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Personal data John Leitch 

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Household of John Leitch

He is married to Janet Thomson Murray.

They got married on December 14, 1894 at 17 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Isabella Leitch  1895-????
  2. Alison Leitch  ± 1896-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 14, 1894 in 17 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland : William Leitch, Catherine Murray.Source 5

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Leitch

John Allan Leitch
1808-1879
Janet Jenny Paxton
1809-1854
William Beveridge
1821-????
Alison Erskine
1827-????

John Leitch
± 1871-????

1894

Janet Thomson Murray
1873-????

Isabella Leitch
1895-????
Alison Leitch
± 1896-????

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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Scotland People, 1901 LEITCH, JOHN (Census 410/ 3/ 18) Parish: Beath 1901 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.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
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 30
      Estimated birth year:abt 1871
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Beath
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district:Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: 47 Nasmyth Place
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch30
      Janet Leitch28
      Isabella Leitch5
      Alison Leitch4
      Ebenezer Leitch2
      Janet Leitch2 Mo
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Ebenezer Leitch Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 22; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1881_114 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. 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 Ebenezer Leitch
      Name: Ebenezar Leitch
      Age: 37
      Estimated birth year: abt 1844
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Alison Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: 4 Oakley Rows
      Occupation: Engine Keeper
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 97
      Line: 13
      Roll: CSSCT1881_114
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Ebenezar Leitch 37
      Alison Leitch 37
      Alison Leitch 15 Pitheadworker
      Janet Leitch 12
      John Leitch 10
      Christina Leitch 7
      William Leitch 5
      Eben Leitch 3
      Andrew Leitch 5 Mo
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Ebenezer Leitch Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 13; 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 Ebenezer Leitch
      Name: Ebenezer Leitch
      Age: 47
      Estimated birth year: abt 1844
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Alison Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Aberdour, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Dewars Row Kelty
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 80
      Line: 13
      Roll: CSSCT1891_124
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Ebenezer Leitch 47 Coal Miner . Aberdour
      Alison Leitch 47 Ballingry
      Janet Leitch 22 Dressmaker Dunfermline
      John Leitch 20 Coal Miner Beath
      Christina Leitch 17 Linen Weaver Dunfermline
      William Leitch 15 Coal Miner Dunfermline
      Ebenezer Leitch 13 Dunfermline
      Andrew Leitch 10 Beath
      Maggie Leitch 6 Daughter. Beath
      Lizzie Sneddon 4 Garandaughter. Beath
    4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Ebenezer Leitch Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 7; Page: 10; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1871_72 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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. Lutch to Leitch
      Record for Ebenezer Leitch
      Name: Ebenezer Leitch
      Age: 27
      Estimated birth year: abt 1844
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Elison Lutch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Aberdour, Fife
      Registration Number: 424/2
      Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
      Civil Parish: Dunfermline Landward
      County: Fife
      Address: Townhill
      Occupation: Engineman
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 33
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1871_72
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Ebenezer Leitch 27 Aberdour
      Elison Leitch27 Lochgelly
      Allison Leitch 5 Lochgelly
      Janet Leitch 2 Townhill
      John Leitch 3 Months. Hill of Beath
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1894 LEITCH, JOHN, JANET MURRAY (Statutory registers Marriages 410/ 73)
      1894 LEITCH, JOHN, JANET MURRAY (Statutory registers Marriages 410/ 73)
      Marriages in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1894.
      1894 Fourteenth December,
      17 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      John Leitch, Coal Miner , (Bachelor)
      Age 23. Oakfield, Beath
      Parents: Ebenezer Leitch, Coal Miner
      Alison Leitch M.S. Beveridge
      (Signed)
      Janet Thomson Murray
      Domestic Servant (Spinster)
      Age 21. 17 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath
      Parents: William Murray, Coal Miner
      Isabella Murray M.S, Thomson
      (Signed)
      John Sinclair, Minister of Beath
      (Signed)
      William Leitch, Catherine Murray, Witness
      Registered 1894 December 15th Cowdenbeath
      Geo. Terris,
      Registrar
    6. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, 1912 LEITCH, EBENEZER, (Statutory Deaths 1912, 424/ 167), Dunfermline
      Death Reference No. 1912 424 167
      Ebenezer Leitch, 67 years, Coal Miner , Widower of Alison Beveridge. 20 March 1912, 35m.am, Poorhouse, Dunfermline.
      Father: John Leitch, Coal Carter (deceased)
      Mother: -----------------------
      Cause: Senile debility, bronchopneumonia, 3 days as Certified by J. Cairncross MB
      Reg: by Thomas Devlin, Clerk 20.3 1912.

      Information from Margaret Mackay

      Ref: LEITCH, EBENEZER, 67, 1912, 424/ 167, Dunfermline

      LEITCH, Ebenezer. Miner, Arthur Place, Cowdenbeath, died 20 March 1912, at The Combination Poorhouse, Dunfermline, Intestate. Confirmation granted at Cupar, 2 May, to John Leitch, Miner, Rosebank Cottage, Ballingry, his son, Executor dative qua next of kin. Value of Estate £60, 11s. 11d.
      / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage December 14, 1894

    • The temperature on December 14, 1894 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
      • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
      • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
      • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
      • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
      • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

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