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Personal data Robert Balfour 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of Robert Balfour

He is married to Helen Scott.

They got married on November 25, 1840 at Ceres, Fife, Scotland.Source 10


Child(ren):

  1. John Balfour  1845-????
  2. David Balfour  ± 1843-1843
  3. James Balfour  1845-1849
  4. Helen Balfour  1847-1851
  5. Euphemia Balfour  1842-1936
  6. Agnes Balfour  1851-????
  7. Mary Balfour  1853-???? 
  8. Robert Balfour  1856-????


Notes about Robert Balfour

1. Scirrhus is a hard, unequal tumor, which occasionally appears in different viscera, such as the liver and womb, but more frequently in the grandular parts, for instance, the breasts, arm-pits, and about the neck.

2. Reference Helen Scott Balfour register of death in 1908, Robert Balfour was an Innkeeper.

3. Robert is in the 1851 and 1861 census at Tarvit, Cupar, Fife, where he is found, working as a House Servant in 1851, and probably with him being good at his job, has had promotion to the post of Butler, in 1861. Further investigation found that "Tarvit House" was the most likely place, as the head of the house in 1861, was a James M Rigg, Landed Proprieter.

James Home Rigg, esq, of Downfield and Morton, sometime director, The Friendly Insurance Co, resided there.
A search on internet found him mentioned in various publications, ranging from ...................

a. View of the political state of Scotland, at Michaelmas 1811, by James Bridges
{Listed as a member of the "Roll of Freeholders made up at the Michaelmas Head Court, held at Edinburgh, on the 1st October 1811"}

b. The Sessional Papers printed by Order of the House of Lords 1837,
{Listed in the Appendix, Documents presented to the University Commisioners, Scotland,
"James Home Rigg, Esq., in the room of his Father, Captain Patrick Rigg, pays to the college, teind duty for his lands at Nether Tarvit"} See media.

c. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford
{"RIGG, Capt. Patrick James Home, of Tarvit House, Fife. Eldest son of James Home Rigg, Esq., formerly of Tarvit House, by Gertrude Margaret, 2nd Dau. of the late Frederick Lewis Maitland-Heriot. Esq., of Ramornie, Fife; A. 1887 ; m. 1917 Esther, only Dau. of the late Charles Blair Wilson, Esq., M.D., and has a Son. Capt. Rigg, who was educated at Charterhouse, is Capt. Fife and Forfar Yeo.- Tarvit House, Cupar, Fife."} (Downloaded)

d. He is also listed as Rigg, James H., Esq., Home Farm, Tarvit, in the Parochial Directory 1861, for Fife and Kinross, for Cupar @ http://www.Fifefhs.org/Records/Directory/cupar.htm

4. Name:Balfour, Robert Balfour, Helen
Place:Tarvitt-miln, Fife, Scotland
Book:Marriages. (Marriage)
Collection:Kincardineshire, Fife, Kinross, Perth, and Forfar: - Commissariot of St. Andrew's, Register of Testaments, 1549-1800
Volume:The Commissariot Record of St. Andrews.
Chapter:Register of Testaments, 1549-1800.
Text:Balfour, Robert, tenant in Tarvitt-miln. See Balfour, Helen.

5. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=118888
Organisation The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Alternative Name(s)
Canmore ID 118888
Site Type COUNTRY HOUSE
County FIFE
Parish CUPAR
Council FIFE
NGR NO 38 14
Latitude, Longitude 56.314327N, 3.003836W
Images 0
Architectural Notes
Built: c.1800

Owner:
Mr Lumsden 1953
Sold for demolition in 1954

Blown up, week beginning November 25th 1963

Related Material Information - Description of Collections
Manuscripts
MS2575/39NC (1953) Order this item
Newscuttings regarding sale, demolition and possible demolition of various properties, and sketch of Kincaple. RCAHMS
Photographs
F2275 Order this item
Wooden chimneypiece said to come from Tarvit House, Cupar, blown up in 1963. It does not appear amongst those photographed by SNBR. RCAHMS
F3360/21 (1954) Order this item
South front - Centre Block RCAHMS

6. Robert Balfour is found in 1861 and 1862 in the Electoral Rolls for Ceres, in 1861 as Butler at Tarvit, proprieter of Dwellinghouse, bakehouse, stable & shed & garden, at Croftdyke, Ceres, Fife, in which he has, for some reason been disqualified, and in 1862, as an Innkeeper, proprieter of inn, outhouses, and stables. See media.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Balfour

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

Robert Balfour
± 1796-1862

1840

Helen Scott
± 1815-1908

John Balfour
1845-????
David Balfour
± 1843-1843
James Balfour
1845-1849
Helen Balfour
1847-1851
Euphemia Balfour
1842-1936
Agnes Balfour
1851-????
Mary Balfour
1853-????
Robert Balfour
1856-????

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  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Balfour Parish: Cupar; ED: 1A; Page: 19; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1851_86; 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 Robert Balfour
    Name: Robert Balfour
    Age: 55
    Estimated birth year: abt 1796
    Relationship: Servant
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Monimail, Fife
    Parish Number: 420
    Civil Parish: Cupar
    County: Fife
    Address: 81 Tarvit
    Occupation: House Servant
    ED: 1A
    Page: 19
    Household schedule number: 90
    Line: 12
    Roll: CSSCT1851_86
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Home Rigg 65 Head Landed Propietor
    Mary Rigg 40 Daughter
    Margaret Rigg 38 Daughter
    Mary Dalyell Haymes 6 Grandaughter
    Robert Balfour 55 House Servant
    James Swan 17 House Servant
    John Mc Lean 38 Coachman
    Anne Rintoul 60 House Servant
    Susan Pryde 19 House Servant
    Agnes Balfour 30 House Servant
    Jessie Carlyle 27 House Servant
    Mary Whyte 19 House Servant
    Elizabeth Nicol 28 House Servant
    Katherine Wood 36 House Servant
    Mary Cassel 25 House Servant
  2. Fife, Scotland, Cupar Library Newspaper Index Cards, 1833-1987, Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Balfour
    Record for Robert Balfour
    Name: Robert Balfour
    Publication Date: 11 Nov 1841
    Publication Place: Fife, Scotland
    Notice of Robert Balfour handing over his Grocer's & Spirit dealing business to his brother in law, Mr. George Scott.
    From Fife Journal
    11 November 1841, page 1

    Also
    https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18411111/028/0001
    Fife Herald - Thursday 11 November 1841
    ROBERT BALFOUR, GROCER AND SPIRIT-DEALER,- CROSSGATE, CUPAR,
    RETURNS thanks to his Friends and the Public for the liberal support he has received since he commenced business, and begs to intimate that he has disposed of his whole Stock in Trade to Mr GEORGE SCOTT, his Brother-in-law, whom he respectfully recommends, and hopes he will carry on the Business in such a manner as to secure for himself the approbation of Ihe public. R. B.'s Stock of Groceries, &c., which has been consigned to Mr Scott, is of the best quality, and the Spirits are old and the finest flavour.
    / www.ancestry.com
  3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Balfour Parish: Cupar; ED: 9; Page: 3; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_54 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. 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 Robert Balfour
    Name: Robert Balfour
    Age: 65
    Estimated birth year: abt 1796
    Relationship: Servant
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cupar, Fife
    Registration Number: 420
    Registration district: Cupar
    Civil Parish: Cupar
    County: Fife
    Address: Tarvit
    Occupation: Butler
    ED: 9
    Household schedule number: 15
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1861_54
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James H Rigg 76
    Mary Rigg 49
    Margaret Rigg 47
    Mary D Haymes 15
    Margaret Rigg 45
    Mary L Rigg 13
    Margaret Rigg 10
    Edith Rigg 7
    James H Rigg 5
    Margaret Brougham 71
    Katherine Broughm 40
    Anne Rintoul 70
    Elizabeth Mcdonald 29
    Agnes Morrison 40
    Katherine Davis 22
    Margaret Page 30
    Katherine Wood 47
    Elizabeth Robb 32
    Katherine Melville 20
    Jane Wallace 21
    Margaret Crombie 18
    Robert Balfour 65
    William Norrie 17
    Alexander Brand 14
    John Robertson 41
    William Haig 20
    Peter Mile 20
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1908 BALFOUR, HELEN (Statutory registers Deaths 453/ 13)
    1908 BALFOUR, HELEN (Statutory registers Deaths 453/ 13)
    Deaths in the Parish of St. Andrews & St Leonards in the County of Fife 1908.
    Helen Balfour
    Widow of Robert Balfour, Innkeeper
    1908 February Nineteenth 0h45m P.M.
    18 Bell Street, St Andrews F. 93 Years
    Parents: John Scott, Innkeeper (Deceased)
    Euphemia Scott MS Raddison (Deceased)
    COD: OLd Age
    as Cert by C.B. Martin M.B.C.M.
    Inf. Balfour Philp, Grandson
    108 South Street, St Andrews
    Registered
    1908 February 20th, St Andrews
    John Stewart, Registrar
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1862 BALFOUR, ROBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 415/ 55)
    1862 BALFOUR, ROBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 415/ 55)
    Deaths in the Parish of Ceres in the County of Fife 1862.
    Robert Balfour
    Butler
    (Married to Helen Scott)
    1862 November Twentythird 11h 0m P.M. Ceres
    M. 70 Years
    Parents: David Balfour, Farm Greive (deceased)
    Helen Balfour M.S. Lawson (deceased)
    COD: Schirrhus of Neck 1 Year
    as certified by James Walker M.B.
    Inf. John Balfour, Son. (Present)
    Registered
    1862 November 24, Ceres
    Wm. Younger,
    Registrar
  6. UK, Extracted Probate Records, Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Balfour, Helen Balfour UK, Extracted Probate Records Database Online https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1610/ Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records. About UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 This database is a collection of historical probate records from the United Kingdom. The records in this collection can range in date from the late 13th century to the late 20th century. The records include wills and other miscellaneous types of probate records. All of the data was converted as it was originally presented in various published registers and books. For this reason, you will find interesting phonetic spellings and large
    Record for Robert Balfour, Helen Balfour
    Name: Balfour, Robert Balfour, Helen
    Place: Tarvitt-miln, Fife, Scotland
    Book: Marriages. (Marriage)
    Collection: Kincardineshire, Fife, Kinross, Perth, and Forfar: - Commissariot of St. Andrew's, Register of Testaments, 1549-1800
    Volume: The Commissariot Record of St. Andrews.
    Chapter: Register of Testaments, 1549-1800.
    Text: Balfour, Robert, tenant in Tarvitt-miln. See Balfour, Helen.
    / www.ancestry.com
  7. Fife, Scotland, Voters Lists, 1832-1894, Ancestry.com, 1862 Record for Robert Balfour
    Parish of Ceres
    No. 24
    4 September 1862
    Balfour, Robert
    Innkeeper Proprietor inn, stables and outhouses, Ceres, Fife
    / Ancestry.com
  8. Fife, Scotland, Voters Lists, 1832-1894, Ancestry.com, 1851 Record for Robert Balfour
    Parish of Ceres
    No. 51
    20 Aug 1851 Balfour, Robert (disquaulified)
    butler at Tarvit
    Proprietor Dwelling House, bakehouse stable & shed & garden, Croftdyke, Ceres, Fife
    / Ancestry.com
  9. Monumental Inscription (Mi's), DAVID BALFOUR Born 1764, Died 13.6.1843 age 79 Cupar Old Cemetery, Cupar, Fife Family Members David Balfour 1764-1843 Spouse Helen Lawson 1772-1846 Son Robert Balfour 1790-1862 His wife Helen Scott 1815-1908 Their Children David Balfour 1834-1843 James Balfour 1845-1849 Helen Balfour 1836-1851
    David BALFOUR died 13.6.1843 age 79
    Wife Helen LAWSON died 25.12.1846 age 74
    their son Robert BALFOUR died 23.5.1862 age 72
    His wife, Helen SCOTT died19.2.1908 age 93
    Their children David died 5.9.1843 age 9m
    James died 1.2.1849 age 4
    Helen died 13.7.1851 age 4 & 10m

    Gravestone, Cupar Old Cemetery, Cupar, Fife.
  10. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1840 BALFOUR, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Marriages 415/ 40 224 Ceres)
    25/11/1840 BALFOUR, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Marriages 415/ 40 224 Ceres)
    Register off Marriages, Ceres 1840.
    Proclaimed November 21, Marriage November 25
    Balfour. Robert Balfour and Helen Scott both in this parish

Historical events

Day of marriage November 25, 1840

  • The temperature on November 25, 1840 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder dampig windstil. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of death November 23, 1862

  • The temperature on November 23, 1862 was about -7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
    • June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
    • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
    • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
    • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
    • November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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