Harrower Family Tree » Margaret Houston (1816-1874)

Personal data Margaret Houston 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Household of Margaret Houston

She is married to Peter Christie Philp.

They got married on June 25, 1848 at Collessie, Fife, Scotland, she was 32 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. George Philp  1851-1889 
  2. Jean Philp  1850-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Houston

James Houston
????-< 1874
Jean Morrison
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Margaret Houston
1816-1874

1848

Peter Christie Philp
1817-1892

George Philp
1851-1889
Jean Philp
1850-????

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Sources

  1. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1848 Record for Peter Philp & Margaret Houston Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Peter Philp & Margaret Houston
    Name: Margaret Houston
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1848
    Marriage Place: Collessie, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Peter Philp
    / Ancestry.com
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1816 Record for Margaret Houston Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Margaret Houston
    Name: Margaret Houston
    Gender: Female
    Age: 0
    Birth Date: 21 Mar 1816
    Baptism Date: 27 Mar 1816
    Baptism Place: Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland
    Father: James Houston
    Mother: Jean Morrison
  3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Philp Parish: Dunfermline Burgh; ED: 9; Page: 25; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1861_55 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 Peter Philp
    Name: Peter Philp
    Age: 45
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Margaret Philp
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Forgan, Fife
    Registration Number: 424/1
    Registration district: Dunfermline Burgh
    Civil parish: Dunfermline Burgh
    County: Fife
    Address: Hospittal Hill
    Occupation: Black Smith employing Journeyman & 1 Apprentice
    ED: 9
    Household schedule number: 159
    Line: 24
    Roll: CSSCT1861_55
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Peter Philp 45 Head
    Margaret Philp 45 Wife
    Jean Philp 11 Daughter
    George Philp 10 Son
    David Readie 25 Boarder
    James Maloom 16 Boarder
  4. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Philp Parish: Collessie; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_86; 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 Peter Philp
    Name:Peter Philp
    Age: 32
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Margaret Philp
    Gender: Male
    Where Born: Forgan, Fife
    Parish Number: 416
    Civil Parish: Collessie
    Town: Rural
    County: Fife
    Address: 5 Rossie Smithy
    Occupation: Blacksmith (master) 1 Man
    ED: 1
    Page: 12
    Household Schedule Number: 47
    Line: 9
    Roll: CSSCT1851_86
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter Philp 32
    Margaret Philp 33
    Jean Philp 1
    George Philp 7 Mo
    Alexander Drysdale 17 Servant
    Mary Ann McNifate 13 House Servant
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1889 PHILP, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 453/ 73)
    1889 PHILP, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 453/ 73)
    Deaths in the United District of St Andrews & St Leonards in the County of Fife 1889.
    George Philp
    Vetinary Surgeon
    Married to Mary Balfour
    1889 May Sixth 9h 30m A.M.
    108 South Street, St Andrews m. Age 38
    Parents: Peter Philp, Blacksmith (Master)
    Margaret Philp
    M.S. Houston (Deceased)
    COD: Valvular disease of Heart
    Mitral, Several years, Cirrhosis ? Epilepsy
    As Cert. by R Moir MD
    FRCSE
    Inf. Mary Philp, Widow (Present)
    Registered
    1889 June 7th, St Andrews
    James Swan
    Asst. Registrar
  6. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter C Philp Parish: Dunfermline Burgh; ED: 9; Page: 25; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1871_72 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 Peter C Philp
    Name: Peter C Philp
    Age: 53
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Margaret Philp
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Forgan, Fife
    Registration Number: 424/1
    Registration district: Dunfermline Burgh
    Civil parish: Dunfermline Burgh
    County: Fife
    Address: Hospital Hill
    Occupation: Master Blacksmith employing 2 Men and a Boy
    ED: 9
    Household schedule number: 146
    Line: 19
    Roll: CSSCT1871_72
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Peter C Philp 53 Head
    Margaret Philp 55 Wife
    George Philp 20 Son
    Robert Hatt 21 Boarder
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1874 HOUSTON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 424/1 247)
    1874 HOUSTON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 424/1 247)
    Deaths in the Burgh of Dunfermline in the County of Fife, 1874.
    Margaret Philp
    Married to Peter Philp, Blacksmith
    1874 August Thirty first 7h. 45m. A.M
    Hospital Hill, Dunfermline F. 58 years
    Parents: James Houston
    Damask Weaver (Deceased)
    Jean Houston
    M.S. Morrison (Deceased)
    COD: Chronic Bronchitis 1 year 2 months
    As Certified by Robert Brown M.D.
    Inf. Peter Philp
    Husband (Present)
    Registered
    1874 September 1st, Dunfermline
    Ro. Wilson
    Assistant Registrar

Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1816

  • The temperature on March 21, 1816 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1816: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 2 » Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
    • 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.
    • August 24 » The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • December 11 » Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.

Christening day March 27, 1816

  • The temperature on March 27, 1816 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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.
    • February 20 » Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
    • April 10 » The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
    • May 2 » Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
    • July 27 » Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
    • December 11 » Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.

Day of marriage June 25, 1848

  • The temperature on June 25, 1848 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
    • May 19 » Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15million.
    • July 19 » Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
    • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄4 inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
    • November 1 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
    • November 3 » A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.

Day of death August 31, 1874

  • The temperature on August 31, 1874 was about 22.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
    • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
    • November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.


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