Harrower Family Tree » Ebenezer Leitch (1885-1974)

Personal data Ebenezer Leitch 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • He was born in the year 1885 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1907 Coal Miner in South Side, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • before 1950 Bath Attendant, Wife Lilias death register in 1950.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: 36 Laurence St, Buckhaven, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891: Factory Cottages, Buckhaven, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1907: South Side, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1950: 11 Main Street, Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • He died in the year 1974 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 89 years old.Source 6
    LEITCH EBENEZER 89 RATTRAY 1974 432/ 581 Dunfermline
  • A child of John Leitch and Ann Rattray

Household of Ebenezer Leitch

He is married to Lily Aitchison.

They got married on June 21, 1907 at 1 Jordan Lane, Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)

Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 21, 1907 in 1 Jordan Lane, Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland : Michael Hamilton.Source 5


Notes about Ebenezer Leitch

1. It appears that Ebenezer d.1974 in Dunfermline at the age of 89.
Scotlands People
LEITCH EBENEZER 89 RATTRAY 1974 432/ 581 Dunfermline

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ebenezer Leitch

John Allan Leitch
1808-1879
Janet Jenny Paxton
1809-1854
James Rattray
1824-1882
Margaret Campbell
1827-1903
John Leitch
1849-1906
Ann Rattray
1849-1885

Ebenezer Leitch
1885-1974

1907

Lily Aitchison
1884-1950

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    Sources

    1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Leitch Parish: Wemyss; ED: 3; Page: 2; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1891_141 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 John Leitch
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 44
      Estimated birth year: abt 1847
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Buckhaven, Fife
      Registration Number: 459/2
      Registration district: Buckhaven
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      Town: Buckhaven
      County: Fife
      Address: Factory Cottages
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 9
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1891_141
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 44 Head
      Margaret Leitch 52 Wife Elgin
      George Reid 17 Son Elgin Coal Miner
      Andrew Leitch 15 Son Buckhaven Coal Miner
      Thomas Leitch 13 Son Buckhaven
      David Leitch 11 Son Buckhaven
      Annie Leitch 8 Daughter Buckhaven
      Ebenezer Leitch 5 Son Buckhaven
    2. Fife, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966, Ancestry.com, 1950 Record for Ebenezer Leitch and Lilias Leitch Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Fife Electoral Registers; Reference: FC/AS/1/60
      Record for Ebenezer Leitch and Lilias Leitch

      Residence Year: 1950
      Street address: Main Street 11
      Residence Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    3. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Leitch Parish: Wemyss; ED: 3; Page: 31; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1901_148 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 John Leitch
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 52
      Estimated birth year: abt 1849
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Aberdour
      Registration Number: 459/2
      Registration district: Buckhaven
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      Town: Buckhaven
      County: Fife
      Address: 36 Laurence St
      Occupation: Coal Miner Hewer
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 154
      Line: 20
      Roll: CSSCT1901_148
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 52 Head
      Margaret Leitch 57 Wife Duffus
      Ann Leitch 19 Daughter Beath Pithead Worker
      Ebenezer Leitch 16 Son Auchtertool Coal Miner Drawer
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1885 LEITCH, EBENEZER (Statutory registers Births 407/ 21) Auchtertool Not downloaded
      1885 LEITCH, EBENEZER (Statutory registers Births 407/ 21) Auchtertool
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1907 LEITCH, EBENEZER, LILY AITCHISON (Statutory registers Marriages 685/6 171) Morningside
      1907 LEITCH, EBENEZER, LILY AITCHISON (Statutory registers Marriages 685/6 171) Morningside
      Marriages in the District of Morningside in the City of Edinburgh 1907.
      1907 Twentyfirst June
      1 Jordon Lane, Edinburgh
      After Banns according to the Forms of the United Free Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      Ebenezer Leitch
      Coal Miner Bachelor
      Age 21, South Side, East Wemyss
      Parents: John Allan Leitch
      Coal Miner (deceased)
      Anna Leitch M.S. Rattray (deceased)
      (Signed)
      Lily Aitchison
      Domestic Servant. Spinster
      Age 22. 1 Jordon Lane, Edinburgh,
      Parents: John Aitchison Ploughman
      Mary Aitchison M.S Riddle
      (Signed)
      Charles A Salmond D.D.
      Minister of South Morningside United Free Church
      (Signed)
      Michael Hamilton, Witness
      Jessie Gray, Witness
      Registered
      1907 June 24, Edinburgh
      D Cameron
      Asst. Registrar
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1974 LEITCH EBENEZER Age 89 Mothers MS RATTRAY (Statutory registers Deaths 432/ 581) Dunfermline Not available
      1974 LEITCH EBENEZER Age 89 Mothers MS RATTRAY (Statutory registers Deaths 432/ 581) Dunfermline

    Historical events

    Day of marriage June 21, 1907

    • The temperature on June 21, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
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