Harrower Family Tree » John Davidson (1830-????)

Personal data John Davidson 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • He was born in the year 1830 in Scoonie, Fife, Scotland.Sources 2, 3
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Flaxdresser in Bridge End Cottage, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Bridge End Cottage, Scoonie Parish, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1841: Haugh, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • A child of John Davidson and Margaret Mortimer

Household of John Davidson

He is married to Ann Thomson.

They got married on June 20, 1856 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, he was 26 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Catherine Davidson  1857-????
  2. John Davidson  1859-????
  3. William Davidson  ± 1860-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 20, 1856 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland : James Ness, Andrew Hutton, Witness.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Davidson

James Davidson
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Helen Brown
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Alexander Mortimer
1768-1853
Isabel Forbes
1768-1841
John Davidson
1789-1843
Margaret Mortimer
± 1799-1864

John Davidson
1830-????

1856

Ann Thomson
1834-????

Catherine Davidson
1857-????
John Davidson
1859-????
William Davidson
± 1860-????

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    Sources

    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson Parish: Scoonie; ED: 4; Page: 20; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1861_60 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. John Roxburgh Lodger appears in both 1851 and 1861 Census living with Davidson Family
      Record for Margaret Mortimer Davidson
      Name: Margaret Davidson
      Age: 59
      Estimated birth year: abt 1802
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Scoonie, Fife
      Registration Number: 456
      Registration district: Scoonie
      Civil Parish: Scoonie
      County: Fife
      Address: Bridge End Cottage
      Occupation: Green Grocer
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 98
      Line: 9
      Roll: CSSCT1861_60
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Davidson 59 Head
      John Davidson 31 Son Flaxdresser Scoonie
      Ann Davidson 27 Daughter-in-Law Wemyss
      Catherine Davidson 4 Grandaughter Scoonie
      John Davidson 2 Grandson Scoonie
      William Davidson 10 Mo Grandson Scoonie
      John Roxburgh 41 Lodger
      Walter Ferguson 50 Lodger

    Historical events

    Day of marriage June 20, 1856

    • The temperature on June 20, 1856 was about 15.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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).
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
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