Harrower Family Tree » Helen C Shepherd (1848-1929)

Personal data Helen C Shepherd 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Household of Helen C Shepherd

She is married to Andrew Farmer.

They got married on February 28, 1868 at Beath Manse, Beath, Fife, Scotland, she was 19 years old.Source 10


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Farmer  1882-1958
  2. Andrew Farmer  1874-1950 
  3. Susan Page Farmer  1872-1918 
  6. Alexander Farmer  1869-1944 
  7. Janet Barrie Farmer  1868-1903
  8. Cecilia Farmer  1893-± 1975
  9. Francis Farmer  1891-1924
  13. Mary Kemp Farmer  1876-1963


Notes about Helen C Shepherd

1. Edward Shepherd Coal Miner and Janet Barrie his wife had a child born to them at Oakley, Carnock on the 10th March 1848 named Helen Shepherd

2. Helen Farmer, 81, Widow of Andrew Farmer, Labourer; Parents: not listed; Cause: Senile Decay, Cerebral haemorrhage; Informant: Andrew Farmer, son

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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Farmer Parish: Beath; ED: 3; Page: 19; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1871_70 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.
      Record for Andrew Farmer
      Name: Andrew Farmer
      Age:21
      Estimated birth year: abt 1864
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Helen C Farmer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Crosskeys
      Occupation: Labourer
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 84
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1871_70
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Farmer 21
      Helen C Farmer 23
      Janet B Farmer 3
      Alexander Farmer 1
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Edward Shepherd Parish: Auchterderran; ED: 8; Page: 33; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_84; 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 Edward Shepherd
      Name: Edward Shepherd
      Age: 42
      Estimated birth year: abt 1809
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Janet Shepherd
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Parish Number: 405
      Civil Parish: Auchterderran
      Town: Lochgelly
      County: Fife
      Address: 14 Station Head
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 8
      Page: 33
      Household schedule number: 111
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1851_84
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Edward Shepherd 42
      Janet Shepherd 37
      Mary Shepherd 15
      Ann Shephard 11
      Margaret Shephard 9
      George Shephard 5
      Hellen Shephard 3
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Farmer Parish: Portmoak; ED: 5; Page: 8; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_142 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 Andrew Farmer
      Name: Andrew Farmer
      Age: 40
      Estimated birth year: abt 1851
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Helen Farmer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 464
      Registration district: Portmoak
      Civil Parish: Portmoak
      County: Kinross
      Address: Skellie Head Dwelling House
      Occupation: Engine Driver (Colliery)
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 43
      Line: 11
      Roll: CSSCT1891_142
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Farmer 40
      Helen Farmer 43
      Janet Farmer 23
      Andrew Farmer 17
      Mary Farmer 14
      Helen Farmer 12
      Robert Farmer 9
      Elizabeth Farmer 6
      Margrate Farmer 4
      Georgina Farmer 2
    4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Shepherd Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 21; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 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 Janet Shepherd
      Name: Janet Shepherd
      Age: 46
      Estimated birth year: abt 1815
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dunning, Perth
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Sub Post Office
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 123
      Line: 24
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Janet Shepherd 46
      Elizabeth Shepherd 23
      Margaret Shepherd 19
      George Shepherd 15
      Helen Shepherd 13
      John Shepherd 9
      Edward Shepherd 7
      Francis Shepherd 1 Gandson
    5. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 SHEPHARD, EDWARD (Census 405/ 8/ 33) Parish: Auchterderran 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.
      Record for Edward Shepherd
      Name: Edward Shepherd
      Age: 42
      Estimated birth year: abt 1809
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Janet Shepherd
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Parish Number: 405
      Civil Parish: Auchterderran
      Town: Lochgelly
      County: Fife
      Address: 14 Station Head
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 8
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Edward Shepherd 42
      Janet Shepherd 37
      Mary Shepherd 15
      Ann Shephard 11
      Margaret Shephard 9
      George Shephard 5
      Hellen Shephard 3
    6. 1861 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1861 SHEPHERD, JANET (Census 410/ 4/ 22) First page of census not downloaded Parish: Beath 1861 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.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.
      1861 SHEPHERD, JANET (Census 410/ 4/ 22)
      Name: Janet Shepherd
      Age: 46
      Estimated birth year: abt 1815
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Dunning, Perth
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Sub Post Office
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Janet Shepherd 46
      Elizabeth Shepherd 23
      Margaret Shepherd 19
      George Shepherd 15
      Helen Shepherd 13
      John Shepherd 9
      Edward Shepherd 7
      Francis Shepherd 1
    7. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Farmer Parish: Kinglassie; ED: 2; Page: 11; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1901_140 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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
      Record for Andrew Farmer
      Name: Andrew Farmer
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1851
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Hellen Farmer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 440
      Registration district: Kinglassie
      Civil Parish: Kinglassie
      County: Fife
      Address: Kinglassie
      Occupation: Forester
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 61
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1901_140
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Farmer 50
      Hellen Farmer 53
      Mary Farmer 24
      Hellen Farmer 22
      Lizzie Farmer 16
      Maggie Farmer 14
      Georgina Farmer 12
      Francis Farmer 9
      Cecillia Farmer 7
    8. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Farmer Parish: Portmoak; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1881_128 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 Andrew Farmer
      Name: Andrew Farmer
      Age: 31
      Estimated birth year: abt 1850
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Helen Farmer
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 464
      Registration district: Portmoak
      Civil Parish: Portmoak
      County: Kinross
      Address: Greenhead of Arnot Mansion Cottage
      Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 16
      Line: 7
      Roll: CSSCT1881_128
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew Farmer 31
      Helen Farmer 33
      Janet Farmer 13
      Alexander Farmer 11
      Susan Farmer 9
      Andrew Farmer 7
      Mary Farmer 4
      Helen Farmer 2
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1929 FARMER, HELEN (Statutory Registers Deaths 440/ 33) Kinglassie Not downloaded Death info from @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5874966/person/-718740536/facts
      1929 FARMER, HELEN (Statutory Registers Deaths 440/ 33) Kinglassie
      15 Jul 1929
      Colliery Cottages, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland
      Helen Farmer, 81,
      Widow of Andrew Farmer, Labourer;
      Parents: not listed;
      Cause: Senile Decay, Cerebral haemorrhage;
      Informant: Andrew Farmer, son
    10. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1868 Record for Andrew Farmer & Helen Shepherd Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Married at Beath Manse @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5874966/person/-718740536/facts
      Record for Andrew Farmer
      Name: Andrew Farmer
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1868
      Marriage Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
      Spouse: Helen Shepherd
      FHL Film Number:6035516
      / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday March 10, 1848

    • The temperature on March 10, 1848 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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).
    • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
      • March 23 » The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
      • May 3 » The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.
      • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄4 inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
      • November 3 » A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
      • December 2 » Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.

    Day of marriage February 28, 1868

    • The temperature on February 28, 1868 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
      • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
      • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
      • September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
      • November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
      • November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

    Day of death July 15, 1929

    • The temperature on July 15, 1929 was between 8.2 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
      • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
      • January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
      • February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
      • May 1 » The 7.2 Mw  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
      • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
      • November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
    

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