Harrower Family Tree » Jessie Harley (1859-1922)

Personal data Jessie Harley 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • She was born on April 26, 1859 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Emigrated in the year 1897, United States.Source 6
  • Profession: in the year 1881 Servant in Hawthorn Avenue, Dundarroch, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1900: Precinct 9 West Town Chicago city Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.Source 6
    • in the year 1901: Lilliehill House, Townhill, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1861: Coul Cottage, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1881: Hawthorn Avenue, Dundarroch, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • (Individual fact) in the year 1897: 7 Apr 1897 Jessie is recorded as a widow.Source 7
  • She died on July 10, 1922 in 2051 Mohawk Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, she was 63 years old.Source 4
  • She is buried on July 12, 1922 in Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
    Plot: Section 42/51
  • A child of John Harley and Janet Boss

Household of Jessie Harley

(1) She is married to Robert Chalmers Leitch.

They got married on April 7, 1897 at Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, she was 37 years old.Sources 6, 7


Child(ren):

  1. Alice M Leitch  1899-????


(2) She is married to John Keron.

They got married in the year 1889 at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, she was 29 years old.Source 8


Notes about Jessie Harley

1. On the marriage record in 1897 Robert is recorded as divorced, and Jessie recorded as widow.

2. Jessies first marriage -1889 KERON, JOHN JESSIE HARLEY, (Statutory Registers Marriages 498/ 15) Kirkintilloch, John Keron dies in 1890!

3. Robert and Jessie return to Scotland, before the 1901 Census. in 1901, Robert is living in Saline, as a lodger, a Colliery Clerk. Jessie is living as a visitor with Robert and Euphemia Leitch, her husband Robert's second cousin, and their daughter, Alice M. Leitch, is living with her Grandparents, Roberts parents, Andrew Leitch and Elizabeth McLaren, in St. Leonards Cottage, Mill Road, Dunfermline.
They then return to USA. There is no record of them returning, but there are death records in the US.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jessie Harley

Alexander Harley
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Elizabeth Guild
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John Boss
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Margaret Whytock
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John Harley
1813-1896
Janet Boss
1826-????

Jessie Harley
1859-1922

(1) 1897

Robert Chalmers Leitch
1858-1906

Alice M Leitch
1899-????
(2) 1889

John Keron
1856-1890


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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Jessie Leitch Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 17; Page: 28; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_135 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. 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 Jessie Leitch
      Name: Jessie Leitch
      Age: 41
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
      Relationship: Visitor
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Auchterarder, Perthshire
      Registration Number: 424
      Registration district: Dunfermline
      Civil parish: Dunfermline
      County: Fife
      Address: Lilliehill House
      ED: 17
      Household schedule number: 150
      Line: 19
      Roll: CSSCT1901_135
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Robert Leitch 41 Head
      Euphemia Leitch 43 Wife
      James G Leitch 15 Son
      Andrew Leitch 6 Son
      John W Leitch 3 Son
      Jessie Leitch 41 Visitor
      Bruce F Haldane 18 Servant
    2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1859 Record for Jessie Harley Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for Jessie Harley
      Name: Jessie Harley
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 26 Apr 1859
      Birth Place: Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland
      Father: John Harley
      Mother: Janet Boss
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Jessie Harley Parish: Kirkintilloch; ED: 13; Page: 9; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1881_145 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 Jessie Harley
      Name: Jessie Harley
      Age: 20
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
      Relationship: Servant
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Auchterarder, Pertshire
      Registration Number: 498
      Registration district: Kirkintilloch
      Civil parish: Kirkintilloch
      County: Dumbartonshire
      Address: Hawthorn Avenue, Dundarroch
      Occupation: Servant
      ED: 13
      Household schedule number: 62
      Line: 19
      Roll: CSSCT1881_145
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Balloch 55 Head
      Agnes Balloch 60 Sister
      Jessie Harley 20 Servant
    4. United States Deaths, 1922 Record for Jessie Leitch www.findagrave.com/memorial/107990878/jessie-leitch : accessed 01 May 2021), memorial page for Jessie Leitch (1859–1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107990878, citing Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) . Death record @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q237-LP24
      Record for Jessie Leitch
      Jessie Leitch
      Birth: 1859
      Death: 1922 (aged 62–63)
      Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
      Plot: Section 42/51
      Memorial #: 107990878
      Originally Created by: Dave H (47580547)
      Added: 7 Apr 2013

      Name: Jessie Leitch
      Sex: Female
      Age: 63
      Residence Place: 2051 Mohawk Str
      Burial Date: 12 Jul 1922
      Death Date: 10 Jul 1922
      Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
      Birth Date: 26 Apr 1859
      Birthplace: Scotland
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Occupation: Housework
      Race: White
      Father's Name: John Harley
      Mother's Name: Janet Boss
      Spouse's Name: Robert C Leitch
      Spouse's Sex: Male
      Informant's Name: Alice Leitch
      Cemetery: Forest Home
    5. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Harley Parish: Auchterarder; ED: 1; Page: 8; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1861_47 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 John Harley
      Name: John Harley
      Age: 48
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Janet Harley
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunning, Perthshire
      Registration Number: 329
      Registration district: Auchterarder
      Civil parish: Auchterarder
      Town: Auchterarder
      County: Perthshire
      Address: Coul Cottage
      Occupation: Platelayer
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 38
      Line: 11
      Roll: CSSCT1861_47
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Harley 48 Head
      Janet Harley 44 Wife
      John Harley 11 Son
      James Harley 9 Son
      Margaret Harley 6 Daughter
      Elisabeth Harley 4 Daughter
      Jessie Harley 2 Daughter
    6. 1900 United States Federal Census, Record for Robert C. Leitch "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQ2-3LY : accessed 1 May 2021), Robert C Leitch, Precinct 9 West Town Chicago city Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 849, sheet 11A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,279.
      Event Type: Census

      Name: Robert C Leitch
      Sex: Male

      Age: 41

      Event Date: 1900

      Event Place: Precinct 9 West Town Chicago city Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, United States

      Event Place (Original): ED 849 Precinct 9 West Town Chicago city Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, United States
      Marital
      Status: Married

      Race: White

      Relationship to Head of Household: Head

      Sheet Letter: A

      Sheet Number: 11

      Years Married: 3

      Birth Date: Nov 1859

      Birthplace: Scotland

      Marriage Year (Estimated): 1897

      Immigration Year: 1888
      Father's Birthplace: Scotland

      Mother's Birthplace: Scotland

      Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

      Jessie H Leitch Wife F 41 Scotland

      Alice M Leitch Daughter F 1 Illinois

      Line Number: 37

      Sheet Number and Letter: 11A

      Affiliate Publication Number: T623

      Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
      Indexing
      Batch: N00720-2

      Household ID: 204
      GS
      Film Number: 1240279
      Digital Folder Number: 004113738

      Image Number: 00524

      Citing this Record
      "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQ2-3LY : accessed 1 May 2021), Robert C Leitch, Precinct 9 West Town Chicago city Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 849, sheet 11A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,279.
    7. United States Marriages, 1897 Record for Robert Chalmers Leitch and Jessie Harley "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24C4-9X4 : 10 February 2018), Robert Leitch and Jessie Harley Keron, 17 Apr 1897; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,487,627.
      Name: Robert Leitch

      Note: of Chicago, Ill.

      Sex: Male

      Age: 38

      Birth Year (Estimated): 1859

      Birthplace: Oakley, Scotland

      Marital Status: Divorced

      Race: White

      Father's Name: Andrew Leitch

      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Mclaun

      Spouse's Name: Jessie Harley Keron

      Spouse's Sex: Female

      Spouse's Age: 37

      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860

      Spouse's Birthplace: Auchterarder, Scotland

      Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed

      Spouse's Race: White

      Spouse's Father's Name: John Harley

      Spouse's Mother's Name: Jennie Breas

      Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1897
      Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

      Marriage Place (Original): Manhattan, New York

      Additional Relatives: X

      Household
      Name Role Sex Age Birthplace

      Andrew Leitch Father M

      Elizabeth Mclaun Mother F

      Jessie Harley Keron Wife F 37 Auchterarder, Scotland

      John Harley FatherM

      Jennie Breas MotherF

      Source Details: cn 5641
      Digital Folder Number: 007586913
      Microfilm Number: 1487627
      Indexing Batch: M00629-7

      Citing this Record
      "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24C4-9X4 : 10 February 2018), Robert Leitch and Jessie Harley Keron, 17 Apr 1897; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,487,627.
    8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1889 KERON, JOHN JESSIE HARLEY, (Statutory Registers Marriages 498/ 15) Kirkintilloch Not downloaded
      1889 KERON, JOHN JESSIE HARLEY, (Statutory Registers Marriages 498/ 15) Kirkintilloch

    Historical events

    Birthday April 26, 1859

    • The temperature on April 26, 1859 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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).
    • 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 1859: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
      • June 6 » Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
      • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
      • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
      • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
      • October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

    Day of marriage April 7, 1897

    • The temperature on April 7, 1897 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
      • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
      • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
      • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
      • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
      • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

    Day of death July 10, 1922

    • The temperature on July 10, 1922 was between 8.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
      • June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
      • August 27 » Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
      • September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
      • November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
      • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

    Day of burial July 12, 1922

    • The temperature on July 12, 1922 was between 11.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
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      • June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
      • June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
      • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
      • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
      • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
    

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