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Personal data John McArthur 

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

Household of John McArthur

(1) He is married to Christina Morris.

They got married on November 30, 1870 at Beath, Fife, Scotland, he was 53 years old.Source 15


Child(ren):

  1. Mary McArthur  1874-????
  2. Jessie McArthur  1871-???? 


(2) He is married to Mary McAuley.

They got married on January 9, 1852 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 35 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander McArthur  1857-???? 
  2. William McArthur  1856-????
  4. Duncan McArthur  1852-???? 
  5. Daniel McArthur  1853-???? 


(3) He is married to Jane Cameron.

They got married before 1852.


Notes about John McArthur

1. John McArthur was married 3 times, noted on his death record
Married to:- 1st. Jane Cameron, 2nd. Mary McCaully, 3rd. Christian Morris.
I can find no record of m. to Jane Cameron on SP.
There is a record on Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/73887059/person/48284124781/facts showing a m. as below.
The same page also refers to his birth date.
John McArthur

Birth: 01 Jan 1817.
Marriage: 01 Jan 1840,
Spouse: Jane Cameron

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John McArthur

John McArthur
1817-1907

(1) 1870

Christina Morris
1839-????

Mary McArthur
1874-????
Jessie McArthur
1871-????
(2) 1852

Mary McAuley
1821-1868

Alexander McArthur
1857-????
William McArthur
1856-????
David Brown McArthur
1862-????
Duncan McArthur
1852-????
Daniel McArthur
1853-????
(3) < 1852

Jane Cameron
± 1822-????


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  1. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1852 Record for John McArthur & Mary McAuley 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 McArthur & Mary McAuley
    Name: John McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 09 Jan 1852
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Mary McAuley
    FHL Film Number: 1040106, 102191, 102194
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McArthur Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 3; Line: 4; 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 John McArthur
    Name: John McArthur
    Age: 42
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Mary McArthur
    Father's Name: Daniel McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Killin, Perthshire
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: Christie's House
    Occupation: Flesher
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 13
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1861_53
    Household Members Age Relationship
    John McArthur 42 Head
    Mary McArthur 40 Wife
    Duncan McArthur 9 Son
    Daniel McArthur 8 Son
    William McArthur 5 Son
    Alex McArthur 3 Son
    Daniel McArthur 70 Father
    Eliz Strachan 20 Servant
  3. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 MCARTHUR, JOHN (Census 410/ 4/ 44) Parish: Beath 1871 [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 MCARTHUR, JOHN (Census 410/ 4/ 44)
    1871 Census
    Cowdenbeath
    John McArthur Head Mar. 50 Flesher Killin, Perthshire
    Catherine McArthur Mar. 31 Aberdour, Fife
    Daniel McArthur Son 18 Flesher Dunfermline, Fife
    Alexander McArthur Son 13 Scholar. Dunfermline, Fife
    Catherine McArthur Daughter 7 Scholar. Dunfermline, Fife
  4. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McArthur Parish: Kinross; ED: 6; Page: 26; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1851_95; 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 McArthur
    Name: John McArthur
    Age: 31
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Killin, Perthshire
    Parish Number: 462
    Civil Parish: Kinross
    Town: Kinross
    County: Kinross
    Address: Main Road
    Occupation: Flesher
    ED: 6
    Page: 26
    Household Schedule Number: 129
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1851_95
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John McArthur 31
    Condie Leitch 21
  5. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McArthur Parish: Beath; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1891_124 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 John McArthur
    Name: John McArthur
    Age: 61
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Christina McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Killin, Perthshire
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: High Street
    Occupation: Retired Flesher
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 29
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1891_124
    Household Members Age Relationship
    John McArthur 61Head
    Christina McArthur 52 Wife
    Mary McArthur 17 Daughter
  6. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McArthur Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 21; Line: 14; 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 John McArthur
    Name: John McArthur
    Age: 59
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Catherine McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Killin, Perthshire
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: High Street
    Occupation: Flesher
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 92
    Line: 14
    Roll: CSSCT1881_114
    Household Members Age Relationship
    John McArthur 59 Head
    Catherine McArthur 41 Wife
    William McArthur 24 Son
    Alexander McArthur 23 Son
    Jessie McArthur 9 Daughter
    Mary McArthur 7 Daughter
  7. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1874 Record for Mary McArthur 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 Mary McArthur
    Name: Mary McArthur
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 16 Feb 1874
    Birth Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Father: John McArthur
    Mother: Christina Morris
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  8. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John McArthur Parish: Beath; ED: 8; Page: 48; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1901_131 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 John McArthur
    Name: John McArthur
    Age: 82
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Christina McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Killin, Glen Dochart, Perthshire
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: 284 High Street
    Occupation: Retired Butcher
    ED: 8
    Household schedule number: 216
    Line: 9
    Roll: CSSCT1901_131
    Household Members Age Relationship
    John McArthur 82 Head
    Christina McArthur 62 Wife
    Jess Sneddon 29 Daughter
    Mary McArthur 27 Daughter
    Christina Sneddon 9 Granddaughter
    Agnes Sneddon 3 Granddaughter
    Jessie Sneddon 1 Granddaughter
  9. Fife, Scotland, Voters Lists, 1832-1894, Ancestry.com, 1878 Register of Voters for the County of Fife, 1878-79
    Record for John McArthur
    Name:John McArthur
    Residence Year:1878
    Residence Place:Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Occupation: Flesher
    / Ancestry.com
  10. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1857 MCARTHUR, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Births 424/2 222)
    1857 MCARTHUR, ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Births 424/2 222)
    Births in the Parish of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1857.
    Alexander McArthur
    1857 September Fourth 11h AM
    Loch Head, Dunfermline M
    Parents: John McArthur, Farmer
    Mary McArthur
    Maiden Name McAuley
    Inf. John McArthur, Father (Present)
    Registered
    1857 September 19th, Dunfermline
    Ro. Wilson
    Assist Registrar
    WW
  11. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1862 MCARTHUR, DAVID BROWN (Statutory Registers of Births 410/ 57) Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/ 73887059/person/48284124789/media/54024cc8-e537-4995-b429-128aacc5c40c
    1862 MCARTHUR, DAVID BROWN (Statutory Registers of Births 410/ 57)
    Births in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1862.
    David Brown McArthur
    1862 April Twentyseventh 1h. P.M.
    Cowdenbeath, Parish of Beath M.
    Parents: John McArthur
    Flesher
    Mary McArthur
    M.S. Macauley
    m. 1852 January 9th, Cleish
    Inf. John McArthur, Father
    Registered
    1862 May 17th, Beath
    Thomas Scott
    Registrar
  12. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1856 Record for William McArthur 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 William McArthur
    Name: William McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 14 Aug 1856
    Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Father: John McArthur
    Mother: Mary McAuley
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  13. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1871 Record for Janet McArthur 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 Janet McArthur
    Name: Janet McArthur
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 06 Oct 1871
    Birth Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Father: John McArthur
    Mother: Christina Morris
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  14. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1907 MCARTHUR, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 418/B 7)
    1907 MCARTHUR, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 418/B 7)
    Deaths in the District of Culross in the County of Fife 1907.
    John McArthur
    Retired Butcher
    Married to:-
    1st. Jane Cameron
    2nd. Mary McCaully
    3rd. Christian Morris
    1907 May Seventh
    3h.30m. P.M.
    Main Street, Culross. M. 90 years
    Parents: Donald McArthur
    Farmer (Deceased)
    Kate McArthur
    M.S. Cameron (Deceased)
    COD: Dropsy & Senility, Heart Failure, 1 Month
    As cert by H Gaskell
    M.B.Ch.B. Culross
    Inf. Alex. McArthur, Son
    (Present)
    Registered
    1907 May 8th, Culross
    John Renney
    Registrar
  15. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1870 Record for John McArthur & Christina Morris 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. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/image-viewer/saved-image/40206883?headers=0
    Record for John McArthur & Christina Morris
    Name:John McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1870
    Marriage Place:Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Christina Morris
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
    / Ancestry.com

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Birthday January 1, 1817

  • The temperature on January 1, 1817 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
    • March 8 » The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
    • April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
    • October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
    • October 30 » Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
    • December 10 » Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.

Day of marriage January 9, 1852

  • The temperature on January 9, 1852 was about 5.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
    • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
    • August 3 » Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
    • November 4 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
    • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
    • December 2 » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

Day of death May 7, 1907

  • The temperature on May 7, 1907 was between 8.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
    • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
    • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
    • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.


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