Harrower Family Tree » Christian Spence (1812-1899)

Personal data Christian Spence 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • She was born in the year 1812 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Sources 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Glassbarns, Dunfermline Landward, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1851: Glassbarns, Dunfermline Landward, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1881: 30 North Street, Saline, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1871: Green Naps, Dunfermline Landward, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1891: Burnbrae Cottage, Saline, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1841: Pitdinnie, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.Source 8
  • (Informant at Death) on December 21, 1899 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland: Edward Spence Son-in-law.Source 5
  • She died on December 19, 1899 in Hillhead, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, she was 87 years old.Source 5
    Age: 87
    Oorzaak: Debility of Age, Syncope 1 day
  • A child of John Spence and Agnes Strang

Household of Christian Spence

She is married to Peter Kier.

They got married on October 19, 1833 at Saline, Fife, Scotland, she was 21 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. William Keir  1846-????
  2. Agnes Kier  1850-????
  3. Jane Keir  1855-????
  4. John Kier  1836-????
  5. Peter Kier  1837-????
  6. David Kier  1841-????
  7. James Kier  1843-????
  8. Edward Kier  1846-????
  9. William Kier  1834-< 1846
  10. Jean Kier  1833-????


Notes about Christian Spence

1. No birth can be found in SP. Her death record indicates she was born in 1812

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christian Spence

David Spence
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Jean Flockhart
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Edward Strang
± 1750-> 1805
Margaret Weir
1745-????
John Spence
1775-< 1857
Agnes Strang
1776-1857

Christian Spence
1812-1899

1833

Peter Kier
1815-????

William Keir
1846-????
Agnes Kier
1850-????
Jane Keir
1855-????
John Kier
1836-????
Peter Kier
1837-????
David Kier
1841-????
James Kier
1843-????
Edward Kier
1846-????
William Kier
1834-< 1846
Jean Kier
1833-????

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    Sources

    1. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1833 Record for John Keir & Christian Spence 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 John Keir & Christian Spence
      Name: John Keir
      Gender:Male
      Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1833
      Marriage Place: Saline, Fife, Scotland
      Spouse: Christian Spence
      FHL Film Number:1040339
      / Ancestry.com
    2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Keir Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 9; Page: 6; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1861_55 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 Peter Keir
      Name: Peter Keir
      Age: 46
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christian Keir
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 424/2
      Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
      Civil parish: Dunfermline Landward
      County: Fife
      Address: Glassbarns
      Occupation: Ag Labourer
      ED: 9
      Household schedule number: 24
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1861_55
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Peter Keir 46 Head
      Christian Keir 44 Wife
      William Keir 15 Son
      Agnes Keir 11 Daughter
      Jane Keir 6 Daughter
      Margaret Gibb 3 Boarder
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Keir Parish: Saline; ED: 1; Page: 8; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1891_140 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. 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 Peter Keir
      Name: Peter Keir
      Age: 79
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Keir
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 455
      Registration district: Saline
      Civil parish: Saline
      County: Fife
      Address: Burnbrae Cottage
      Occupation: Retired Agricultural Service
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 51
      Line: 15
      Roll: CSSCT1891_140
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Peter Keir 79 Head
      Christina Keir 78 Wife
    4. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Kier Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 12; Page: 7; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_87; 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 Peter Kier
      Name: Peter Kier
      Age: 38
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Christian Kier
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Parish Number: 424
      Civil Parish: Dunfermline
      County: Fife
      Address: Glassbarns
      Occupation: Agr Lab
      ED: 12
      Page: 7
      Household Schedule Number: 21
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1851_87
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Peter Kier 38
      Christian Kier 36
      John Kier 15
      Peter Kier 14
      David Kier 10
      James Kier 8
      Edward Kier 5
      Willm Kier 4
      Agnes Kier 2
      James Mack 7 Months
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1899 KEIR, CHRISTINA (Statutory Registers of Deaths 87 424/ 452) Dunfermline Downloaded fro Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/171895672/person/122230689810/media/b26e0edb-1755-432f-96e3-b32b5d4daf11
      1899 KEIR, CHRISTINA (Statutory Registers of Deaths 87 424/ 452) Dunfermline
      Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1899.
      Christina Keir
      Married to Peter Keir, Carter
      1899 December Nineteenth 10h. 0m. P.M.
      Hillhead, Dunfermline. F. 87 years
      Parents: John Spence
      Masons Labourer (Dec.)
      Agnes Spence
      M.S. Strang (Dec.)
      COD: Debility of Age, Syncope 1 day
      as cert by AJ Macgregor M.B.
      Inf. Edward Spence
      Son-in-law, Grantsbank
      Registered
      1889 December 21st, Dunfermline
      David Watson
      Assist. Registrar
      JW
    6. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Keir Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 9; Page: 5; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1871_72 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 Peter Keir
      Name: Peter Keir
      Age: 55
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Keir
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 424/2
      Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
      Civil parish: Dunfermline Landward
      County: Fife
      Address: Green Naps
      Occupation: Farmer of 60 acres
      ED: 9
      Household schedule number: 25
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1871_72
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Peter Keir 55 Head
      Christina Keir 54 Wife
      William Keir 24 Son
      Jane Keir 16 Daughter
    7. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Keir Parish: Saline; ED: 1; Page: 15; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1881_126 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 Peter Keir
      Name: Peter Keir
      Age: 68
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Keir
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 455
      Registration district: Saline
      Civil parish: Saline
      County: Fife
      Address: 30 North Street
      Occupation: Carter
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 92
      Line: 6
      Roll: CSSCT1881_126
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Peter Keir 68 Head
      Christina Keir 65 Wife
      James Cameron 8 Grandson
      Jane Spence 78 Boarder
    8. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Keir Parish: Carnock; ED: 4; Page: 2; Line: 1210; 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 Peter Keir
      Name: Peter Keir
      Age: 25
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil parish: Carnock
      County: Fife
      Address: Pitdinnie
      Occupation: Ag Lab
      Parish Number: 414
      Household Members Age
      Peter Keir 25
      Christine Keir 25
      William Keir 7
      John Keir 5
      Peter Keir 3
      David Keir 1
      Jean Keir 8

    Historical events

    Day of marriage October 19, 1833

    • The temperature on October 19, 1833 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken zwaar hagel regen bui onweer. 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 year 1833: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 3 » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
      • February 6 » Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
      • April 1 » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
      • May 11 » The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
      • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
      • November 25 » A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

    Day of death December 19, 1899

    • The temperature on December 19, 1899 was about -6.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
      • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
      • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
      • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
      • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
      • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
    

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