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Personal data Janet Whitelaw Gillies 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of Janet Whitelaw Gillies

She is married to Daniel Munro.

They got married on March 21, 1884 at Menstrie, Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, she was 20 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. James Munro  1882-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on March 21, 1884 in Menstrie, Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland : John Gifford, Christina Dobbie, James Munro, William Gentles.Source 4


Notes about Janet Whitelaw Gillies

1. Janet Whitelaw Gillies, Register of Birth, 22 Apr 1863, James Gillies and Christian Syme, the above declared themselves husband and wife, 3 May 1862, No. 105, Birth register.

2. Meiklejohn's Vennel is so called as it ran alongside Robert Meiklejohn's brewery in Alloa.
Robert Meiklejohn moved to another site in 1852 and leased the premises to George Younger & Sons - it was sold to them in 1871 and became known as the Candleriggs Brewery, eventually becoming the third largest in Scotland.
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3. Janet is living with her Grandmother in the 1871 Census.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Whitelaw Gillies

John Gillies
????-
Janet Whitelaw
1807-????
Mungo Syme
< 1794-1863
Janet Anderson
1798-< 1859
James Gillies
1832-1884

Janet Whitelaw Gillies
1863-????

1884

Daniel Munro
1855-????

James Munro
1882-????

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    1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1863, GILLIES, JANET WHITELAW (Statutory Biirths 465/ 118)
      1863, GILLIES, JANET WHITELAW (Statutory Births 465/ 118)
      Births in the Parish of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan 1863.
      Janet Whitelaw Gillies
      1863 April Twenty Second 8hrs. 3ms. P.M.
      Meiklejohns Vennel, Alloa. F.
      Parents: James Gillies. Labourer
      Christian Sime.
      The above declared themselves husband and wife, 3 May 1862, No. 105, Birth register.
      Inf: James Gillies. Father
      Not Present
      Registered
      1863 9 May Alloa
      Wm. D Bruce
      Registrar
    2. 1881 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1881 GILLIES, JAMES (Census 374/ 12/ 20) Parish: Logie 1881 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.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 Image downloaded elsewhere
      1881, GILLIES, JAMES (Census 374/ 12/ 20) Perth
      Name: James Gillies
      Age: 49
      Estimated birth year: abt 1832
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 374
      Registration district: Logie
      Civil Parish: Logie
      County: Clackmannan
      Occupation: Wood Cutter (Unemployed )
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      James Gillies 49
      Janet Gillies 17
      Robert Gillies 16
      James McLaren 8
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Dan Munro Parish: Logie; ED: 12; Page: 11; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1891_114 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 Dan Munro
      Name: Dan Munro
      Age: 36
      Estimated birth year: abt 1855
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Munro
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Alva, Stirlingshire
      Registration Number: 374
      Registration district: Logie
      Civil Parish: Logie
      County: Perthshire
      Occupation: Labourer
      ED: 12
      Household schedule number: 54
      Line: 4
      Roll: CSSCT1891_114
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Dan Munro 36
      Janet Munro 27
      James Munro 9
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1884 MUNRO, DANIEL, JANET GILLIES (Statutory registers Marriages 374/ 4) Logie (Perth)
      1884 MUNRO, DANIEL, JANET GILLIES (Statutory registers Marriages 374/ 4) Logie (Perth)
      Marriages in the Parish of Logie in the County of Perth 1884.
      1884 Twenty First March
      Menstrie, Logie Parish
      after Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland
      (Signed)
      Daniel Munro, Railway Surfaceman
      (Bachelor) Age 28, Menstrie
      Parents: James Munro, Weaver
      Janet Munro M.S. Bogie
      (Signed)
      Janet Gillies, her X mark Millworker Spinster
      (Signed) James Munro, Witness
      William Gentles, Witness
      Age 21. Menstrie
      Parents: James Gillies, Labourer (dec'd)
      Christina Gillies M.S. Syme (dec'd) of Memstrie
      (Signed)
      James Couper
      Minister Menstrie Church
      (Signed)
      John Gifford, Witness
      Christina Dobbie, Witness
      Registered
      1884 March 22 Logie
      William Payne or Bayne?
      Ass't' Registrar
    5. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Gillies Parish: Logie; ED: 10; Page: 17; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_65 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 Janet Gillies
      Name: Janet Gillies
      Age: 64
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Registration Number: 374
      Registration District: Logie
      Civil Parish: Logie
      County: Perthshire
      Address: Menstrie Village
      Occupation: Annuitant
      ED: 10
      Household Schedule Number: 76
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1871_65
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Janet Gillies 64
      Robt Wardlaw 78 Boarder
      Alexander Wardlaw 64 Boarder
      Janet Gillies 7 Grandaughter

    Historical events

    Birthday April 22, 1863

    • The temperature on April 22, 1863 was about 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
      • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
      • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
      • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
      • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
      • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

    Day of marriage March 21, 1884

    • The temperature on March 21, 1884 was about 4.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
      • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
      • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
      • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
      • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
      • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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