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Personal data Margaret Nicol Fortune 

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Household of Margaret Nicol Fortune

She is married to John Wishart Rattray.

They got married on August 12, 1885 at 1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, she was 27 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Ann Phobie Rattray  1887-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on August 12, 1885 in 1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland : Wm Thompson, Catherine Ann Fortune, Wintness'.Source 4


Notes about Margaret Nicol Fortune

1. Pyaemia: noun: pyaemia; noun: pyemia - blood poisoning (septicaemia) caused by the spread in the bloodstream of pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Nicol Fortune

Margaret Nicol Fortune
1858-1890

1885

John Wishart Rattray
1859-1916

Ann Phobie Rattray
1887-????
John Fortune Rattray
1890-????

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  1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1858 FORTUNE, MARGARET NICOL (Statutory Registers of Births 411/ 86) Burntisland Not downloaded
    1858 FORTUNE, MARGARET NICOL (Statutory Registers of Births 411/ 86) Burntisland
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1858 Record for Margaret Nicol Fortune 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 Margaret Nicol Fortune
    Name: Margaret Nicol Fortune
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 9 Jul 1858
    Birth Place: Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
    Father: John Fortune
    Mother: Ann Dobie
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1890 FORTUNE. MARGARET NICOL (Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 680) Newington
    1890 FORTUNE. MARGARET NICOL (Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 680) Newington
    Deaths in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh 1890.
    Margaret Nicol Rattray
    Married to John Wishart Rattray
    Bootmaker
    1890 July Twenty seventh 6h. 30m. P.M.
    28 Causewayside, Edinburgh F. 32 years
    Parents: John Fortune, Watchmaker
    Ann Fortune M.S. Dobie
    COD: Pyaemia, 1 month
    As Cert. by Charles C. Teacher M.B.
    Inf. John W Rattray
    Widower, Present
    Registered
    1890 July 28th EdinburghR.W. Charlton
    Assist. Regisrar
    HM
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1885 RATTRAY, JOHN W MARGARET NICOLL FORTUNE (Statutory registers Marriages 6855 337)
    1885 RATTRAY, JOHN W MARGARET NICOLL FORTUNE (Statutory registers Marriages 6855 337)
    Marriages in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh 1885.
    1885 Twelfth August
    1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh
    After Banns according to the Forms of the UP Church
    (Signed)
    John W Rattray
    Bootmaker Bachelor Age 26
    26 Causewayside, Edinburgh
    Parents: Andrew Rattray
    Coal Miner (Deceased)
    Jane Rattray M.S. Penman
    (Signed)
    Margaret Nicol Fortune
    Spinster Age 27
    1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh
    Parents: John Fortune
    Watch Maker
    Ann Fortune M.S. Dobie
    (Signed)
    John Kay, M.A. Minister
    (Signed)
    Wm Thompson, Catherine Ann Fortune, Witness'
    Registered
    1885 August 14 Edinburgh
    H. Murray
    Registrar

Historical events

Birthday July 9, 1858

  • The temperature on July 9, 1858 was about 15.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 10 » After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
    • May 11 » Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.
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    • August 7 » The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
    • August 21 » The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
    • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

Day of marriage August 12, 1885

  • The temperature on August 12, 1885 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
    • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
    • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

Day of death July 27, 1890

  • The temperature on July 27, 1890 was about 22.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
    • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
    • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
    • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.


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