Harrower Family Tree » Alexander Bird (1847-????)

Personal data Alexander Bird 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1847 in Linktown, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1881 Tenter Reeler Spinning Mill in 12 Edington Place, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1871 Rope Spinner in High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891 Colporteur in Craigheads, Springhill Street, Barrhead and Levern, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901 Colporteur in 18 Lorne Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1881: 12 Edington Place, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1891: Craigheads, Springhill Street, Barrhead and Levern, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901: 18 Lorne Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2

Household of Alexander Bird

He is married to Charlotte Taylor.

They got married on January 2, 1871 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 24 years old.Sources 5, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander Bird  1872-????
  2. Agnes S Bird  1875-????
  3. Margaret A Bird  1880-????


Notes about Alexander Bird

1. Occupation: Tenter Reeler Spinning Mill: General term for someone who tends machinery.

2. Occupation : Colporteur: In 19th-century America, the word colporteur (a French borrowing meaning "peddler") came to be used especially of door-to-door peddlers of religious books and tracts, and it has carried that specific sense into the 21st century.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Bird

Alexander Bird
1847-????

1871

Charlotte Taylor
1843-????

Alexander Bird
1872-????
Agnes S Bird
1875-????
Margaret A Bird
1880-????

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Sources

  1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Bird Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 24; Page: 3; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1871_76 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 Alexander Bird
    Name: Alexander Bird
    Age: 24
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Charlote Bird
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Linktown, Fife
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy
    Civil parish: Kirkcaldy
    Town: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address: High Street
    Occupation: Rope Spinner
    ED: 24
    Household schedule number: 16
    Line: 19
    Roll: CSSCT1871_76
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Alexander Bird 24 Head
    Charlote Bird 28 Wife
  2. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Bird Parish: Hamilton; ED: 20; Page: 2; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1901_338 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 Alexander Bird
    Name: Alexr Bird
    Age: 54
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Charlotte Bird
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Kirkcaldy, Fife
    Registration Number: 647
    Registration district: Hamilton
    Civil parish: Hamilton
    Town: Hamilton
    County: Lanarkshire
    Address: 18 Lorne Street
    Occupation: Colporteur
    ED: 20
    Household schedule number: 9
    Line: 13
    Roll: CSSCT1901_338
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Alexr Bird 54 Head
    Charlotte Bird 58 Wife
    Alexr Bird 29 Son
    Agnes S Bird 26 Daughter
    Margaret A Bird 20 Daughter
  3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexr Bird Parish: Barrhead and Levern; ED: 2; Page: 20; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1891_187 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 Alexr Bird
    Name: Alexr Bird
    Age: 43
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Charlotte Bird
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Kirkcaldy, Fife
    Registration Number: 572/2
    Registration district: Barrhead and Levern
    Civil parish: Barrhead and Levern
    Town: Barrhead
    County: Renfrewshire
    Address: Craigheads, Springhill Street
    Occupation: Colporteur
    ED: 2
    Household schedule number: 81
    Line: 8
    Roll: CSSCT1891_187
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Alexr Bird 43 Head
    Charlotte Bird 48 Wife
    Alexr Bird 19 Son
    Agnes S Bird 16 Daughter
    Maggie Bird 10 Daughter
  4. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexr Bird Parish: Dysart; ED: 1; Page: 28; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1881_119 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 Alexr Bird
    Name: Alexr Bird
    Age: 34
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Charlotte Bird
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Abbotshall, Fife
    Registration Number: 426
    Registration district: Dysart
    Civil parish: Dysart
    Town: Dysart
    County: Fife
    Address: 12 Edington Place
    Occupation: Tenter Reeler, Spinning Mill
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 148
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1881_119
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Alexr Bird 34 Head
    Charlotte Bird 38 Wife
    Alexr Bird 9 Son
    Agnes S Bird 6 Daughter
    Margaret A Bird 10 Mo Daughter
  5. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1871 Record for Alexander Bird & Charlot Taylor 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 Alexander Bird & Charlot Taylor
    Name: Alexander Bird
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 02 Jan 1871
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Charlot Taylor
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
    / Ancestry.com
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1871 BIRD, ALEXANDER CHARLOTTE TAYLOR 424/1 21 Dunfermline Burgh Not Downloaded Info from Acestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/3590070:60144
    1871 BIRD, ALEXANDER CHARLOTTE TAYLOR 424/1 21 Dunfermline Burgh
    Record for Alexander Bird & Charlot Taylor
    Name: Alexander Bird
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 02 Jan 1871
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Charlot Taylor
    FHL Film Number: 6035516

Historical events

Day of marriage January 2, 1871

  • The temperature on January 2, 1871 was about -7.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
    • January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

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