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Personal data William Shepherd 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Shepherd

He is married to Margaret Young.

They got married on May 3, 1839 at Beath, Fife, Scotland.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. John Shepherd  1842-????
  2. Edward Shepherd  1848-????
  3. Margaret Shepherd  1852-????
  4. Elizabeth Shepherd  1855-????
  5. Amelia Shepherd  1859-????


Notes about William Shepherd

1. No birth record on SP

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Shepherd

John Shepherd
1747-????
Agnes Burt
1751-????
Edward Strang
± 1750-> 1805
Margaret Weir
1745-????
George Shepherd
1782-< 1819

William Shepherd
± 1812-1860

1839

Margaret Young
1812-????

John Shepherd
1842-????
Edward Shepherd
1848-????
Margaret Shepherd
1852-????
Elizabeth Shepherd
1855-????
Amelia Shepherd
1859-????

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    Sources

    1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1860 SHEPHERD, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 12)
      1860 SHEPHERD, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 12)
      Deaths in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1860.
      Shepherd, William
      Coal Miner
      (Married)
      1860 March Twentieth 7h 0m P.M.
      Kelty M. 48 years
      Parents: George Shepherd
      Coal Miner (dead)
      Elizabeth Shepher
      MS StrangCOD: Consumption, Several years
      as certified by Wm. D Nelson, Surg'n
      who saw deceased on the 18th March 1860
      Burial: Beath
      as certified by Dan'l McWhannel, Undertaker
      Inf. Edward Shepherd, Son
      Regisrtered
      1860 March 23rd, Beath
      Thomas Scott,
      Registrar
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Shepherd Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 7; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_85; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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.
      Record for William Shepherd
      Name: William Shepherd
      Age: 39
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Margaret Shepherd
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Parish Number: 410
      Civil Parish: Beath
      Town: Kelty
      County: Fife
      Address: Kelty
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 1
      Page: 7
      Household Schedule Number: 31
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1851_85
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Shepherd 39
      Margaret Shepherd 39
      John Shepherd 9
      Edward Shepherd 3
    3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1839 SHEPHERD, WILLIAM, MARGARET YOUNG (Old Parish Registers Marriages 410/ 20 156 Beath) Not downloaded
      1839 SHEPHERD, WILLIAM, MARGARET YOUNG 03/05/1839 410/ 20 156 Beath

    Historical events

    Day of marriage May 3, 1839

    • The temperature on May 3, 1839 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken dampig. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 6 » The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
      • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
      • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
      • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
      • September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
      • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

    Day of death March 20, 1860

    • The temperature on March 20, 1860 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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).
    • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
      • March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
      • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
      • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
      • December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
      • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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