Harrower Family Tree » Christina Houston (1852-????)

Personal data Christina Houston 

Sources 1, 2
  • She was born in the year 1852 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident in the year 1881: Hospital Hill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2

Household of Christina Houston

Waarschuwing Attention: Spouse (Peter Christie Philp) is 35 years older.

She is married to Peter Christie Philp.

They got married on December 13, 1875 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, she was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. David Philp  1876-????
  2. Jessie Philp  1878-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christina Houston

Christina Houston
1852-????

1875

Peter Christie Philp
1817-1892

David Philp
1876-????
Jessie Philp
1878-????

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Sources

  1. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1875 Record for Peter Philp & Christina Houston Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Peter Philp & Christina Houston
    Name: Peter Philp
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 13 Dec 1875
    Marriage Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Christina Houston
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Philp Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 9; Page: 34; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1881_117
    Record for Peter Philp
    Name: Peter Philp
    Age: 63
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Christen Philp
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Fife, Causewayhead
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil parish: Dunfermline
    Town: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Hospital Hill
    Occupation: Master Blacksmith
    ED: 9
    Household schedule number: 179
    Line: 21
    Roll: CSSCT1881_117
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Peter Philp 63 Head
    Christen Philp 29 Wife
    David Philp 5 Son
    Jessie Philp 3 Daughter
    Sebastian Rennie 20 Boarder

Historical events

Day of marriage December 13, 1875

  • The temperature on December 13, 1875 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

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