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Personal data Janet Howsen 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Janet Howsen

She is married to Alexander Philp.

They got married on November 23, 1811 at Forgan, Fife, Scotland, she was 30 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Peter Christie Philp  1817-1892 
  2. William Philp  1822-????
  3. Janet Philp  1821-????
  4. Alexander Philp  ± 1812-????
  5. Thomas Philp  1814-???? 
  6. George Philp  ± 1825-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Howsen

Janet Howsen
1781-1866

1811

Alexander Philp
1785-< 1851

Peter Christie Philp
1817-1892
William Philp
1822-????
Janet Philp
1821-????
Alexander Philp
± 1812-????
Thomas Philp
1814-????
George Philp
± 1825-????

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  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Philip Parish: Forgan; ED: 1; Page: 1; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1851_89; 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.
    Record for Janet Philip
    Name Janet Philip
    Age 69
    Estimated Birth Yearabt 1782
    Relationship Head
    Gender Female
    Where born Logie, Fife
    Parish Number 431
    Civil parish Forgan
    County Fife
    Occupation Laundress
    ED 1
    Page 1
    Household schedule number 2
    Line 4
    Roll CSSCT1851_89
    Household Members (Name)AgeRelationship
    Janet Philip 69Head
    Janet Philip 30 Daughter, Laundress & Dresser
    William Philip 27 Son, Agricultural Labourer
  2. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Philp Parish: Forgan; ED: 1; Page: 3; Line: 780; Year: 1841
    Record for Alexander Philp
    Name Alexander Philp
    Age 50
    Estimated Birth Year abt 1791
    Gender Male
    Where born Fife, Scotland
    Civil parish Forgan
    County Fife
    Address Knowhead
    Occupation Ag Lab
    Parish Number 431
    Household Members (Name)Age
    Alexander Philp 50
    Janet Philp 55
    June Philp 25
    Janet Philp 20
    William Philp 15 Linen H L W
  3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Philp Parish: Forgan; ED: 2; Page: 5; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_57 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 Janet Philp
    Name Janet Philp
    Age 80
    Estimated Birth Year abt 1781
    Relationship Head
    Gender Female
    Where born Logie, Fife
    Registration Number 431
    Registration district Forgan
    Civil parish Forgan
    County Fife
    Address Knowhead
    Occupation Laundress, Mother
    ED 2
    Household schedule number 22
    Line 20
    Roll CSSCT1861_57
    Household Members (Name)AgeRelationship
    Janet Philp 80Head
    Janet Philp 40 Daughter, Laundress
    William Philp 38 Son, Labourer
  4. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1811 Record for Alexander Philp & Janet Hewson 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 Alexander Philp & Janet Hewson
    NameAlexander Philp
    GenderMale
    Marriage Date23 Nov 1811
    Marriage PlaceForgan, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse
    Janet Hewson
    / Ancestry.com
  5. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1817 Record for Peter Christie Philp Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Peter Christie Philp
    Name: Peter Christie Philp
    Gender: Male
    Age: 0
    Birth Date: 8 Jun 1817
    Baptism Date: 14 Jun 1817
    Baptism Place: Forgan, Fife, Scotland
    Father: Alexander Philp
    Mother: Janet Howsen
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1866 HOUSTON, JANET (Statutory registers Deaths 431/ 9)
    1866 HOUSTON, JANET (Statutory registers Deaths 431/ 9)
    Deaths in the Parish of Forgan in the County of Fife 1866.
    Janet Philip
    Married to Alexander Philip
    Farm Servant
    1866 February Seventeenth 5h. 40m. A.M.
    Causewayhead. Forgan F. 85 years
    Parents: James Houston
    Farm Servant (decesed)
    Janet Houston M.S. Tullis
    COD: (a.) Valvular disease of heart
    --- unknown
    (b.) Bronchitis 10 days
    as certified by John Stewart
    Physician & Surgeon
    Inf. William Philip, Son, Present
    Registered
    1866 February 17th, Forgan
    Wm. Jamie
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage November 23, 1811

  • The temperature on November 23, 1811 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
    • March 11 » During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
    • March 25 » Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
    • October 11 » The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
    • November 28 » Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
    • December 16 » The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.

Day of death February 17, 1866

  • The temperature on February 17, 1866 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
    • April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
    • May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
    • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
    • July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
    • July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).


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