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Personal data John Smith 

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Household of John Smith

He is married to Christian Horsburgh.

They got married on December 23, 1815 at Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland, he was 25 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander Smith  1819-1881 
  2. Christian Smith  1824-????
  3. Janet Smith  1822-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Smith

John Smith
1790-????

1815

Christian Horsburgh
1796-????

Alexander Smith
1819-1881
Christian Smith
1824-????
Janet Smith
1822-????

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  1. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1815 Record for John Smith and Christian Horseburgh 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 Smith and Christian Horseburgh
    Name: John Smith
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1815
    Marriage Place: Dirleton,East Lothian,Scotland
    Spouse: Christian Horsburgh
    FHL Film Number: 1067795
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  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1790 Record for John Smith 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 John Smith
    Name: John Smith
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 23 Oct 1790
    Birth Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
    Baptism Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
    Father: George Smith
    Mother: Elisabeth Penny
    FHL Film Number: 1067795
    Reference ID: 2:15PHZ88
  3. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Smith Parish: Abbotshall; ED: 5; Page: 14; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_84; 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 John Smith
    Name: John Smith
    Age: 61
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Christian Smith
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Aimeston, Haddingtonshire
    Parish Number: 399
    Civil Parish: Abbotshall
    Town: Linkstown
    County: Fife
    Address: High Street
    Occupation: Baker
    ED: 5
    Page: 14
    Household Schedule Number: 67
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1851_84
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Smith 61
    Christian Smith 57
    Christian Smith 26
  4. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Smith Parish: Abbotshall; ED: 5; Page: 18; Line: 440; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for John Smith
    Name: John Smith
    Age: 55
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Scotland
    Civil parish: Abbotshall
    County: Fife
    Address: Linkstown High Street
    Occupation: Baker Journeyman
    Parish Number: 399
    Household Members Age
    John Smith 55
    Christian Smith 45
    Alex Smith 20
    Christian Smith 17
    Janet Smith 17

Historical events

Birthday October 23, 1790

  • The temperature on October 23, 1790 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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)
  • In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
    • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
    • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
    • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
    • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
    • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

Day of marriage December 23, 1815

  • The temperature on December 23, 1815 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
    • March 1 » Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.
    • June 16 » Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
    • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
    • November 27 » Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
    • December 11 » The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.


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