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Personal data Margaret Bulram Bruce 

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

Household of Margaret Bulram Bruce

She is married to John Dick.

They got married on July 30, 1818 at Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, she was 22 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Dick  1819-1884 
  2. Christian Dick  1821-????
  3. John Dick  1823-????
  4. James Dick  1819-????
  5. Robert Dick  1828-????
  6. William Dick  1831-1908
  7. Peter Dick  1832-????


Notes about Margaret Bulram Bruce

1. There is another Margaret b. in Burntisland to the same Parents - NAME: Margaret Bruce
MOTHER: Margaret Bolram FATHER: James Bruce BIRTH: 31 Aug 1794 Burntisland,Fife,Scotland

17 AUG 1878 • Perth, Perth, Scotland

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Bulram Bruce

Margaret Bulram Bruce
1795-1878

1818

John Dick
± 1795-< 1851

Margaret Dick
1819-1884
Christian Dick
1821-????
John Dick
1823-????
James Dick
1819-????
Robert Dick
1828-????
William Dick
1831-1908
Peter Dick
1832-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Dick Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 9; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 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 Margaret Dick
    Name: Margaret Dick
    Age: 65
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Burntisland, Fife
    Registration Number: 411
    Registration district: Burntisland
    Civil parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Address: Thistle Street
    Occupation: House Keeper
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 42
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1861_53
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Margaret Dick 65 Head
    William Dick 30 Son
    Henry Moyes 18 Grandson
    Elizabeth Bruce 52 Boarder
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1795 Record for Margaret Bruce Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Margaret Bruce
    Name: Margaret Bruce
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 02 Aug 1795
    Birth Place: Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
    Father: James Bruce
    Mother: Margaret Balram
    FHL Film Number: 1040151
  3. 1841 Scotland Census FindmyPast, John Dick in 1841 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Newhouses, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
    John Dick in 1841
    1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
    Newhouses, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland

    JohnDickMale451796Fife, Scotland
    MargaretDickFemale401801Fife, Scotland
    JamesDickMale201821Fife, Scotland
    RobertDickMale131828Fife, Scotland
    WilliamDickMale111830Fife, Scotland
    PeterDickMale91832Fife, Scotland
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Bruce Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 19; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1871_70 Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    Record for Margaret Bruce
    Name: Margaret Bruce
    Age: 75
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Burntisland, Fife
    Registration Number: 411
    Registration district: Burntisland
    Civil parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Address: Thistle Street
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 114
    Line: 13
    Roll: CSSCT1871_70
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Margaret Bruce Dick 75 Head
    William Dick 39 Son
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1884 PAXTON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 4)
    1884 PAXTON, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 4)
    Deaths in the Parish of Aberdour in the County of Fife 1884.
    Margaret Paxton
    Widow of John Paxton, Farmer
    1884 March Fourteenth 6 h A.M.
    Woodside, Parish of Aberdour F. 65 years
    Parents: John Dick
    Quarryman (Deceased)
    Margaret Dick
    M.S. Bruce (Deceased)
    COD: Cerebral Apoplexy
    (many previous attacks)
    As Cert by Robert Spence M.B.C.M
    Inf. Eben. Drysdale
    Son-in-Law
    Registered
    1884 March 15, Aberdour
    James Pringle
    Registrar
  6. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margret Dick Parish: Burntisland; ED: 1A; Page: 7; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_85; 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 Maragret Dick
    Name: Maragret Dick
    Age: 55
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Burntisland, Fife
    Parish Number: 411
    Civil Parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Address: Newrow Street
    Occupation: Labourers Widow
    ED: 1A
    Page: 7
    Household Schedule Number: 27
    Line: 6
    Roll: CSSCT1851_85
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Margret Dick 55
    James Dick 30
    John Dick 26
    William Dick 20
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1878 BRUCE, MARGARET BULRAM (Statutory Registers Deaths 387/ 378) Perth Not downloaded
    1878 BRUCE, MARGARET BULRAM (Statutory Registers Deaths 387/ 378) Perth
  8. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1818 Record for John Dick and Margaret Bruce 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 John Dick and Margaret Bruce
    Name: John Dick
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1818
    Marriage Place: Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Spouse: Margaret Bruce
    FHL Film Number: 1067744
    / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday August 2, 1795

  • The temperature on August 2, 1795 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  •  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 1795: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 7 » The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
    • June 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
    • June 17 » The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
    • August 31 » War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
    • October 24 » Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
    • November 25 » Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.

Day of marriage July 30, 1818

  • The temperature on July 30, 1818 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • March 30 » Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.
    • April 4 » The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
    • April 19 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
    • April 20 » The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
    • July 29 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishing the oldest objection to the wave theory of light.

Day of death August 17, 1878

  • The temperature on August 17, 1878 was about 15.8 °C. There was 19 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.


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