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Personal data James Russell 

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Household of James Russell

He is married to Janet Leitch.

They got married on September 7, 1839 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2


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James Russell
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1839

Janet Leitch
1810-1888

John Russell
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  1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1888 LEITCH, JANET (Statutory register Deaths 424/ 365) Dunfermline Downloaded frrom Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/103326804/person/322235039881/media/8ee83d81-1100-479a-b39a-c1ed3ad36ccc
    1888 LEITCH, JANET (Statutory register Deaths 424/ 365) Dunfermline
    Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1888.
    Janet Russel, Pauper
    Widow of James Russell, Linen Weaver
    1888 October Thirteenth 2h.20m A.M.
    50 Pittencreif Street, Dunfermline F. 78 Years
    Parents: Andrew Leitch (deceased)
    Janet Leitch M.S. Beveridge (deceased)
    COD: General Debility 2 years
    As cert. by Jas Morris F.F.P.S.
    Inf. David Russel, Son
    (Present)
    Registered
    1888 October 15th, Dunfermline
    James Walls
    Registrar
  2. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1839 Record for James Russell and Janet Leitch Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for James Russell and Janet Leitch
    Name: James Russell
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1839
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Janet Leitch
    FHL Film Number: 1040106, 102191, 102194
    / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage September 7, 1839

  • The temperature on September 7, 1839 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 20 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
    • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
    • July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
    • November 4 » Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
    • November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.

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