Harrower Family Tree » Margaret Mortimer (± 1799-1864)

Personal data Margaret Mortimer 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • She was born about 1799 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Green Grocer in Bridge End Cottage, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Bridge End Cottage, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1841: Haugh, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1851: Kirkland Bridge, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • (Informant at Death) on July 29, 1864 in Kirkland Bridge, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland: John Davidson, Son.Source 4
  • She died on July 28, 1864 in Kirkland Bridge, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    Oorzaak: Gastric Fever - 6 days
  • A child of Alexander Mortimer and Isabel Forbes

Household of Margaret Mortimer

She is married to John Davidson.

They got married on August 17, 1822 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. John Davidson  1830-???? 
  2. Alexander Davidson  1824-????
  3. David Davidson  1826-????
  4. Janet Davidson  1826-????
  5. Isobella Davidson  1833-????


Notes about Margaret Mortimer

1. Death register found on Ancestry.co.uk on 30.08.2019 confirming death date from LDS as 28 July 1864. Birth date ammended to the year 1799, as her age at death was recorded as 65.

2. 17/08/1822, DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Mortimer

George Mortimer
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Mary White
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David Forbes
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Margaret Henderson
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Isabel Forbes
1768-1841

Margaret Mortimer
± 1799-1864

1822

John Davidson
1789-1843

John Davidson
1830-????
Alexander Davidson
1824-????
David Davidson
1826-????
Janet Davidson
1826-????
Isobella Davidson
1833-????

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    1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson Parish: Scoonie; ED: 4; Page: 20; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1861_60 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. John Roxburgh Lodger appears in both 1851 and 1861 Census living with Davidson Family
      Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson
      Name: Margaret Davidson
      Age: 59
      Estimated birth year: abt 1802
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Scoonie, Fife
      Registration Number: 456
      Registration district: Scoonie
      Civil Parish: Scoonie
      County: Fife
      Address: Bridge End Cottage
      Occupation: Green Grocer
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 98
      Line: 9
      Roll: CSSCT1861_60
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Davidson 59 Head
      John Davidson 31 Son Flaxdresser Scoonie
      Ann Davidson 27 Daughter-in-Law Wemyss
      Catherine Davidson 4 Grandaughter Scoonie
      John Davidson 2 Grandson Scoonie
      William Davidson 10 Mo Grandson Scoonie
      John Roxburgh 41 Lodger
      Walter Ferguson 50 Lodger
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson Parish: Scoonie; ED: 4; Page: 24; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_94; 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. John Roxburgh Lodger appears in both 1851 and 1861 Census living with Davidson Family
      Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson
      Name: Margaret Davidson
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1801
      Relationship: Wife
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ceres, Fife
      Parish Number: 456
      Civil Parish: Scoonie
      County: Fife
      Address: Kirkland Bridge
      Occupation: Life Renter of House
      ED: 4
      Page: 24
      Household schedule number: 587
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1851_94
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Davidson 50
      Isabella Davidson 20 Daughter. Winder. Scoonie.
      Janet Davidson 14 Daughter. Winder. Scoonie.
      Robert McIntosh 24 Lodger
      John Roseburgh 31 Lodger
      George Hall 53 Lodger
      John Cobb 39 Lodger
      Robert Foregrieoe 21 Lodger
    3. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Davidson Parish: Scoonie; ED: 5; Page: 13; Line: 470; 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 Davidson
      Name: John Davidson
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1791
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Scoonie
      County: Fife
      Address: Haugh
      Occupation: Flax Mill Spinner
      Parish Number: 456
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Davidson 50
      David Davidson 15 Flax Dresser
      John Davidson 10
      Margaret Davidson 35 Margaret Mortimer
      Isabella Davidson 8
      Janet Davidson 5
      John Powrie 30 Boarder
      Robert More 25 Boarder
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1864 DAVIDSON, MARGARET(Statutory register Deaths 456/ 46) Downloaded from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/48485656/person/13928414322/media/8235a370-c7d3-480a-9cbb-56f5d5ba4b1d
      1864, DAVIDSON, MARGARET(Statutory register Deaths 456/ 46)
      Deaths in the Parish of Scoonie in the County of Fife 1864.
      Margaret Davidson
      Widow of John Davidson, Flaxdresser.
      1864 July Twenty eighth 3h.30m. p.m.
      Kirkland Bridge, Scoonie F. 65 Years
      Parents: Alexander Mortimer. Gardener.
      --------------(Domestic Servant, deceased)
      COD: Gastric Fever. Six days
      as Cert by Niel (sic) A. Kennedy, Surgeon
      Inf: John Davidson, Son Present.
      Registered 1864 July 29th Leven
      Andrew Forsythe. Registrar
    5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1822 DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss) Downloaded from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/54452449/person/13915390012/media/37af92e2-e016-49af-baa1-29cf3f50b293
      17/08/1822 DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss)
      Proclamations Wemyss 1822.
      Davidson Mortimer. 20 July John Davidson and Margaret Mortimer both of this parish 17 Augt

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    Day of marriage August 17, 1822

    • The temperature on August 17, 1822 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    Day of death July 28, 1864

    • The temperature on July 28, 1864 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
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    • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
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      • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
      • June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
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