Harrower Family Tree » Margaret Younger (± 1778-1860)

Personal data Margaret Younger 

Sources 1, 2
  • She was born about 1778 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
  • Profession: in the year 1851 Pauper in Gallatown, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident in the year 1851: Gallatown, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • (Informant at Death) on June 28, 1860 in Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland: James Wilson, Son-in-Law, St Clairtown (not present).Source 2
  • She died on June 28, 1860 in Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    Age: 82
    Oorzaak: Paralysis (Not Certified)
  • She is buried after June 28, 1860 in Pathhead Burial Ground, Dysart, Kirkcaldy. Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • A child of James Younger and Barbara Smith

Household of Margaret Younger

She has/had a relationship with James Aitken.


Child(ren):

  1. Marjory Aitken  1815-1884 
  2. Mary Aitken  ± 1826-????
  3. Barbara Aitken  ± 1815-1880 


Notes about Margaret Younger

1. Margaret Younger is recorded on her death register in 1860 as being "Widow of a Joiner".
James Wilson, her Son-in-Law, was the informant at her death. It is not yet clear who he was (15 Nov 2010)

2. Margaret's Husband was a Wright (Marriage of daughter Marjory), and Joiner (Death of daughter Marjory)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Younger

Margaret Younger
± 1778-1860


James Aitken
± 1790-< 1843

Marjory Aitken
1815-1884
Mary Aitken
± 1826-????
Barbara Aitken
± 1815-1880

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Sources

  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margrat Aitken Parish: Dysart; ED: 12; Page: 20; Line: 10; 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 Margrat Aitken
    Name: Margrat Aitken
    Age: 72
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1779
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Kirkaldy, Fife
    Parish Number: 426
    Civil Parish: Dysart
    Town: Gallatown
    County: Fife
    Address: Gallatown
    Occupation: Pauper
    ED: 12
    Page: 20
    Household Schedule Number: 82
    Line: 10
    Roll: CSSCT1851_88
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Margrat Aitken 72
    Mary Aitken 28
    Walter Spence 9
    James Aitken 2 Mo
    Margrate Adamson 32
  2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1860 AITKEN, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 426/ 109)
    1860 AITKEN, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 426/ 109)
    Deaths in the District of Dysart in the County of Fife 1860.
    Aitken, Margaret
    (Widow of a Joiner)
    1860 June Twenty Eighth 8h30m A.M.
    Mid Street, Pathhead F. 82 Years
    Parents: James Younger, Cork Cutter (Deceased)
    Barbara Younger Maiden Name Smith (Deceased)
    COD: Paralasis, Not Certified
    Pathhead Burial Ground
    As Certified by
    Andrew Carmichael, Undertaker
    Inf. James Wilson
    Son-in-Law, St. Clair Town
    (Not Present)
    Registered
    1860 July 3rd, Dysart
    Andrew Brisbane?
    Assistant Registrar
    W.B.

Historical events

Day of death June 28, 1860

  • The temperature on June 28, 1860 was about 18.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
    • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
    • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
    • October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
    • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.


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