1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Moffat Parish: Newton; ED: 2; Page: 11; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1861_133 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 William Moffat Name: William Moffat Age: 33 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 Relationship: Head Spouse's name: Isabella Moffat Gender: Male Where born: Newton, Edinburghshire Registration Number: 696 Registration District: Newton Civil Parish: Newton County: Midlothian Address: Millerhill Occupation: Coal Miner ED: 2 Household Schedule Number: 50 Line: 3 Roll: CSSCT1861_133 Household Members: Name Age William Moffat 33 Isabella Moffat 33 Peter Moffat 10 William Moffat 9 David Moffat 7 Helen Moffat 2 John Moffat 1 Month
Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1861 Record for John Moffat Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. 1861 Record for John Moffat Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Record for John Moffat Name: John Moffat Gender: Male Birth Date: 24 Mar 1861 Birth Place: Newton, Midlothian, Scotland Father: William Moffat Mother: Isabella Drylie FHL Film Number: 6035516
The temperature on March 24, 1861 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
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