Harrower Family Tree » James Wilson (± 1791-1851)

Personal data James Wilson 

Source 1
  • He was born about 1791 in Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1819 Coalhewer in Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1841 Coal Miner in Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident in the year 1841: Kelty, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • He died between 1841 and 1851.Source 3
    Wife Elizabeth a widow in 1851 census at Carnock

Household of James Wilson

He is married to Elizabeth Strang.

They got married on November 9, 1819 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Robert L. Wilson  1825-1885 
  2. Elizabeth Wilson  1822-????
  3. James Wilson  1820-????


Notes about James Wilson

1. Mr. Robert L. Wilson was the son of James Wilson and Elizabeth Strang, who were also of Scottish birth and parentage, and passed to their long home years ago. Their family consisted of thirteen children, of whom Robert L. was the youngest.
I can only find 3 in SP

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Wilson

James Wilson
± 1791-1851

1819

Elizabeth Strang
1784-1863

Robert L. Wilson
1825-1885
Elizabeth Wilson
1822-????
James Wilson
1820-????

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Sources

  1. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 14; Line: 393; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 50
    Estimated birth year: abt 1791
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Fife, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: Kelty
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    Parish Number: 410
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 50
    Elizth Wilson 56
    James Wilson 20
    Elizth Wilson 18
    Robert Wilson 16
    James Wilson 6 Grandson
  2. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1819 WILSON, JAMES, ELIZABETH STRANG (Old Parish Registers Marriages 424/ 100 693 Dunfermline)
    1819 WILSON, JAMES, ELIZABETH STRANG (Old Parish Registers Marriages 424/ 100 693 Dunfermline)
    9 Nov 1819.
    Dunfermline Parish, Fife, Scotland
    James Wilson coal hewer Berrielaw and Elizabeth Strang both in this parish gave in their names for proclamation in order for marriage and being regularly proclaimed and no objection offered they were married on the 9th Novr. 1819
  3. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 SHEPPARD, ELISABETH (Census 414/ 2/ 19) Parish: Carnock 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. 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: Elisabeth Wilson
    Age: 67
    Estimated birth year: abt 1784
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Condition: Widow
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Parish Number: 414
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    Town: Forth Iron Works
    County: Fife
    Address: 17 Blair Row
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Elisabeth Wilson 67 Head b. Dunfermline
    James Wilson 15 Grandson b. Keirs of Beath
    Charlot Buchan 7 Grandaughter b. Kinross
    Elisabeth Sheppard 11 Grandaughter b.Dunfermline
    John Kinon 21 Lodger
    George Hunter 13 Lodger

Historical events

Day of marriage November 9, 1819

  • The temperature on November 9, 1819 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen hagel. 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 year 1819: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
    • February 22 » By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
    • May 22 » SSSavannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
    • August 7 » Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
    • August 16 » Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
    • December 14 » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

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