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Personal data William Thomson 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of William Thomson

He is married to Eliza Anderson.

They got married in the year 1885 at Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 26 years old.Source 6

1885 THOMSON, WILLIAM ELIZABETH ANDERSON 581/ 23 Beith (Ayr)

Notes about William Thomson

1. Courtesy of @ https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/search?q=rankin
William THOMSON, born at Burnbank Farm, 9 March 1858, at 7.45 a.m., a twin; with his parents, 1861, 1871, 1881; he died at the Infirmary, Kilmarnock, 9 March 1891, aged 34 years exactly, of Disease of Spine; he was married to Eliza ANDERSON; she married secondly, to Robert YOUNG, the widower of her late husband William's twin sister Elizabeth.

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William Thomson
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Janet Dickie
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David Howatson
1809-1881
Mary Lindsay
1807-1873

William Thomson
1858-1891

1885

Eliza Anderson
1857-????


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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thompson Parish: Beith; ED: 11; Page: 4; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_107 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.
      Record for William Thompson
      Name: William Thompson
      Age: 45
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Thompson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 581
      Registration District: Beith
      Civil Parish: Beith
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: West Highgate
      Occupation: Farmer
      ED: 11
      Household Schedule Number: 15
      Line: 14
      Roll: CSSCT1871_107
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Thompson 45
      Janet Thompson 39
      Mary Thompson 20
      Janet Thompson 17
      Marion Thompson 14
      William Thompson 13
      Elizabeth Thompson 13
      Maggie Thompson 11
      Garris Thompson 7
      James Howston 17 Son
      Alexander Mclean 29 Boarder, Waggoner
      David Hobb 19 Boarder, Waggoner
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Beith; ED: 11; Page: 3; Line: 21; Roll: cssct1881_180 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. 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 Thomson
      Name: William Thomson
      Age: 55
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Janet Thomson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 581
      Registration district: Beith
      Civil parish: Beith
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: West Highgate
      Occupation: Farmer of 110 acres
      ED: 11
      Household schedule number: 13
      Line: 21
      Roll: CSSCT1881_180
      Household Members Age Relationship
      William Thomson 55 Head
      Janet Thomson 49 Wife
      Marion Thomson 25 Daughter
      William Thomson 23 Son
      Gavin Thomson 17 Son
      Margaret B Ramsey 26 Grandaughter
      Isabella Craig 15 Servant
    3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Thomson Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 2; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1861_88 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 Thomson
      Name: William Thomson
      Age: 33
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Thomson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 603
      Registration District: Loudoun
      Civil Parish: Loudoun
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Burnbank
      Occupation: Limestone Miner
      ED: 7
      Household Schedule Number: 11
      Line: 25
      Roll: CSSCT1861_88
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Thomson 33
      Janet Thomson 29
      Mary Thomson 10
      Janet Thomson 7
      Marion Thomson 5
      William Thomson 3
      Elizabeth Thomson 3
      Margaret Thomson 1
    4. Web Site Information, THE PIGOTT FAMILY OF QUEEN'S COUNTY, IRELAND; SOME ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS. Some details of the lives of Bartholomeo COMPAGNI, Florentine Merchant in London; Giovanni Battista CASTIGLIONE, Groom of Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber; Thomas KEYES, Sergeant-Porter; Sir Robert PIGOTT of Dysart, Queen's County; Major John PIGOTT of Grangebegg; Sir William GILBERT of Kilminchy; Captain John PIGOTT of Stradbally, M.P.; Rev Henry Robert PIGOTT of Dublin, Ceylon & N.S.W.; Rev John Eustace GILES; & Henry Robert Maguire PIGOTT, M.H.R.
      https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/robert-young-father-and-son-of-ayrshire.html
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1891 THOMSON, WILLIAM (Statutory Registers Deaths 597/ 111) Kilmarnock (Ayr) Not Downloaded
      1891 THOMSON, WILLIAM (Statutory Registers Deaths 597/ 111) Kilmarnock (Ayr)

      Courtesy of @ https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/search?q=rankin

      William THOMSON, born at Burnbank Farm, 9 March 1858, at 7.45 a.m., a twin; with his parents, 1861, 1871, 1881; he died at the Infirmary, Kilmarnock, 9 March 1891, aged 34 years exactly, of Disease of Spine; he was married to Eliza ANDERSON; she married secondly, to Robert YOUNG, the widower of her late husband William's twin sister Elizabeth.
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1885 THOMSON, WILLIAM ELIZABETH ANDERSON (Statutory Registers Marriages 581/ 23) Beith (Ayr) Not downloaded
      1885 THOMSON, WILLIAM ELIZABETH ANDERSON (Statutory Registers Marriages 581/ 23) Beith (Ayr)

    Historical events

    Birthday March 9, 1858

    • The temperature on March 9, 1858 was about 1.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 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.
    • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
    • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • May 15 » Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
      • June 18 » Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
      • August 2 » The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
      • August 5 » Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
      • August 20 » Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
      • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

    Day of death March 9, 1891

    • The temperature on March 9, 1891 was about 2.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
      • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
      • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
      • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
      • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
      • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
    

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