Harrower Family Tree » Janet Anderson (1798-< 1859)

Personal data Janet Anderson 

Sources 1, 2
  • She was born on March 30, 1798 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
  • Profession: in the year 1851 Seamans Wife in King Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: King Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1841: High Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • She died before 1859.Source 3
    Janet Anderson appears to have died before 1859, as her husband, Mungo Syme, remarries as a widower, to Ann McNair, 2 September 1859
  • A child of John Anderson and Janet Taylor

Household of Janet Anderson

She is married to Mungo Syme.

They got married on December 4, 1816 at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, she was 18 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Ann or Agnes Syme  1825-1897 
  2. Elizabeth Syme  1828-????
  4. Cathrine Syme  1835-????
  5. Helen Syme  1837-????
  6. Mungo Syme  1840-1895 
  7. Janet Syme  1820-????
  8. William Syme  1817-????
  9. John Syme  1822-????


Notes about Janet Anderson

1. Janet Anderson appears to have died before 1859, as her husband, Mungo Syme, remarries as a widower, to Ann McNair, 2 September 1859. No record of her death can be found.

2. I believe Janet Anderson, to be 1798 ANDERSON, JANET (Old Parish Registers Births 465/ 50 218 Alloa)
Parents JOHN ANDERSON & JANET TAYLOR. She was likely b. 30 March 1798 Alloa. Her first son named after Mungo Syme's father, William, her first daughter named after Janet Anderson's Mother, Janet? Other Children born to John Anderson and Janet Taylor are Elizabeth, b. 23 April 1800, [465/ 50 227], Ann, b. 13 June 1802, [465/ 60 23], and John, b. 27 Nov. 1804, [465/ 60 57], all b. Alloa, are named also to children of Mungo and Janet!

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Anderson

Janet Anderson
1798-< 1859

1816

Mungo Syme
< 1794-1863

Ann or Agnes Syme
1825-1897
Elizabeth Syme
1828-????
Christian or Christina Syme
1832-1874
Cathrine Syme
1835-????
Helen Syme
1837-????
Mungo Syme
1840-1895
Janet Syme
1820-????
William Syme
1817-????
John Syme
1822-????

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Sources

  1. 1841 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1841 SIME, ANN (Census 465/ 1/ 37) Parish: Clackmannan 1841 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.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.
    1841 SIME, ANN (Census 465/ 1/ 37)
    Name: Ann Sime
    High Street, Alloa, Clackmannan,
    Janet Sime (Head} Age 30,
    Janet Sime, Age 15,
    Ann Sime, Age10,
    Elizabeth Sime, Age 8,
    Christina Sime, Age 7,
    Catherine Sime, Age 5,
    Helen Sime, Age 3.
    Mungo Sime, Age 1.

    All born Alloa

    Father Mungo Sime is on board Ship in Dundee, 1841 Census.
  2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Anderson Syme Parish: Alloa; ED: 2; Page: 25; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_75; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.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 Janet Syme
    Name: Janet Syme
    Age: 52
    Estimated birth year: abt 1799
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Alloa, clackmannsh
    Parish Number: 358
    Civil Parish: Alloa
    Town: Alloa
    County: Clackmannan
    Address: King Street
    Occupation: Seamans Wife
    ED: 2
    Page: 25
    Household schedule number: 108
    Line: 3
    Roll: CSSCT1851_75
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Janet Syme 52
    Eliza Syme 21
    Christian Syme 18
    Cathrine Syme 15
    Helen Syme 12
    Mongo Syme 11
    Peter Stewart 30
    Margret Stewart 24
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1859 SYME, MUNGO, ANN MCNAIR (Statutory registers Marriages 465/ 36) The image first downloaded from Scotlands People was illegible. Scotlands People have re scanned the original, providing a more Legible document. Remember this!
    1859 SYME, MUNGO, ANN MCNAIR (Statutory registers Marriages 465/ 36)
    Marriages in the Parish of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan. 1859.
    Second September 1859.
    Alloa Marriage.
    After Banns was solemnized between us according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland.
    Signed
    Mungo Syme. 63 Years. Alloa.
    Seaman. Widower
    Parents: William Syme. Deceased. Blacksmith.
    Agnes Syme. (MS) Niccoll. Deceased.
    Signed
    Ann McNair. 45 Years. Alloa.
    Outfield worker. Widow.
    Parents: Walter McNair. Labourer. Deceased.
    Agnes McNair. (MS) Taylor. Deceased.
    Signed John Wright. Free ch: minister
    Signed Mungo Syme Witness.
    Walter Hay. Witness.
    Signed Wm. A. Bruce.
    Registrar
  4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1816 SYME, MUNGO, JANET ANDERSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 465/ 60 266 Alloa)
    04/12/1816 SYME, MUNGO, JANET ANDERSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 465/ 60 266 Alloa)
    1819 Proclamations Alloa
    Syme & Anderson
    {Mungo Syme & Janet Anderson, both of this parish recorded their names for proclamation of banns on the 6th of Nov: & were married on the 4th Dec.1816.
    (Three Days)

Historical events

Birthday March 30, 1798

  • The temperature on March 30, 1798 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 4 » Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
    • April 7 » The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
    • July 7 » As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
    • July 21 » French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
    • August 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
    • November 4 » Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.

Day of marriage December 4, 1816

  • The temperature on December 4, 1816 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1816: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
    • April 14 » Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
    • May 22 » A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread to Ely the next day.
    • June 19 » Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
    • July 9 » Argentina declares independence from Spain.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.


Same birth/death day

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