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Personal data John Oliphant 

Source 1

Household of John Oliphant

He is married to Elizabeth Dow.

They got married on December 5, 1863 at Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. John Oliphant  1867-1941 

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 5, 1863 in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland : Thomas Oliphant, Elizabeth Oliphant.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Oliphant

John Oliphant
????-< 1863
Margaret Haigs
????-< 1863

John Oliphant
????-

1863

Elizabeth Dow
± 1841-????

John Oliphant
1867-1941

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  1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1941 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 31)
    1941 OLIPHANT, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 459/2 31)
    Deaths in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1941
    John Oliphant
    Coal Merchant
    Married to
    1st Catherine Mackay
    2. Cecelia Latto
    1941 February Eighth 11 h 15m P.M.
    41 Bayview Crescent, Methil M. 74 years
    Parents: John Oliphant
    Ploughman (deceased)
    Catherine Oliphant
    M.S. Dow
    (deceased)
    COD: Senile Decay
    As Cert. by HO Macmillan M.D.
    Inf. John Oliphant
    Son, 2 Bayview Crescent, Methil
    Registered
    1941 February 10
    Buckhaven
    James Clark
    Registrar
  2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1863 OLIPHANT, JOHN ELIZABETH DOW (Statutory registers Marriages 452/ 17)
    1863 OLIPHANT, JOHN ELIZABETH DOW (Statutory registers Marriages 452/ 17)
    Marriages in the District of Pittenweem in the County of Fife 1863.
    1863 Fifth December 1863
    Pittenweem
    After Banns According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    John Oliphant
    Farm Servant, Bachelor Age 24
    Kingsmuir, Parish of Crail
    Parents: John Oliphant
    Farmer, Smithfield (Deceased)
    Margaret Oliphant
    M.S, Haigs (Deceased)
    (Signed)
    Elizabeth Dow
    Out Worker Spinster Age 22
    Kingsmuir, Parish of Crail
    Parents: James Dow
    Elizabeth Dow M.S. Dickson
    (Signed)
    Patrick Macfarlane
    Min, of Pittenweem
    (Signed)
    Thomas Oliphant, Witness
    Elizabeth Oliphant, Witness
    Registered
    1863 December 7th, Pittenweem
    Alex'r Murray
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage December 5, 1863

  • The temperature on December 5, 1863 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
    • January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
    • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
    • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
    • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
    • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

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