Harrower Family Tree » George Todd (1848-1909)

Personal data George Todd 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born in the year 1848 in Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Sources 1, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1892 Ploughman. Daughter Elizabeths marriage to Hugh Paxton.Source 3
    • in the year 1881 Agricultural Labourer/Waulkmill Cottage, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1871 Farm Servant in Cavelstone Bothy, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Sources 4, 6
    • in the year 1891 Agricultural Labourer (Ploughman) in 1 Balbie Cottar Houses, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1901 Pithead General Labourer in Sillerhole, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: .Source 1
    • in the year 1871: Cavelstone Bothy, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland.Sources 4, 6
    • in the year 1891: 1 Balbie Cottar Houses, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1901: Sillerhole, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • (Informant at Death) on December 6, 1909: John Todd, Son, Leven Vale/112 High Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 8
  • He died on December 5, 1909 in Forth View, Innerleven, Fife, Scotland, he was 61 years old.Source 8
    Age: 61; Relation to head: Father
    Oorzaak: Valvular Disease of Heart - 1 year
  • A child of John Todd and MargaretSmith

Household of George Todd

He is married to Helen Drysdale.

They got married on May 26, 1871 at Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Sources 2, 9


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Todd  1871-???? 
  2. John Todd  1874-????
  3. Margaret Todd  1876-????
  4. Robina Todd  1879-????
  5. George Todd  1882-????
  6. James Todd  1885-????
  7. Annie Todd  1888-????
  8. Alexander Lodd  1894-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on May 26, 1871 in Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland : Alex'r. Todd, Margaret Todd, Witness.Source 9


Notes about George Todd

1. 1861 Census 2 choices both Georges are same age. George's Son, John records his Fathers Parents as George Todd,
Surfaceman (deceased) & Margaret Todd M.S. not recorded (deceased).
There is no birth for George in Kinross-shire at that time. There is also no marriage between a George Todd and a Margaret that fits.

2. Dates have been altered by CH

3. 1871 TODD, GEORGE (Statutory registers Marriages 463/ 4)
Marriages in the Parish of Orwell in the County of Kinross 1871.
1871 Twentysixth May, Orwell, Milnathort
After Banns, according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian Church
(Signed)
George Todd
Farm Servant (Bachelor) Age 21
Cavilstone, Kinross
Parents: John Todd,
Farmservant, (Deceased)
Margaret Todd, M.S. Smith
(Signed)
Helen Drysdale
Domestic Servant (Spinster) Age 23
Winfield Cottage, Kinross
Parents: Robert Drysdale
Labourer (Deceased)
Elizabeth Drysdale
M.S, Moyes (Deceased)
(Signed)
William Boyd
(Signed)
Alex'r. Todd, Witness
Margaret Todd, Witness
Registered
1871 May 29th, Milnathort
Alex'r. Millar
Registrar

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Todd

John Todd
????-< 1871
MargaretSmith
????-< 1909

George Todd
1848-1909

1871

Helen Drysdale
1847-????

Elizabeth Todd
1871-????
John Todd
1874-????
Margaret Todd
1876-????
Robina Todd
1879-????
George Todd
1882-????
James Todd
1885-????
Annie Todd
1888-????
Alexander Lodd
1894-????

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Sources

  1. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Todd Parish: Torryburn; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1881_126 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 George Todd
    Name: George Todd
    Age: 30
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Helen Todd
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Orwell, Kinross Shire
    Registration Number: 458
    Registration district: Torryburn
    Civil parish: Torryburn
    County: Fife
    Address: Waulkmill Cottage
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 89
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1881_126
    Household Members Age Relationship
    George Todd 30 Head
    Helen Todd 31 Wife
    Eliza Todd 9 Daughter
    John Todd 7 Son
    Margaret Todd 5 Daughter
    Robina Todd 2 Daughter
  2. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1871 Record for George Todd & Helen Drysdale 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 George Todd & Helen Drysdale
    Name: George Todd
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 26 May 1871
    Marriage Place: Orwell, Kinross, Scotland
    Spouse: Helen Drysdale
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
    / Ancestry.com
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1892 PAXTON, HUGH, ELIZABETH TODD (Statutory registers Marriages 436/ 5)
    1892 PAXTON, HUGH, ELIZABETH TODD (Statutory registers Marriages 436/ 5)
    Marriages in the Parish of Kilconquhar in the County of Fife 1892.
    1892 Ninth December
    Muircambus, Parish of Kilconquhar
    After Banns According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    Hugh Paxton
    Ploughman (Bachelor) Age 24
    Bellfield, Parish of Kinross
    Parents: Hugh Paxton,
    Crofter & Carrier
    Mary Paxton M.S. Simpson
    (Signed)
    Elizabeth Todd
    Domestic Sevant (Spinster) Age 21
    Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy
    Parents: George Todd
    Ploughman
    Helen Todd M.S. Drysdale
    (Signed)
    Alex. Legge
    Minister of Kilconquhar Parish
    (Signed)
    James Paxton, Witness
    Maggie Todd, Witness
    Registered
    1892 December 12th, Colinsburgh
    Thomas Syme
    Registrar
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Dalrymple Parish: Kinross; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1871_79 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 David Dalrymple
    Name: David Dalrymple
    Age: 44
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann P Dalrymple
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunbog, Fife
    Registration Number: 462
    Registration district: Kinross
    Civil parish: Kinross
    County: Kinross
    Address: Cavelstone (Cothouse)
    Occupation: Farm Servant
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 14
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1871_79
    Household Members Age Relationship
    David Dalrymple 44 Head Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    Ann P Dalrymple 32 Wife Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    Belay Dalrymple 9 Daughter Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    James Dalrymple 7 Son Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    George Tod 21 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
    William Roy 19 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
    George Fraiser 19 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
  5. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Todd Parish: Scoonie; ED: 6; Page: 5; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1901_146 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 George Todd
    Name: George Todd
    Age: 50
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Helen Todd
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Orwell, Kinross-shire
    Registration Number: 456
    Registration district:Scoonie
    Civil parish: Scoonie
    County: Fife
    Address: Beginning of the Hamlet of Sillerhole
    Occupation: Pithead General Labourer
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 26
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1901_146
    Household Members AgeRelationship
    George Todd 50 Head
    Helen Todd 51 Wife
    George Todd 19 Son
    James Todd 17 Son
    Annie Todd 13 Daughter
    Alexander Todd 7 Son
    Andrew Moyes 6 Grandson
  6. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 TOD, GEORGE (Census 462/ 5/ 3) Parish: Kinross 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.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.
    1871 TOD, GEORGE (Census 462/ 5/ 3)
    Record for David Dalrymple
    Name: David Dalrymple
    Age: 44
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann P Dalrymple
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunbog, Fife
    Registration Number: 462
    Registration district: Kinross
    Civil parish: Kinross
    County: Kinross
    Address: Cavelstone (Cothouse)
    Occupation: Farm Servant
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 14
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1871_79
    Household Members Age Relationship
    David Dalrymple 44 Head Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    Ann P Dalrymple 32 Wife Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    Belay Dalrymple 9 Daughter Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    James Dalrymple 7 Son Living at Cavelston Cothouse
    George Tod 21 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
    William Roy 19 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
    George Fraiser 19 Servant Living at Cavelston Bothy
  7. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Todd Parish: Burntisland; ED: 6; Page: 16; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1891_125 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 George Todd
    Name: George Todd
    Age: 48
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Helen Todd
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Orwell, Kinrosshire
    Registration Number: 411
    Registration district: Burntisland
    Civil parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Address: No 1 Balbie Cottar Houses
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (Ploughman)
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 87
    Line: 18
    Roll: CSSCT1891_125
    Household Members Age Relationship
    George Todd 48 Head
    Helen Todd 41 Wife
    Eliza Todd 19 Daughter
    John Todd 17 Son
    Mggie Todd 15 Daughter
    Robina Todd 12 Daughter
    George Todd 9 Son
    James Todd 6 Son
    Annie Todd 3 Daughter
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1909 TODD, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 182)
    1909 TODD, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 182)
    Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1909.
    George Todd
    Pit head Labourer
    Married to Helen Drysdale
    1909 December Fifth 7h 45m A.M.
    Forth View
    Innerleven, Wemyss M. 55 years
    Parents: George Todd
    Surfaceman (deceased)
    Margaret Todd
    M.S. not recorded (deceased)
    COD: Valvular Disease of Heart - 1 year
    As Cert. by Peter Murray M.B.Ch.B
    Inf. John Todd, Son.
    Leven Vale
    Registered
    1909 December 6, Buckhaven
    David M. Pryde
    Registrar
  9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1871 TODD, GEORGE HELEN DRYSDALE(Statutory registers Marriages 463/ 4)
    1871 TODD, GEORGE HELEN DRYSDALE (Statutory registers Marriages 463/ 4)
    Marriages in the Parish of Orwell in the County of Kinross 1871.
    1871 Twentysixth May, Orwell, Milnathort
    After Banns, according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian Church
    (Signed)
    George Todd
    Farm Servant (Bachelor) Age 21
    Cavilstone, Kinross
    Parents: John Todd,
    Farmservant, (Deceased)
    Margaret Todd, M.S. Smith
    (Signed)
    Helen Drysdale
    Domestic Servant (Spinster) Age 23
    Winfield Cottage, Kinross
    Parents: Robert Drysdale
    Labourer (Deceased)
    Elizabeth Drysdale
    M.S, Moyes (Deceased)
    (Signed)
    William Boyd
    (Signed)
    Alex'r. Todd, Margaret Todd, Witness
    Registered
    1871 May 29th, Milnathort
    Alex'r. Millar
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage May 26, 1871

  • The temperature on May 26, 1871 was about 11.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Day of death December 5, 1909

  • The temperature on December 5, 1909 was between 1.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
    • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
    • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
    • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.


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