Harrower Family Tree » Walter Douglas (± 1810-1856)

Personal data Walter Douglas 

Source 1

Household of Walter Douglas

He is married to Agnes Kerr.

They got married on February 6, 1835 at Dalry or Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 1


Notes about Walter Douglas

1. 1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 587/30 217 Dalry)
1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/40 77 Beith)

2. Can find no info in Scotland 1841 and 1851 census

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Sources

  1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 587/30 217 Dalry) 1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/40 77 Beith) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/image-viewer/opr_marriages/opr_records-7600034?search_token=685218137656b4b5c38b5f
    1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 587/30 217 Dalry)
    Dalry Bookings in 1835.
    Walter Douglas in the Parish of Beith, and Agnes Kerr, in this Parish, Booked on the 6th Feby 1835

    1835 DOUGLAS, WALTER AGNES KERR 06/02/1835 (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/40 77 Beith)
    1835
    Names, Occupations & Residences of Parties Proclaimed for a Marriage.
    Feby. 6
    Walter Douglas, Watchmaker in Beith, and Agnes Kerr in Auchengree, Parish of Dalry
    Three proclamation days

    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/image-viewer/opr_marriages/opr_records-7600034?search_token=685218137656b4b5c38b5f

Historical events

Day of death January 3, 1856

  • The temperature on January 3, 1856 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
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