Harrower Family Tree » William Forrester (1811-1896)

Personal data William Forrester 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born in the year 1811 in Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5, 7
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1851 Engine Keeper/Bankrow, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1878 Engineman, wifes death.Source 4
    • in the year 1861 Engine Keeper in factory in 191 North Woodside Road, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1841 Engineer/Calder Yard, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891 Engine Keeper (Retired) in 24 Wellfield Street, Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871 Engineman at factory in 11 Hamilton Street, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: .Source 3
    • in the year 1861: 191 North Woodside Road, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1841: .Source 1
    • in the year 1891: 24 Wellfield Street, Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871: 11 Hamilton Street, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
  • (Informant at Death) on February 18, 1878 in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland: Informant at death of wife, Christina.Source 4
  • (Informant at Death) on June 22, 1896 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland: Mary McMillan, Daughter.Source 8
  • He died on June 21, 1896 in Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 85 years old.Source 8
    Oorzaak: Aetis en Debilitis (Age & Weakness)

Household of William Forrester

He is married to Christian Syme.

They got married on April 19, 1833, he was 22 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. William Forrester  1835-????
  2. Elizabeth Forrester  1839-????
  3. Mary Forrester  1841-???? 
  4. Agnes Forrester  1831-????


Notes about William Forrester

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Forrester

William Forrester
1811-1896

1833

Christian Syme
1802-1878

William Forrester
1835-????
Elizabeth Forrester
1839-????
Mary Forrester
1841-????
Agnes Forrester
1831-????

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  1. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Forrester Parish: Old Monkland; ED: 9; Page: 21; Line: 1067; 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 William Forrester
    Name: William Forrester
    Age: 30
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Scotland
    Civil parish: Old Monkland
    County: Lanarkshire
    Address: Calder Yard
    Occupation: Engineer
    Parish Number: 652
    Household Members Age
    William Forrester 30
    Christian Forrester 30
    Agnes Forrester 9
    William Forrester 7
    Elizabeth Forrester 2
    Mary Forrester 2 Months
    John Nairn 17
    Peter Ewen 20
    James Ewen 30
    Peter Daily 35
  2. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McMillan Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 94; Page: 14; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1891_253 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 John McMillan
    Name: John McMillan
    Age: 50
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Mary McMillan
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Rothesay, Buteshire
    Registration Number: 644/3
    Registration district: Dennistoun
    Civil parish: Glasgow Barony
    County: Lanarkshire
    Address: 24 Wellfield Street
    Occupation: Boilermaker
    ED: 94
    Household schedule number: 60
    Line: 12
    Roll: CSSCT1891_253
    Household Members Age Relationship
    John McMillan 50 Head
    Mary McMillan 50 Wife
    William McMillan 21 Son
    John McMillan 18 Son
    Jessie McMillan 16 Daughter
    Mary McMillan 13 Daughter
    William Forrester 78 Father-in-law
  3. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Forrester Parish: Clackmannan; ED: 2; Page: 39; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1851_96; 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 William Forrester
    Name: William Forrester
    Age: 40
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Christian Forrester
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alva, Stirling
    Parish Number: 466
    Civil Parish: Clackmannan
    County: Clackmannanshire
    Address: Bankrow
    Occupation: Engine Keeper
    ED: 2
    Page: 39
    Household Schedule Number: 153
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1851_96
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Forrester 40
    Christian Forrester 42
    William Forrester 16
    Elizabeth Forrester 12
    Mary Forrester 10
    James Syme 4
    John Mc David 46
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1878 FORRESTER, CHRISTINA (Statutory registers Deaths 468/ 21)
    1878 FORRESTER, CHRISTINA (Statutory registers Deaths 468/ 21)
    Deaths in the Parish of Tillicoultry in the County of Clackmannan 1878.
    Christina Forrester
    Married to William Forrester
    Engineman
    1878 February Sixteenth 0h 15m P.M.
    11 Hamilton Street, Tillicoultry F 76 years
    Parents: William Syme
    (Blacksmith, Deceased)
    Agnes Syme
    M.S. Nicol
    COD: Senectus (Old age)
    as certified by D. Farquharson M.D.
    Inf. William Forrester, Husband
    Registered
    1878 February 18th, Tillicoultry
    James Hendry
    Registrar
  5. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Forrester Parish: Tillicoultry; ED: 3; Page: 15; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1871_80 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 William Forrester
    Name: William Forrester
    Age: 58
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Christina Forrester
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alva, Stirling
    Registration Number: 468
    Registration district: Tillicoultry
    Civil parish: Tillicoultry
    Town: Tillicoultry
    County: Clackmannanshire
    Address: 11 Hamilton Street
    Occupation: Engineman at factory
    ED: 3
    Household schedule number: 88
    Line: 6
    Roll: CSSCT1871_80
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Forrester 58 Head
    Christina Forrester 56 Wife
    Elisabeth Jenkins 31 Daughter
    James Arkins 7 Months Grandson
  6. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1833 Record for William Forrester and Christian Syme 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 William Forrester
    Name: William Forrester
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1833
    Marriage Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
    Spouse: Christian Syme
    FHL Film Number: 1040355
    / Ancestry.com
  7. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Forrester Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 38; Page: 2; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1861_106 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 William Forrester
    Name: William Forrester
    Age: 49
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Christina Forrester
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alva, Stirlingshire
    Registration Number: 644/7
    Registration district: Milton
    Civil parish: Glasgow Barony
    County: Lanarkshire
    Address: 191 North Woodside Road
    Occupation: Engine Keeper in factory
    ED: 38
    Household schedule number: 11
    Line: 22
    Roll: CSSCT1861_106
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Forrester 49 Head
    Christina Forrester 52 Wife
    Elizabeth Forrester 22 Daughter
    Mary Forrester 20 Daughter
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1896 FORRESTER, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 644/3 950)
    1896 FORRESTER, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 644/3 950)
    Deaths in the District of Dennistoun in the County of Lanark 1896.
    William Forrester
    Engine Keeper
    Widower of Christina Syme
    1896 June Twentyfirst 3h.10m. P.M.
    24 Wellfield Street, Glasgow M. 83 years
    Parents: William Forrester
    Engine Keeper (deceased)
    Mary Forrester
    M.S. Duncan (deceased)
    COD: Aetas en Debilitis, 3 mo(nths)
    (Age and Debility)
    As Cert by
    D. Haig FRCSE
    Inf. Mary McMillan, Daughter, Present
    Registered
    1896 June 22nd, Glasgow
    Alexr. Ferguson
    Assist Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage April 19, 1833

  • The temperature on April 19, 1833 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1833: Source: Wikipedia
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    • January 2 » Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, arrives at Port Egmont to reassert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
    • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
    • July 5 » Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
    • July 5 » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
    • July 11 » Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
    • 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 June 21, 1896

  • The temperature on June 21, 1896 was about 18.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
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  • 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
    • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
    • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.


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