Harrower Family Tree » Catherine Forsyth (± 1870-1929)

Personal data Catherine Forsyth 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • She was born about November 1870 in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1892 Domestic Servant in Stirling Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1911 Laundress in 56 Johnstone Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1901 Laundress in 56 Johnstone Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1892: Stirling Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1911: 56 Johnstone Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1901: 56 Johnstone Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1871: 184 High Street, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.Source 1
  • (Civil) on March 19, 1929 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • She died on February 10, 1929 in Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • A child of William Forsyth and Sarah Mclean

Household of Catherine Forsyth

She is married to William Harrower.

They got married on December 10, 1892 at Town Hall, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 2


Child(ren):


Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 10, 1892 in Town Hall, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland : Alexander Harrower, Bella Rennie.Source 2


Notes about Catherine Forsyth

1. HARROWER, Catherine Forsyth or, 101 West Stirling Street, Alva, died 16 February 1929 at Alva, intestate. Confirmation Alloa, 19 March, to Elizabeth Forsyth or Kennedy, Solsgirth Farm, Dollar, her sister, next of kin. Value of Estate, £458:17: 4.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Catherine Forsyth

William Forsyth
1831-< 1892
Sarah Mclean
1843-< 1892

Catherine Forsyth
± 1870-1929

1892

William Harrower
1860-1927

Richard Smith Harrower
1889-????

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Sources

  1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Forsythe Parish: Linlithgow; ED: 5; Page: 16; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_153 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 Forsythe
    Name: William Forsythe
    Age: 40
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
    Relationship: Boarder
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Ireland
    Registration Number: 668
    Registration district: Linlithgow
    Civil parish: Linlithgow
    Town: Linlithgow
    County: West Lothian
    Address: 184 High Street
    Occupation: Shoemaker
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 85
    Line: 14
    Roll: CSSCT1871_153
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Ann Lavan 50 Head
    Jane Sharp 6 Great Grandchild (Grandchild)
    William Forsythe 40 Boarder
    Sarah Forsythe 28 Boarder
    Elizabeth Forsythe 8 Boarder
    Catherine Forsythe 6 Mo Boarder
  2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1892 HARROWER, WILLIAM CATHERINE FORSYTH (Statutory registers Marriages 470/ 53)
    1892 HARROWER, WILLIAM CATHERINE FORSYTH (Statutory registers Marriages 470/ 53)
    Marriages in the Parish of Alva in the County of Clackmannan 1892.
    1892 Tenth December
    Town Hall, Alva.
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    Signed
    William Harrower
    Woollen Weaver, Bachelor
    Age 30. George Street, Alva
    Parents: Colin Harrower
    Woollen Weaver (deceased)
    Ann Harrower M.S. Syme
    Signed
    Catherine Forsyth
    Domestic Servant, Spinster Age 21
    Stirling Street, Alva
    Parents: William Forsyth,
    Shoemaker (deceased)
    Sarah Forsyth
    MS McLean (deceased)
    Signed
    JA Williamson
    Minister of Alva
    Signed
    Alexander Harrower, Witness
    Bella Rennie, Witness
    Registered
    1892 December 10th, Alva
    James Masson Robertson.
    Registrar
  3. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland. Find my Past, Record for William Harrower Parish: Alva 1901 Scotland Census [FindmyPast] 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
    1901 Scotland Census
    56 Johnstone Street, Alva
    WilliamHarrowerHeadMarriedMale391862Woollen WeaverAlva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
    CatherineHarrowerWifeMarriedFemale291872LaundressLinlithgow, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland
    RichardSmith Adopted SonSingleMale121889Scholar Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  4. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, 1929 Record for Catherine Forsyth Harrower Ancestry.com. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.
    Record for Catherine Forsyth Harrower
    Name:Catherine Forsyth Harrower
    Death Date:10 Feb 1929
    Death Place:Alva
    Confirmation Date:19 Mar 1929
    Confirmation Place:Alloa, Scotland

    HARROWER, Catherine Forsyth or, 101 West Stirling Street, Alva, died 16 February 1929 at Alva, intestate. Confirmation Alloa, 19 March, to Elizabeth Forsyth or Kennedy, Salsgirth Farm, Dollar, her sister, next of kin. Value of Estate, £458:17: 4.
    / Ancestry.com
  5. 1911 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1911 HARROWER, WILLIAM (Census 465/B 3/ 17) Parish: Alva 1911 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1910. The records were released on 5 April 2011 following the end of their 100 year closure period. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age.
    HARROWER, WILLIAM 465/B 3/ 17 Alva Clackmannan
    1911 Scotland Census, Alva, Clackmannan
    56 Johnstone Street
    William Harrower Head 50 Mar. Laundry Worker Own account, at Home Alva, Clackmannan
    Catherine Harrower Wife 41 Mar. Laundress, Own account, at Home Dalry, Ayr
    Married for 18 years, No Chidren

Historical events

Day of marriage December 10, 1892

  • The temperature on December 10, 1892 was about -3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
    • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
    • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
    • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
    • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
    • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of death February 10, 1929

  • The average temperature on February 10, 1929 was -5.1 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
    • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
    • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
    • June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
    • July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
    • December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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