 45 Scoonie (Fife)

4. Information on marriage date updated 04.07.2018.

5. OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, 24 September 1926, 459/2 415, Buckhaven

6. Netta's death registered by telephone due to Covid 19 restrictions at the time.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Dunsire Oliphant

John Oliphant
1867-1941
Catherine McKay
1871-????
Thomas Walker
1868-????
Janet Dunsire
1873-????

Janet Dunsire Oliphant
1926-2022

1949

James Wilson Harrower
1924-2020


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    1. Family Information, 2016 RESIDENCE JAMES HARROWER, JANET OLIPHANT Forthview Care Home, Sea Road, Methil, Fife, Scotland
      Forthview Care Home, Sea Road, Methil, Fife, Scotland
      James Wilson Harrower
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant known as Netta
    2. Dunsire, Andrew, The Dunsire Families of Fife 1660-1875, The Dunsire Families of Fife 1660-1875 Andrew Dunsire University Lecturer A Surname History A one-name study of the Dunsire/ Dunsyre family in Fife, Scotland.
      A one-name study of the Dunsire/ Dunsyre family in Fife, Scotland.

      THERE MAY BE ONLY a thousand or so holders of the surname DUNSIRE in the world today, many of them still living in Scotland, and particularly in Fife, though there are now large extended families in Canada and USA, and in Western Australia.
      With this site you can explore your own Dunsire ancestry, and contribute your own family tree if it is not here, or bring it up to date if it is.
      / www.dunsires.co.uk
    3. Family Held Certificate, 1926 BIRTH OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE EXTRACT ENTRY OF BIRTH 24 Sep. 1926, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, BUCKHAVEN, 459/2 415 Janet Dunsire Oliphant, b. 1926, 24 September Twenty Fourth, 38 Whyterose Terrace, Aberhill, Wemyss
      24 Sep. 1926, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, F, BUCKHAVEN, 459/2 415

      Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS for the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife,
      this Ninth day of October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty six.

      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      1926. September Twenty Fourth.
      3h. 30m. A.M.
      38 Whyterose Terrace, Aberhill, Wemyss. F.
      Parents: John Oliphant. Carting Contractor.
      Jessie Ann Oliphant. M.S. Walker.
      (Signed) John Oliphant, Father.
      Registered, 1926. October 9th. at Buckhaven
      (Signed)
      D.M. Pryde. Registrar

      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      Baptised, 5th May, 1927. John M. Sibbald,
      Minister, St. Andrews Church, Buckhaven
    4. Family Held Certificate, 1941 EDUCATION COMMITTEE JANET OLIPHANT Janet Dunsire Harrower D.S.C. (HIGHER) FIFE COUNTY COUNCIL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Day School Certificate (Higher)
      D.S.C. (HIGHER)
      FIFE COUNTY COUNCIL
      EDUCATION COMMITTEE
      Day School Certificate (Higher)

      It is hereby certified that Janet Oliphant having qualified as at August 1938, for entrance to the Secondary Division of Aberhill Junior School followed the Domestic Course for a period of 3 Years 4 months, and left school on 19.12.1941 having reached the standard of the Day School Certificate (Higher).

      The main subjects of the Curriculum followed were as undernoted :- (Added, Green Yes, Red No) [see media notes]
      ENGLISH (including History and Geography)
      ARITHMETIC
      MATHEMATICS
      ARTS AND CRAFTS
      SCIENCE
      LATIN
      FRENCH
      COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS - book keeping. Shorthand. Typewriting.
      DOMESTIC SUBJECTS - Cookery and Laundry. Housewifery. Needlework.
      TECHNICAL SUBJECTS - Benchwork. Technical Drawing. Mechanics.

      Ronald M Munro Head Teacher.

      IN THE NAME OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE FIFE COUNTY COUNCIL
      G. Macgregor
      Director of Education

      NOTE- This Certificate should be used as a passport to the Continuation Classes, and as evidence to employers of the state of advancement in a Secondary Division of scholars when freed from the obligation to attend Day School
    5. Family Information, 1957 RESIDENCE JAMES HARROWER, JANET OLIPHANT 270 High Street, Methil, Fife, Scotland
      270 High Street, Methil, Fife, Scotland
      James Wilson Harrower
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant
    6. Family Information, 1966 RESIDENCE JAMES HARROWER, JANET OLIPHANT Berwang, Scoonie Park, Leven, Fife, Scotland
      Record for James Harrower and Janet D Harrower
      NameJames Harrower
      Residence Year1960
      Street AddressHigh Street, Methil 270
      Residence PlaceFife Scotland

      Berwang, Scoonie Park, Leven formerly named Akim Oda
    7. Family Information, 1996 RESIDENCE JAMES HARROWER, JANET OLIPHANT 8 Pentland Drive, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
      8 Pentland Drive, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
      James Wilson Harrower
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant
    8. Family Held Certificate, 1949 MARRIAGE HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE EXTRACTED FROM THE REGISTER BOOK OF MARRIAGES for the District of Scoonie in the County of Fife this 14th day of April, 1951. HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE m. 14th July 1949 456/ 45 Scoonie (Fife) Marriage Extract Receipt
      Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF MARRIAGES for the District of Scoonie in the County of Fife this 14th day of April, 1951.

      HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, 456/ 45, Scoonie (Fife)

      1949. Fourteenth July,
      Forman Church, Leven.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
      James Wilson Harrower.
      Painter (Journeyman)
      (Bachelor) Age 25. Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Parents: John Harrower, Butchery Manager. (Retired)
      Catherine Harrower. M.S. Wilson.
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      Typist (Spinster) Age 22.
      2 Bayview Crecent, Methil. Parents: John Oliphant. Contractor.
      Jessie Ann Oliphant. M.S. Walker.
      (Signed) David Doig. Minister at Forman Church, Leven.
      (Signed) Abram W. Harrower, Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Witness.
      Winifred Forsyth. 153 Wellesley Road, Buckhaven. Witness.
      Registered 1949 July 16th at Leven, (Signed)
      C.F. Peter. Assistant Registrar

      Appears to be a Receipt from Fife Council for payment by Mrs Harrower (Netta, {Janet Dunsire Oliphant}), for a copy of an Extract of Entry of Marriage at 2/-, and a search for same, at 1/-, totalling 3/-. 14.04.1951. Registration District - Scoonie.
      Receipt for actual Extract recorded here!
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1965 FOSTER, MARY ANDERSON (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 153) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_stat_deaths/11715682?return_row=0 1965 HARROWER, MARY ANDERSON (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 459/02 011 68) (RCE) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_rce/325187?record_type=nrs_stat_deaths&record_id=11715682&session=123230
      1965 FOSTER, MARY ANDERSON (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 153)
      Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1965.
      Mary Anderson Harrower
      (Widow of
      (1) Henry Scott
      ------------------------
      (2) John Harrower
      Butchery Manager).
      September Twentysecond
      Found dead 8h 0m. am
      Last seen alive September Twentyfirst
      10h 30 p.m.
      202 Taylor Street, Methil.
      F. 79 Years
      Parents: Thomas Foster
      Plasterer (Deceased)
      Jessie Foster M.S. Ballantyne
      (Deceased)
      COD:
      I(a) Coal Gas Poisoning
      (b) Depression
      (c) Hypertension
      II Bilateral Cataract
      As cert by D. Macdonald
      MBChB
      Inf. James W Harrower
      Step-son
      270 High Street, Methil
      Registered 1965 September 23rd
      Buckhaven

      1965 HARROWER, MARY ANDERSON (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 459/02 011 68) (RCE)
      Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1965.
      Register of Corrected Entries
      Dec. 1965 Page 68
      District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife.
      The following Report of Result of a Precognition has been received touching the Death of Mary Anderson Harrower,
      registered under Entry 153 in the Register Book of Deaths for the year 1965:-.
      Mary Anderson Harrower
      79 Years Female.
      At 202 Taylor Street, Methil
      Last seen alive on 21st September at 10 30 p.m.
      Found dead at 8 a.m.
      on 22nd September, 1965.
      COD:
      I(a) Coal Gas Poisoning
      (b) Depression
      (c) Hypertension

      Procurator-Fiscals Office,
      Kikcaldy 13th October 1965
      At Buckhaven
      20th October 1965
      Certified by
      (Signed) E.G. Smith
      Procurator Fiscal
      C.Y. Peter
      Assistant Registrar
    10. Newspaper Article
    11. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 2022 Janet Dunsire Harrower d. 4 Mar. 2022 2022 Janet Dunsire Harrower Medical Cert. of Death
      Janet Dunsire Harrower Medical Cert. of Death
      Janet Harrower
      Date of death: 4-Mar-2022
      Tme of death: 20:57
      Place of death: Forthview Care Home, Sea Road, Methil KY8 3DE
      Health Board Area: Fife
      Community Health Index: 2409260241
      Date of birth: 24-Sep-1926
      Certifying Doctor: Dr. Fiona Mauritzen
      GMC number: 4013152
      Business address: Airlie Medical Practice (21524) Ajax Way, Methil KY8 3RS
      Contact number: 01333 426083
      Date: 08-Mar-2022
      Condition leading to death; Frailty secondary to old age 5years
      Other conditions: Alzheimers Disease, 9yearsHypertension 19 years
    12. Family Held Certificate, 1949 BANNS HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION OF BANNS At Methil the Fifth July One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine. HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, 456/ 45, Scoonie (Fife)
      Certificate of Proclamation of Banns.
      At Methil the Fifth July One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine.
      It is hereby certified that James Wilson Harrower.
      Bachelor, Painter,
      Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven and Janet Dunsire Oliphant, Spinster.
      2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, have been duly proclaimed in the Church of Methil Parish on Sunday 3rd July 1949 in order to marriage and that no objections have been offered.
      Signed Peter H. Leitch?. Session-Clerk.

      Certificate of Marriage

      At Forman Church, Leven the Fourteenth day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine.
      It is hereby certified that the above parties were this day married by me,
      David Doig.
      Minister at Forman Church, Leven

      Certificate of Marriage

      Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF MARRIAGES for the District of Scoonie in the County of Fife this 14th day of April, 1951.

      HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, 456/ 45, Scoonie (Fife)

      1949. Fourteenth July,
      Forman Church, Leven.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
      James Wilson Harrower.
      Painter (Journeyman)
      (Bachelor) Age 25. Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Parents: John Harrower, Butchery Manager. (Retired)
      Catherine Harrower. M.S. Wilson.
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      Typist (Spinster) Age 22.
      2 Bayview Crecent, Methil. Parents: John Oliphant. Contractor.
      Jessie Ann Oliphant. M.S. Walker.
      (Signed) David Doig. Minister at Forman Church, Leven.
      (Signed) Abram W. Harrower, Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Witness.
      Winifred Forsyth. 153 Wellesley Road, Buckhaven. Witness.
      Registered 1949 July 16th at Leven, (Signed)
      C.F. Peter. Assistant Registrar
    13. Family Held Certificate, 1949 BANNS HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION OF BANNS. Leven HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, 456/ 45, Scoonie (Fife)
      Certificate of Proclamation of Banns.
      At Leven the Fifth July One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine.
      It is hereby certified that James Wilson Harrower.
      Bachelor, Painter,
      "Glendale", Dewar Drive, Leven and Janet Dunsire Oliphant, Spinster
      Typist 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil, have been duly proclaimed in the Forman Church, Leven on Sunday 3rd July 1949 in order to marriage and that no objections have been offered.
      Signed A. Russel. Session-Clerk.

      Certificate of Marriage

      At Forman Church, Leven the Fourteenth day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine.
      It is hereby certified that the above parties were this day married by me,
      David Doig.
      Minister at Forman Church

      Certificate of Marriage

      Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF MARRIAGES for the District of Scoonie in the County of Fife this 14th day of April, 1951.

      HARROWER, JAMES WILSON, OLIPHANT, JANET DUNSIRE, 1949, 456/ 45, Scoonie (Fife)

      1949. Fourteenth July,
      Forman Church, Leven.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
      James Wilson Harrower.
      Painter (Journeyman)
      (Bachelor) Age 25. Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Parents: John Harrower, Butchery Manager. (Retired)
      Catherine Harrower. M.S. Wilson.
      Janet Dunsire Oliphant.
      Typist (Spinster) Age 22.
      2 Bayview Crecent, Methil. Parents: John Oliphant. Contractor.
      Jessie Ann Oliphant. M.S. Walker.
      (Signed) David Doig. Minister at Forman Church, Leven.
      (Signed) Abram W. Harrower, Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven. Witness.
      Winifred Forsyth. 153 Wellesley Road, Buckhaven. Witness.
      Registered 1949 July 16th at Leven, (Signed)
      C.F. Peter. Assistant Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday September 24, 1926

    • The temperature on September 24, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
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    Christening day May 5, 1927

    • The temperature on May 5, 1927 was between 11.0 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
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    Day of marriage July 14, 1949

    • The temperature on July 14, 1949 was between 14.9 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
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