Harrower Family Tree » William Wilson (1838-1920)

Personal data William Wilson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born in the year 1838 in Halbeath, Fife, Scotland.Sources 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1881 Coal Miner in Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871 Coal Miner in Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1891 Coal Miner in Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1901 Coal Miner in Newcastle, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1861 Coal Miner /Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 8
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871: Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1891: Guttergates, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1901: Newcastle, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1861: .Source 8
    • in the year 1861: .Source 4
  • (Informant at Death) on January 15, 1920 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland: Thomas Wilson, Son (Present).Source 9
  • He died on January 15, 1920, he was 82 years old.Source 9
    Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Oorzaak: Senile Decay, Bronchitis/Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  • A child of Andrew Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson

Household of William Wilson

He is married to Elizabeth Mclean.

They got married on July 12, 1861 at Music Hall Lane, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Sources 3, 8


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Wilson  1867-????
  2. Andrew Wilson  1861-????
  3. Montgomery Wilson  1864-1949 
  5. Helen Wilson  1878-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 12, 1861 in Music Hall Lane, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland : Thomas King, Marion Wilson, Witness.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Wilson

Andrew Wilson
1808-????

William Wilson
1838-1920

1861

Elizabeth Mclean
1839-1923

Thomas Wilson
1867-????
Andrew Wilson
1861-????
Montgomery Wilson
1864-1949
Elizabeth Beveridge Hope Wilson
1872-1910
Helen Wilson
1878-????

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Sources

  1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1867 Record for Thomas Mclean Wilson 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 Thomas Mclean Wilson
    Name: Thomas Mclean Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 20 Aug 1867
    Birth Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Father: William Wilson
    Mother: Elizabeth Mclean
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Wilson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 22; Page: 32; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1881_118 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 Wilson
    Name: William Wilson
    Age: 43
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Halbeath, Fife
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil parish: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Guttergates
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 22
    Household schedule number: 151
    Line: 25
    Roll: CSSCT1881_118
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Wilson 43 Head
    Elizabeth Wilson 42 Wife
    Andrew Wilson 20 Son
    Montgomery Wilson 17 Daughter
    Thomas Wilson 13 Son
    Elizabeth Wilson 9 Daughter
    Helen Wilson 3 Daughter
  3. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1861 Record for William Wilson and Elizabeth McLean 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 Wilson and Elizabeth McLean
    Name: William Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1861
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Elizabeth Mclean
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
    / Ancestry.com
  4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Wilson Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 6; Page: 16; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1861_55 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 Andrew Wilson
    Name: Andrew Wilson
    Age: 53
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1808
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Registration Number: 424/2
    Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
    Civil parish: Dunfermline Landward
    County: Fife
    Address: Village of Halbeath
    Occupation: Taylor
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 86
    Line: 13
    Roll: CSSCT1861_55
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Andrew Wilson 53 Head
    Elizabeth Wilson 52 Wife
    William Wilson 23 Son
    Marion Wilson 21 Daughter
    James Wilson 19 Son
    Christian Wilson 16 Daughter
    John Wilson 14 Son
    Alexander Wilson 7 Son
    Elizabeth Wilson 3 Daughter
  5. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Wilson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 27; Page: 8; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_129 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 Wilson
    Name: William Wilson
    Age: 53
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Halbeath, Fife
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil parish: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Guttergates
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 27
    Household schedule number: 39
    Line: 24
    Roll: CSSCT1891_129
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Wilson 53 Head
    Elizabeth Wilson 53 Wife
    Elizabeth Wilson 19 Daughter
    Helen Wilson 13 Daughter
  6. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Wilson Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 6; Page: 36; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1871_72
    Record for William Wilson
    Name: William Wilson
    Age: 33
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Halbeath, Fife
    Registration Number: 424/2
    Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
    Civil parish: Dunfermline Landward
    County: Fife
    Address: Guttergates
    Occupation: Miner
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 171
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1871_72
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Wilson 33 Head
    Elizabeth Wilson 32 Wife
    Andrew Wilson 9 Son
    Montgomery Wilson 7 Daughter
    Thomas Wilson 3 Son
  7. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Wilson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 32; Page: 11; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1901_136
    Record for William Wilson
    Name: William Wilson
    Age: 63
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil parish: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Newcastle
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 32
    Household schedule number: 51
    Line: 2
    Roll: CSSCT1901_136
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Wilson 63 Head
    Elizabeth Wilson 63 Wife
    Elizabeth Wilson 28 Daughter
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1861 WILSON, WILLIAM, ELIZABETH MCLEAN (Statutory registers Marriages 424/1 90) Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/103326804/person/322079555143/media/8178f388-19bd-424e-8eaf-75257116d527
    1861 WILSON, WILLIAM, ELIZABETH MCLEAN (Statutory registers Marriages 424/1 90)
    Marriages in the Burgh of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1861.
    1861 July Twelfth
    Music Hall Lane, Dunfermline
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    William Wilson
    Coal Miner (Bachelor) Age 23
    Halbeath, Dunfermline
    Parents: Andrew Wilson
    Tailor
    Elizabeth Wilson
    M.S. Wilson
    (Signed)
    Elizabeth McLean
    Outdoor Worker
    (Spinster) Age 23
    Halbeath, Dunfermline
    Parents: Thomas McLean
    Coal Miner (Deceased)
    Montgomery McLean
    M.S. Cook
    (Signed)
    James M Ross
    Minister
    Thomas King, Marion Wilson, Witness
    Registered
    1861 July 15th, Dunfermline
    Ro. Wilson
    Assist. Registrar
    WW
  9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1920 WILSON, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 34) Dunfermline Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/103326804/person/322116031905/media/6c5b0239-c9bc-42a0-8330-d254e66c5380
    1920 WILSON, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 34) Dunfermline
    Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1920.
    William Wilson
    Coal Miner
    (Married to Elizabeth McLean)
    1920 January Fifteenth 0h. 30m. a.m.
    Halbeath, Dunfermline M. 81 years
    Parents: Andrew Wilson
    Tailor (Deceased)
    Elizabeth Wilson
    M.S. Beveridge (Deceased)
    COD: Senile Decay, Bronchitis
    as cert. by A L Bell M.D.
    Inf. Thomas Wilson, Son (Present)
    Registered
    1920 January 15th, Dunfermline
    David Watson
    Assist. Registrar
    JW

Historical events

Day of marriage July 12, 1861

  • The temperature on July 12, 1861 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
    • April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
    • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
    • June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
    • August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
    • December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

Day of death January 15, 1920

  • The temperature on January 15, 1920 was between 1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
    • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
    • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
    • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
    • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
    • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.


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