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Personal data Janet Johnstone 

Source 1

Household of Janet Johnstone

She is married to George Spowart.

They got married on December 31, 1872 at Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, she was 19 years old.Source 1

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 31, 1872 in Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland : Edward Gibb, James Wilson, Witness'.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Johnstone

Janet Izatt
1828-1908

Janet Johnstone
1853-????

1872

George Spowart
1851-????


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  1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1873 SPOWART, GEORGE JOHNSTON, JANET (Statutory registers Marriages 4242 2)
    1873 SPOWART, GEORGE JOHNSTON, JANET (Statutory registers Marriages 4242 2)
    Marriages in the Parish of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1873.
    1872 Thirty First December
    Townhill, Dunfermline
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    George Spowart
    Coal Miner (Bachelor)
    Age 21 Townhill, Dunfermline
    Parents: David Spowart
    Coal Miner
    Robina Spowart M.S. Burt
    (Signed)
    Janet Johnston
    Power Loom Weaver (Spinster)
    Age 19 Townhill, Dunfermline
    Parents: James Johnston
    Coal Miner & Janet Johnston
    M.S.Izatt
    (Signed)
    James M. Rose
    Minister of St Andrews, Dunfermline
    (Signed)
    Edward Gibb, James Wilson, Witness'
    Registered
    1873 January2nd Dunfermline
    Ro. Wilson
    Assistant Registrar
    JW

Historical events

Day of marriage December 31, 1872

  • There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
    • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
    • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
    • November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
    • November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
    • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

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