Harrower Family Tree » Barbara Aitken (± 1815-1880)

Personal data Barbara Aitken 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • She was born about 1815 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1851 Bobbin Winder (Linen) in Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861 Rag Picker in Cupar Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1871 Bobbin Winder in Cupar Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861: Cupar Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1871: Cupar Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
      Occupations ammended
      Age of son David ammended
  • (Informant at Death) on June 4, 1880 in 255 St Clair Street, Sinclairtown, Fife, Scotland: Forbes Dick, Alexander Street, Kirkcaldy.Source 4
  • She died on June 4, 1880 in 255 St Clair Street, Sinclairtown, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    Oorzaak: Apoplexy, 1 1/2 day
  • A child of James Aitken and Margaret Younger

Household of Barbara Aitken

(1) She is married to William Mitchell.

They got married April 1861.


Child(ren):

  1. Margt Mitchell  1832-????


(2) She is married to Peter Dick.

Their notice of marriage was on January 10, 1830 in Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.Source 5

They got married on January 17, 1830 at Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Forbes Dick  1843-1918 
  2. David Dick  1831-????
  3. Margaret Dick  1834-????
  4. John Dick  1845-????


Child(ren):

  1. Johana Mitchell  1854-????


Notes about Barbara Aitken

1. No birth record can be found

2. Barbara Aitken cannot be found on Ancestry in the 1841 census. Several of the original volumes have not survived. They are mainly for parishes in Fife and it is said that they were lost when being transferred across the River Forth but there is no documentary evidence to support this. This includes Kirkcaldy!

3. No marriage record can be found between William Mitchell and Barbara Aitken or Dick

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Barbara Aitken

James Younger
????-
Barbara Smith
????-
James Aitken
± 1790-< 1843
Margaret Younger
± 1778-1860

Barbara Aitken
± 1815-1880

(1) 1861

William Mitchell
1807-1867

Margt Mitchell
1832-????
(2) 1830

Peter Dick
????-< 1851

Forbes Dick
1843-1918
David Dick
1831-????
Margaret Dick
1834-????
John Dick
1845-????


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Johana Mitchell
1854-????

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    Sources

    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Barbara Mitchell Parish: Dysart; ED: 12; Page: 8; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1871_73 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. 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. Occupations ammended Age of son David ammended
      Record for Barbara Mitchell
      Name: Barbara Mitchell
      Age: 58
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dysart, Fife
      Registration Number: 426
      Registration District: Dysart
      Civil Parish: Dysart
      County: Fife
      Address: Cupar Road
      Occupation: Bobbin Winder
      ED: 12
      Household Schedule Number: 37
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1871_73
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Barbara Mitchell 58 Head Dysart
      David Mitchell 19 Son Steam boiler maker Dysart
      Johana Mitchell 17 Daughter Factory worker Dysart
      James Greig 10 Grandson Dysart
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Barbara Dick Parish: Dysart; ED: 7; Page: 5; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_88; 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 Barbara Dick
      Name: Barbara Dick
      Age: 36
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Kirkcaldy, Fiife
      Parish Number: 426
      Civil Parish: Dysart
      Town: Pathhead
      County: Fife
      Address: Mid Street
      Occupation: Bobbin Winder (Linen)
      Marital Status: Widow (from Findmypast)
      ED: 7
      Page: 5
      Household Schedule Number: 28
      Line: 16
      Roll: CSSCT1851_88
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Barbara Dick 36
      David Dick 20 Linen Hand Loom Weaver
      Margaret Dick 17 Low Spinner
      Forbis Dick 10
      John Dick 6
    3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Mitchell Parish: Dysart; ED: 12; Page: 17; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_56 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 Mitchell
      Name: William Mitchell
      Age: 54
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Barbara Mitchell
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dysart, Fife
      Registration Number: 426
      Registration District: Dysart
      Civil Parish: Dysart
      County: Fife
      Address: Cupar Road
      Occupation: Rag Picker
      ED: 12
      Household Schedule Number: 96
      Line: 20
      Roll: CSSCT1861_56
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Mitchell 54
      Barbara Mitchell 50
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1880 AITKEN, BARBARA (Statutory registers Deaths 426/ 99)
      1880 AITKEN, BARBARA (Statutory registers Deaths 426/ 99)
      Deaths in the District of Dysart in the County of Fife 1880
      Barbara Mitchell
      (Widow of William Mitchell, Hand Loom Weaver, previously of Peter Dick, Spinning Mill Worker
      1880 June Fourth 6h.30m. P.M.
      255 St Clair Street,
      Sinclairtown, Dysart F. 60 years
      Parents: James Aitken
      Cooper (Master) (deceased)
      Margaret Aitken
      M.S. Younger (deceased)
      COD: Apoplexy, 1 1/2 day
      As cert. by James Henderson
      Physician & Surgeon
      Inf. Forbes Dick
      His X mark Son
      Alexander Street, Kirkcaldy
      Registered
      1880 June 5 Dysart
      George Geddes
      Registrar
    5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1830 DICK, PETER BARBARA AITKEN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 399/ 40 491 Abbotshall)
      1830 DICK, PETER BARBARA AITKEN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 399/ 40 491 Abbotshall)
      Marriages Dick & Aitken
      Peter Dick and Barbara Aitken both of the Parish of Abbotshall wer publically proclaimed in order to Marriage on Sundays the 10th & 17th Jany 1830

    Historical events

    Day of marriage January 17, 1830

    • The temperature on January 17, 1830 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      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 1830: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
      • April 6 » Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
      • May 13 » Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
      • May 28 » U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
      • June 14 » Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
      • June 26 » William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
      • November 27 » Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.

    Day of death June 4, 1880

    • The temperature on June 4, 1880 was about 11.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
      • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
      • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
      • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
      • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
      • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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