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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Balfour

David Balfour
± 1764-1843
Helen Lawson
± 1772-1846

James Balfour
1789-????


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  1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1789 BALFOUR, JAMES (Old Parish Registers Births 420/30 74) Cupar Not downloaded
    1789 BALFOUR, JAMES, DAVID BALFOUR/HELEN LAWSON, M, 19/04/1789, 420/30 74, Cupar
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1789 Record for James Balfour Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for James Balfour
    Name: James Balfour
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 19 Apr 1789
    Baptism Place: Cupar, Fife, Scotland
    Father: David Balfour
    Mother: Helen Lawson
    FHL Film Number: 1040101
    Reference ID: 2:15BVDDJ

Historical events

Birthday April 19, 1789

  • The temperature on April 19, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
    • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
    • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
    • July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
    • November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.


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