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Personal data William Dick 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Household of William Dick

He is married to Christina Dick.

They got married on November 29, 1872 at Carnock, Fife, Scotland, he was 41 years old.Source 9


Notes about William Dick

1908 DICK, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 14)
Deaths in the District of Burntisland in the County of Fife 1908.
William Dick
Railway Waggon Inspector
Married to Christina Finlayson
1908 February Twentieth 3h 30m P.M.
6 Thistle Street, Burntisland M 77 years
Parents: John Dick
Quarryman (Freestone)
(Deceased)
Margaret Dick M.S. Bruce
(Deceased)
COD: Pneumonia, 4 days
As cert. by Robert Spence
M.B.Ch.
Inf. Robert Paxton, Nephew
37 Ferguson Place, Burntisland
Registered
1908 February 21st, Burntisland
David Wood
Asst. Registrar

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James Bruce
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Margaret Bulram
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John Dick
± 1795-< 1851

William Dick
1831-1908

1872

Christina Dick
1834-????


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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Dick Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 31; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_132 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 William Dick
      Name: William Dick
      Age: 70
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Dick
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 411
      Registration district: Burntisland
      Civil parish: Burntisland
      Town: Burntisland
      County: Fife
      Address: 6 Thistle Street
      Occupation: Retired Carriage Waggon Inspector
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 207
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1901_132
      Household Members Age Relationship
      William Dick 70 Head
      Christina Dick 69 Wife
    2. 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
    3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Dick Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1881_114 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 William Dick
      Name: William Dick
      Age: 49
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Dick
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 411
      Registration district: Burntisland
      Civil parish: Burntisland
      County: Fife
      Address: Thistle Street (Courtesy of Findmypast, no street address on Ancestry)
      Occupation: Railway Labourer
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 24
      Line: 25
      Roll: CSSCT1881_114
      Household Members Age Relationship
      William Dick 49 Head
      Christina Dick 47 Wife
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1870 PAXTON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 26)
      1870 PAXTON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 26)
      Deaths in the Parish of Burntisland in the County of Fife 1870.
      Elizabeth Paxton, Single
      1870 June Twenty Ninth 4h PM.
      Thistle Street, Burntisland F 23 years
      Parents: John Paxton (Deceased)
      Margaret Paxton
      M.S. Dick
      COD: Chronic Peritonitis
      As Certified by Jas. Carmichael M.D,
      Inf. William Dick, Uncle
      Registered
      1870 June 30th, Burntisland
      David Wood
      Registrar
    5. 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
    6. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Dick Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 31; 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 William Dick
      Name: William Dick
      Age: 59
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Christina Dick
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 411
      Registration district: Burntisland
      Civil parish: Burntisland
      County: Fife
      Address: 6 Thistle Street
      Occupation: Railway Inspector
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 184
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1891_125
      Household Members Age Relationship
      William Dick 59 Head
      Christina Dick 57 Wife
    7. 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
    8. 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
    9. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1872 Record for William Dick and Christina Finlayson 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 Dick and Christina Finlayson
      Name: William Dick
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1872
      Marriage Place: Carnock, Fife, Scotland
      Spouse: Christina Finlayson
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
      / Ancestry.com
    10. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1908 DICK, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 14)
      1908 DICK, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 14)
      Deaths in the District of Burntisland in the County of Fife 1908.
      William Dick
      Railway Waggon Inspector
      Married to Christina Finlayson
      1908 February Twentieth 3h 30m P.M.
      6 Thistle Street, Burntisland M 77 years
      Parents: John Dick
      Quarryman (Freestone)
      (Deceased)
      Margaret Dick M.S. Bruce
      (Deceased)
      COD: Pneumonia, 4 days
      As cert. by Robert Spence
      M.B.Ch.
      Inf. Robert Paxton, Nephew
      37 Ferguson Place, Burntisland
      Registered
      1908 February 21st, Burntisland
      David Wood
      Asst. Registrar

    Historical events

    Day of marriage November 29, 1872

    • The temperature on November 29, 1872 was about 8.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
      • April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
      • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
      • November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
      • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
      • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

    Day of death February 20, 1908

    • The temperature on February 20, 1908 was between 2.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
      • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
      • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
      • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
      • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
      • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
    

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