Harrower Family Tree » John Davidson (1789-1843)

Personal data John Davidson 

Sources 1, 2

Household of John Davidson

He is married to Margaret Mortimer.

They got married on August 17, 1822 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, he was 32 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. John Davidson  1830-???? 
  2. Alexander Davidson  1824-????
  3. David Davidson  1826-????
  4. Janet Davidson  1826-????
  5. Isobella Davidson  1833-????


Notes about John Davidson

1. 17/08/1822, DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss)

2. Margaret Mortimer, John's wife, her death register found on Ancestry.co.uk on 30.08.2019, stating she was a widow, on 28 July 1864, and her deceased husband was a Flaxdresser!

3. Son Johns marriage register makes no mention that his father is deceased at date of Marriage in 1855.

4. The death record for a John Davidson in Scoonie in 1843, cannot be proven. From the records I have today, 21.02.2020, he died sometime between the 1841 and 1851 Census.

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John Davidson
1789-1843

1822

Margaret Mortimer
± 1799-1864

John Davidson
1830-????
Alexander Davidson
1824-????
David Davidson
1826-????
Janet Davidson
1826-????
Isobella Davidson
1833-????

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  1. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Davidson Parish: Scoonie; ED: 5; Page: 13; Line: 470; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for John Davidson
    Name: John Davidson
    Age: 50
    Estimated birth year: abt 1791
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Fife, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Scoonie
    County: Fife
    Address: Haugh
    Occupation: Flax Mill Spinner
    Parish Number: 456
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Davidson 50
    David Davidson 15 Flax Dresser
    John Davidson 10
    Margaret Davidson 35 Margaret Mortimer
    Isabella Davidson 8
    Janet Davidson 5
    John Powrie 30 Boarder
    Robert More 25 Boarder
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1789 Record for John Davidson Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 1040183
    Record for John Davidson
    Name: John Davidson
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 14 Sep 1789
    Baptism Date: 20 Sep 1789
    Baptism Place:Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Father: James Davidson
    Mother: Helen Brown
    FHL Film Number: 1040183
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1856 DAVIDSON, JOHN,THOMSON, ANN (Statutory registers Marriages 459/ 15)
    1856 DAVIDSON, JOHN,THOMSON, ANN (Statutory registers Marriages 459/ 15)
    Marriages in the Parish of Wemyss in the County of Fife 1856.
    Twentieth June 1856
    Methil Parish, Wemyss
    Marriage after Banns was solemnised between us according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    Signed
    John Davidson Age 26. Scoonie. Flaxdresser (Bachelor)
    Parents: John Davidson Flaxdresser, Margaret Mortimer
    Signed
    Ann Davidson Maiden name Thomson Age 22. Wemyss. Bleacher (Spinster)
    Parents: William Thomson, Seaman. Catherine Sime
    Signed
    James Duff, Minister, Methil
    Signed
    James Ness, Witness
    Andrew Hutton, Witness
    Registered
    Wemyss 23rd June 18
    John G Robertson,
    Registrar
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1864 DAVIDSON, MARGARET(Statutory register Deaths 456/ 46) Downloaded from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/48485656/person/13928414322/media/8235a370-c7d3-480a-9cbb-56f5d5ba4b1d
    1864, DAVIDSON, MARGARET(Statutory register Deaths 456/ 46)
    Deaths in the Parish of Scoonie in the County of Fife 1864.
    Margaret Davidson
    Widow of John Davidson, Flaxdresser.
    1864 July Twenty eighth 3h.30m. p.m.
    Kirkland Bridge, Scoonie F. 65 Years
    Parents: Alexander Mortimer. Gardener.
    --------------(Domestic Servant, deceased)
    COD: Gastric Fever. Six days
    as Cert by Niel (sic) A. Kennedy, Surgeon
    Inf: John Davidson, Son Present.
    Registered 1864 July 29th Leven
    Andrew Forsythe. Registrar
  5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Deaths and Burials, 1843 DAVIDSON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Deaths 456/ 40 476 Scoonie)
    19/10/1843 DAVIDSON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Deaths 456/ 40 476 Scoonie)
    Deaths and Burials Scoonie 1843.
    John Davidson Died 19th October buried 22nd October
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1822 DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss) Downloaded from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/54452449/person/13915390012/media/37af92e2-e016-49af-baa1-29cf3f50b293
    17/08/1822 DAVIDSON, JOHN, MARGARET MORTEMOR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 459/ 60 334, Wemyss)
    Proclamations Wemyss 1822.
    Davidson Mortimer. 20 July John Davidson and Margaret Mortimer both of this parish 17 Augt

Historical events

Birthday September 14, 1789

  • The temperature on September 14, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
    • March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
    • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
    • September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

Christening day September 20, 1789

  • The temperature on September 20, 1789 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
    • July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
    • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
    • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
    • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
    • September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.

Day of marriage August 17, 1822

  • The temperature on August 17, 1822 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 16 » Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
    • June 14 » Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
    • September 7 » Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
    • October 12 » Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
    • October 25 » Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
    • November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

Day of death October 19, 1843

  • The temperature on October 19, 1843 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
    • June 17 » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
    • August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • September 13 » The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
    • October 13 » In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
    • October 16 » William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.

Day of burial October 22, 1843

  • The temperature on October 22, 1843 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
    • May 18 » The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
    • September 3 » King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
    • October 13 » In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
    • October 16 » William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
    • October 30 » Fuerte Bulnes, the first Chilean settlement in the strait of Magellan, is founded.


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