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Personal data William Rattray 

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Household of William Rattray

He is married to Agnes Johnstone.

They got married on March 23, 1888 at Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 25 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Andrew Rattray  1890-????
  2. James Rattray  1892-????
  3. William Rattray  1894-????
  4. Robert Rattray  1896-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on March 23, 1888 in Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland : James Wilson, Catherine Johnstone, Witness'.Source 5

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Rattray

Thomas Rattray
1796-1862
Janet Walker
1799-1874
James Penman
????-
Christina Muir
1799-????
Jane Penman
1828-1892

William Rattray
1863-????

1888

Agnes Johnstone
1863-????

Andrew Rattray
1890-????
James Rattray
1892-????
William Rattray
1894-????
Robert Rattray
1896-????

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    1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Rattray Parish: Beath; ED: 5; Page: 49; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1891_124 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 Rattray
      Name: William Rattray
      Age: 28
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Agnes Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: High Street
      Occupation: Colliery Joiner
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 261
      Line: 4
      Roll: CSSCT1891_124
      Household Members Age Relationship
      William Rattray 28 Head
      Agnes Rattray 28 Wife
      Andrew Rattray 1 Son
    2. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Rattray Parish: Beath; ED: 8; Page: 27; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_131 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 Rattray
      Name: William Rattray
      Age: 38
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Agnes Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: 18 Chapel Street
      Occupation: Joiner (colliery)
      ED: 8
      Household schedule number: 117
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1901_131
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Wm Rattray 38 Head
      Agnes Rattray 36 Wife
      Andrew Rattray 11 Son
      James Rattray 9 Son
      William Rattray 7 Son
      Robert Rattray 5 Son
      Janet Johnstone 73 Mother-in-law
    3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1863 Record for William Rattray 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 William Rattray
      Name: William Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 5 Mar 1863
      Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
      Father: Andrew Rattray
      Mother: Jane Penman
    4. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Rattray Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 24; Page: 9; Line: 21; Roll:CSSCT1881_118
      Record for Andrew Rattray
      Name: Andrew Rattray
      Age: 54
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Jane Penman Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dalgety, Fife
      Registration Number: 424
      Registration district: Dunfermline
      Civil parish: Dunfermline
      County: Fife
      Address: High Street
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 24
      Household schedule number: 41
      Line: 21
      Roll: CSSCT1881_118
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Andrew Rattray 54 Head
      Jane Penman Rattray 53 Wife
      Andrew Rattray 24 Son
      Willm Rattray 18 Son
      Janet Rattray 20 Daughter
      Jane Rattray 16 Daughter
      Euphemia Rattray 15 Daughter
      Dorothy Rattray 12 Daughter
      Helen Rattray 10 Daughter
      Christina Muir 82 Mother-in-law
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1888 RATTRAY, WILLIAM AGNES JOHNSTONE (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 59)
      1888 RATTRAY, WILLIAM AGNES JOHNSTONE (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 59)
      Marriages in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1888.
      1888 Twenty third March
      Townhill, Dunfermline
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      William Rattray, Colliery Joiner (Bachelor)
      Age 25 Townhill, Dunfermline
      Parents: Andrew Rattray
      Coal Miner (Deceased)
      Jane Rattray M.S. Penman
      (Signed)
      Agnes Johnstone,
      Weaver, Damask Factory (Spinster)
      Age 25 Townhill, Dunfermline
      Parents: James Johnstone, Coal Miner
      Janet Johnstone M.S. Izatt
      (Signed)
      Jacob Primmer
      Minister of the Church of Scotland, Townhill
      (Signed)
      James Wilson, Catherine Johnstone, Witness'
      Registered
      1888 March 26th Dunfermline
      James Walls
      Registrar
    6. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 RATTRAY, ANDREW (Census 410/ 3/ 10) Parish: Beath 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.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.
      1871 RATTRAY, ANDREW (Census 410/ 3/ 10)
      Parish of Beath
      Hill of Beath Colliery
      Andrew Rattray 44 Head Miner
      Jane Rattray 43 Wife
      Christina Rattray 20 Daughter Pit Bank worker
      James Rattray 16 Son Miner
      Andrew Rattray 14 Son Miner
      John Rattray 12 Son Miner
      Janet Rattray 10 Daughter
      William Rattray 8 Son
      Jane Rattray 6 Daughter
      Euphemia Rattray 5 Daughter
      Dorothy Rattray 2 Daughter
      Helen Rattray 9 Mo. Daughter

    Historical events

    Birthday March 5, 1863

    • The temperature on March 5, 1863 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
      • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
      • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
      • July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
      • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
      • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
      • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

    Day of marriage March 23, 1888

    • The temperature on March 23, 1888 was about 1.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
      • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
      • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
      • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
      • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
      • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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