Harrower Family Tree » Margaret Shepherd (1806-1890)

Personal data Margaret Shepherd 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Alternative name: Margaret Storrars
  • She was born on November 11, 1806 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
  • She was baptized on November 16, 1806 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    See OPR Births 424/ 0080 688
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1841: Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851: Oakfield, Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1861: Norton 2, Beath Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • on September 17, 1830: Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 8
    • in the year 1871: Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • (Witness at Baptism) on November 16, 1806 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland: Witnesses, John Burt and James Drysdale.Source 2
  • (Informant at Death) on February 16, 1890 in Kelty, Fife, Scotland: Thos. Ritchie Grandson (Present).Source 9
  • She died on February 16, 1890 in Kelty, Fife, Scotland, she was 83 years old.Source 9
    Margaret Shepherd, 77; Widow of 1st Robert Wilson, Coal Miner ; 2nd Thomas Storrar, labourer; Father: George Shepherd, Coal Miner (dec'd); Mother: Eliza Strang (dec'd); Cause: Senile Decay; Informant: Thos. Ritchie, Grandson
    Oorzaak: Senile Decay
  • A child of George Shepherd and Elizabeth Strang

Household of Margaret Shepherd

(1) She is married to Robert Wilson.

They got married on January 20, 1828 at St Ninians, Stirling, Scotland, she was 21 years old.Source 10


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Wilson  1830-1860 
  2. George Wilson  1833-1879
  3. James Wilson  1835-1893 


(2) She is married to Thomas Storar.

They got married on July 23, 1841 at Beath, Fife, Scotland, she was 34 years old.Sources 5, 11


Notes about Margaret Shepherd

1. Informant at Death Thos Ritchie, Grandson

2. Margaret's age is recorded as 77 at death suggesting she was born around 1813, not 1807 as stated on 1851 census. Her register of birth states born 11 November 1806.

3. 1861 Census, Norton 2 is a farm on North side of the Kelty to Steelend road, approx 1 mile from West of Kelty. (56.1254° N, 3.4251° W)

4. Beath Kirk Session, Minutes (1750-1820) and Accounts (1821-1871), CH2/1059/15 Image 368
Paid out same 25 November 1834 as follows .............
Widow and Children of Robert Wilson
late Collier in Ketly (sic) 0:15:0
(Continued on next pages, last payment was 25 August, 1837 - appear to be every 4 months)
On 6th March James Dalglish of Dalbeath gave £2 to the church to be distributed among the poor. Margaret Shepherd was awarded 5/-.
Payments to Marg. Shepherd continued 25 Aug. 1838 - 12/6, 28 Jan 1839 - 5/-, 24 Aug. 1839 - 5/-, 1 Jan. 1840 Commisioner Adam - Coals 7/6, Jan 1841 Commisioner Adam - coals 5/-, 25 Feb. 1840 - 5/-, 25 Aug. 1840 - 5/-, was the last payment.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Shepherd

John Shepherd
1747-????
Agnes Burt
1751-????
Edward Strang
± 1750-> 1805
Margaret Weir
1745-????
George Shepherd
1782-< 1819

Margaret Shepherd
1806-1890

(1) 1828

Robert Wilson
± 1805-1834

Elizabeth Wilson
1830-1860
George Wilson
1833-1879
James Wilson
1835-1893
(2) 1841

Thomas Storar
1810-1858


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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Storrar Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 10; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1871_70 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 Margaret Storrar
      Name: Margaret Storrar
      Age: 64
      Estimated birth year: abt 1807
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Kelty
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 37
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1871_70
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Storrar 64 (Margaret Shepherd)
      Margaret Ritchie 17 Grandaughter
    2. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1806 SHEPHERD, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 424/ 80 688 Dunfermline)
      16/11/1806 SHEPHERD, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 424/ 80 688 Dunfermline)
      Births and Baptisms 1806, Dunfermline
      George Shepherd, Coalhewer at Berrielaw and Elisabeth Strang his Wife had a Daughter born 11th Nov'r baptised 16th named Margaret.
      Witnesses John Burt and James Drysdale
    3. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Storrars Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 23; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1851_85; 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 Thomas Storrars
      Name: Thomas Storrars
      Age: 41
      Estimated birth year: abt 1810
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Margaret Storrars
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Falkland, Fife
      Parish Number: 410
      Civil Parish: Beath
      Town: Oakfield
      County: Fife
      Address: Oakfald
      Occupation: Labourer at Colliery
      ED: 1
      Page: 23
      Household schedule number: 87
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1851_85
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Thomas Storrars 41
      Margaret Storrars 42
      George Wilson 18 Coal Miner
    4. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Shepherd Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 13; Line: 1010; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for Margaret Shepherd
      Name: Margaret Shepherd
      Age: 30
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Kelty
      Occupation: Various Emp
      Parish Number: 410
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Shepherd 30
      George Wilson 7
      Edward Shepherd 30
      Janet Shepherd 25
      Elizabeth Shepherd 3
      Ann Shepherd 1
      Robert Paton 26 Lodger
      George McIntosh 20 Lodger
    5. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1841 Record for Thomas Storrar and Margaret Shepherd 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 Thomas Storrar and Margaret Shepherd
      Name: Thomas Storrar
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1841
      Marriage Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
      Spouse: Margaret Shepherd
      FHL Film Number: 1040150
      / Ancestry.com
    6. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Storrar Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 13; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1881_114 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 Margaret Storrar
      Name: Margaret Storrar
      Age: 78
      Estimated birth year: abt 1803
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Kelty
      Occupation: Lately Labourer's wife
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 61
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1881_114
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Storrar 78
    7. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Elizabeth Strang Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 20; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 Ritcha changed to Ritchie 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 Elizabeth Strang
      Name: Elizabeth Strang
      Age: 76
      Estimated birth year: abt 1785
      Relationship: Grandmother, Grandma (Grandmother)
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Norton 2
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 105
      Line: 16
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      James Ritchie 30
      Thomas Ritchie 4
      Margaret Ritchie 7
      Margaret Shephard 53
      Elizabeth Strang 76
      John Cannel 36
      Alexander Hodge 34
    8. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1830 WILSON, ELIZABETH (Old Parish Registers Births 410/ 20 32 Beath)
      17/09/1830 WILSON, ELIZABETH (Old Parish Registers Births 410/ 20 32 Beath)
      Births and Baptisms in the Parish of Beath 1830
      Robert Wilson and Margaret Shepherd had a daughter born on the 17th Septr. 1830 baptd. and Named Elizabeth.

      Elizabeth was born 17 September, 1830 at Roy Yards, Airdrie, (Rawyards) and the birth was registered at Beath, dated 17 September, 1830 (See marriage register for James Ritchie and Elizabeth Wilson, 22 November, 1855)

      https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_stat_marriages/11597232?return_row=16

      Birth record address below
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1890 WILSON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 28)
      1890 WILSON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 28)
      Deaths in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1890.
      Margaret Shepherd
      (Widow of 1st. Robert Wilson Coal Miner
      2nd. Thomas Storar Labourer)
      1890 February Sixteenth 8h.0m. P.M.
      Kelty Beath F. 77 Years
      Parents: George Shepherd Coal Miner (Deceased)
      Eliza(beth) Shepherd M.S. Strang (Deceased)
      COD: Senile Decay
      As Cert by J.G. Nasmyth MD.
      Inf: Thos. Ritchie, Grandson (Present)
      Registered
      1890 February 17th Oakfield
      George Terris
      Registrar
    10. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHERD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 487/ 30 236 Polmont) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/8221213?image=236&return_row=3 20/01/1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHERD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 488/ 60 239 St Ninians) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/8221346?image=239&return_row=6
      12/01/1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHERD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 487/ 30 236 Polmont)
      https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/8221213?image=236&return_row=3

      12/01/1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHERD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 487/ 30 236 Polmont)
      Proclamations Polmont 1828.
      1828. Jany. 12.
      Robert Wilson in the Parish of St. Ninians and Margaret Shepherd in this Parish

      20/01/1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHARD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 488/ 60 239 St Ninians)
      https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/8221346?image=239&return_row=6

      20/01/1828 WILSON, ROBERT MARGARET SHEPHARD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 488/ 60 239 St Ninians)
      1828 Proclaimed St Ninians.
      1828 Jan'ry 20.
      Robert Wilson, St. N. & Marg't Shepherd Polmont
    11. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1841 STORRAR, THOMAS (Old Parish Registers Marriages 410/ 20 160 Beath)
      23/07/1841 STORRAR, THOMAS (Old Parish Registers Marriages 410/ 20 160 Beath)
      Register of Marriages 1841, Beath.
      Storrar and Shepherd
      Thomas Storrar in the parish of Cleish and Margaret Shepherd in this parish gave in their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage
      on the 4th July 1841, and after regular proclamation were married on the 23rd
      3 Sab's Pd. 1/- to Beadle Pd. 2/6 to the poor

    Historical events

    Birthday November 11, 1806

    • The temperature on November 11, 1806 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
      • May 30 » Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
      • July 12 » At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
      • July 18 » A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
      • October 17 » Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
      • October 27 » The French Army enters Berlin, following the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.

    Christening day November 16, 1806

    • The temperature on November 16, 1806 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
      • January 19 » Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
      • March 29 » Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
      • June 27 » British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
      • August 12 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
      • October 30 » War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.

    Day of marriage July 23, 1841

    • 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
      • March 9 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
      • March 30 » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
      • July 5 » Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough.
      • August 16 » U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
      • September 24 » The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.

    Day of death February 16, 1890

    • The temperature on February 16, 1890 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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 year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
      • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
      • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
      • October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
      • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
      • December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
    

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