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Personal data William Archibald 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on April 6, 1851 in Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Occupations:
    • before 1901 Coal Miner.Source 7
    • in the year 1871 Coal Miner in Fordell Square, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1881 Coal Mine Inspector in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891 Coal Miner in 3 Toll Row, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901 Coal Miner in 3 Toll Row, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: 3 Toll Row, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1861: Old Terrace, Fordell, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891: 3 Toll Row, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1881: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1871: Fordell Square, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Newspaper Article) between APR and May 1901: Death of William Archibald Newspaper Report.Source 8
  • He died on April 19, 1901 in Dunfermline Cottage Hospital, Fife, Scotland, he was 50 years old.Sources 7, 8
    Oorzaak: Fracture of Neck
  • A child of Abraham Archibald and Catharine Moffat

Household of William Archibald

He is married to Margaret Beveridge.

They got married on July 17, 1873 at Beath Manse, Beath, Fife, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 9


Child(ren):

  1. Abram Archibald  1874-1945 
  2. Catherine Archibald  1875-????
  3. Janet Archibald  1878-????
  4. Margaret Archibald  1879-????
  5. Thomas Archibald  1881-????
  6. Sarah Archibald  1884-1935 
  7. William Archibald  1885-????
  8. George Archibald  1888-????
  9. Alexander Archibald  1898-????
  10. Elizabeth Archibald  1892-????
  11. Archibald Archibald  1894-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 17, 1873: Peter Moffat, Witness, Margaret Brown, Witness.Source 9


Notes about William Archibald

1. Register of Birth states Parents were of "Fordell Colliery".

2. Margaret Beveridge and William Archibald were witnesses at Margarets brother Thomas's marriage to Janet Ness in 1872 at Coaledge. They were married the next year!

3. William died 19 April 1901 after an accident in Marion Pit, Donibristle (See Media). (Marion Pit was on the South side of the A92, west of the Cowdenbeath slip road)

4. Williams death, reported in Dunfermline Press, 20 April, 1901, incorrectly states surname as Beveridge, corrected to Archibald, in Dunfermline Press, 27 April 1901 (See Media).

5. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~miningvillages/1901Jan.html
1901 April 15, Donibristle, Fife Donibristle Coal Co,
William Archibald, Miner, 50, Explosions of fire damp or coal dust. Deceased was taking off coal from the side of a stoop when the coal suddenly gave a burst; to escape injury he threw himself back and his head came into violent contact with a rail. He died from his injuries 4 days afterwards

6. Also reported in [Evening Telegraph 19 April 1901] http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/223.html
18 April 1901. Fatal Accident In Fife Pit - William Beveridge (50), a miner, residing Toll Row, Donibristle, was badly injured about the head and shoulders yesterday while employed at the Marion Pit, Donibristle Colliery, by piece of coal weighing two cwts falling upon him. He was conveyed to Dunfermline Cottage Hospital, where he died this morning from the effects of the injuries. [Evening Telegraph 19 April 1901]

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    1. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Archibald Parish: Aberdour; ED: 4; Page: 13; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1881_113 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 Archibald
      Name: William Archibald
      Age: 29
      Estimated birth year: abt 1852
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Archibald
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dalgety, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Occupation: Coal Mine Inspector
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 59
      Line: 6
      Roll: CSSCT1881_113
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Archibald 29 Dalgety
      Margaret Archibald 25 Dunfermline
      Abram Archibald 7 Beath, Fife
      Catherine Archibald 5 Aberdour
      Janet Archibald 3 Aberdour
      Margaret Archibald 2 Aberdour
      Thomas Archibald 2 Mo Aberdour
    2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Abram Archibald Parish: Dalgety; ED: 2; Page: 3; Line: 19; 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 Abram Archibald
      Name: Abram Archibald
      Age: 39
      Estimated birth year: abt 1822
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Catherine Archibald
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Newton, Midlothian
      Registration Number: 422
      Registration district: Dalgety
      Civil Parish: Dalgety
      County: Fife
      Address: Old Terrace
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 13
      Line: 14
      Roll: CSSCT1861_55
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Abram Archibald 39
      Catherin Archibald 36
      Catherin Archibald 12
      William Archibald 9
      Sarah Lee Archibald 7
      Elisabeth Archibald 5
      Helen Archibald 3
      Agnes Archibald 6 Mo
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Archibald Parish: Aberdour; ED: 5; Page: 10; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_122 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 Archibald
      Name: William Archibald
      Age: 40
      Estimated birth year: abt 1851
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Archibald
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dalgety, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: 3 Toll Row
      Occupation: Coal-Miner
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 49
      Line: 16
      Roll: CSSCT1891_122
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Archibald 40
      Margaret Archibald 35 Dunfermline
      Abram Archibald 17 Coal Miner . Beath
      Catherine Archibald 15 Pit-Head Worker (Coal) Aberdour
      Janet Archibald 13 Linen-Weaver. Aberdour
      Margaret Archibald 12 Aberdour
      Thomas Archibald 10 Aberdour
      Sarah Archibald 7 Aberdour
      William Archibald 6 Aberdour
      George Archibald 3 Aberdour
    4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Abraham Archibald Parish: Dalgety; ED: 2; Page: 17; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_72 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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.
      Record for Abraham Archibald
      Name: Abraham Archibald
      Age: 49
      Estimated birth year: abt 1822
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Catharine Archibald
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Newton, Midlothian
      Registration Number: 422
      Registration district: Dalgety
      Civil Parish: Dalgety
      County: Fife
      Address: Fordell Square
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 77
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1871_72
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Abraham Archibald 49
      Catharine Archibald 49
      William Archibald 20
      Sarah Archibald 18
      Lellie Archibald 15
      Agnes Archibald 11
      Abravina Archibald 4
    5. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Archibald Parish: Aberdour; ED: 5; Page: 10; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1901_129 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 Archibald
      Name: William Archibald
      Age: 49
      Estimated birth year: abt 1852
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Archibald
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Aberdour, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: No 3 Toll Row
      Occupation: Coal Miner Hewer
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 43
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1901_129
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Archibald 49 Head
      Margaret Archibald 45 Wife
      Margaret Archibald 22 Daughter Aberdour Pit-head Worker (coal)
      Thomas Archibald 20 Son Aberdour Coal-miner Hewer
      Sarah Archibald 17 Daughter Aberdour Pit Head Worker (coal)
      William Archibald 15 Son Aberdour Coal-miner Hewer
      Abram Archibald 27 Son Beath Coal-miner Hewer
      George Archibald 13 Son Aberdour Farm-Servant
      Elizabeth Archibald 9 Daughter Aberdour
      Archibald Archibald 7 Son Aberdour
      Alexander Archibald 3 Son Aberdour
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1851 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety) 22/04/1853 ARCHIBALD, SARAH LEE (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety) These 2 births are recorded adjacent to each other at (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety) Also on the page are Euphemia Wilson Campbell and David Cambell
      06/04/1851 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety)
      22/04/1853 ARCHIBALD, SARAH LEE (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety)

      06/04/1851 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety)
      OPR Births Dalgety. 1851
      William lawful Son to Abraham Archibald and Catherine Moffat in Fordell Colliery was born 6th April 1851

      22/04/1853 ARCHIBALD, SARAH LEE (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety)
      OPR Births Dalgety. 1853.
      Sarah Lee lawful daughter to Abraham Archibald and Catherine Moffat in Fordell Colliery was born 22nd April 1853

      These 2 births are recorded adjacent to each other at (Old Parish Registers Births 422/ 30 96 Dalgety)
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1901 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 151)
      1901 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 151)
      Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1901.
      William Archibald, Coal Miner
      (Married to Margaret Beveridge)
      1901 April Nineteenth 1h. 20m. A.M
      Cottage Hospital, Dunfermline
      Us Res, Donibristle M. 50 Years
      Parents: Abraham Archibld, Coal Miner (dec'd)
      atherine Archibald M.S. Moffat (dec'd)
      COD: Fracture of Neck
      Inf. Abram Archibald
      Son, Donibristle
      Registered 1901 April 19th Dunfermline
      David Watson
      Assist. Registrar
    8. Newspaper Article, 1901 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM Dunfermline Press, 20 April, 1901 Dunfermline Press, 27 April, 1901 Dunfermline Press, 18 May, 1901
      Dunfermline Press, 20 April, 1901

      William Beveridge, fifty years of age, miner, Toll Row, Donibristle, met with an accident on Thursday, which terminated fatally. He was at work in the underground workings of the Marion Pit, Donibristle, when a piece of coal, weighing about 2 cwts, fell upon him. He was struck on the head and neck, and his spine was injured. He was conveyed to the Dunfermline Cottage Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries at one o'clock yesterday morning.

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      Dunfermline Press, 27 April, 1901

      The miner who was fatally injured in the Marion Pit, Donibristle Colliery, last week, was William Archibald, fifty years of age, Toll Row, Donibristle.

      ------------------
      Dunfermline Press, 18 May, 1901

      This issue carried the report of the Fatal Accident Inquiry, held on Monday at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, into the death of William Archibald. Among those giving evidence were:- Alex. Nasmyth, manager; Robert Beveridge, miner, Toll Row, Donibristle; Abraham Archibald, miner, Toll Row, Donibristle (son of deceased); John Baxter, colliery manager, Frosty Mountains (oversman in charge); and, William Cook, pit inspector, Cowdenbeath. The Jury returned a formal verdict.
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1873 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM, MARGARET BEVERIDGE (Statutory registers Marriages 410/ 20)
      1873 ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM, MARGARET BEVERIDGE (Statutory registers Marriages 410/ 20)
      Marriages in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1873.
      1873 Seventeenth July
      Beath Manse
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      William Archibald, Bachelor
      Age 22 Kelty, Beath
      Parents: Abraham Archibald, Coal Miner
      Catherine Archibald M.S. Moffat
      (Signed)
      Margaret Beveridge, Spinster
      Age 18. Aberdour, Aberdour
      Parents: Thomas Beveridge, Coal Miner
      Catherine Beveridge M.S. Bowman
      (Signed)
      A.C.McPhail
      Minister of the Parish of Beath
      (Signed)
      Peter Moffat, Witness, Margaret Brown, Witness
      Registered
      1973 July 21st, Beath
      Wm?McMillan
      Asst. Registrar
      J.T.

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