Patrick Balfour family tree » Walter BIGGAR (1787-1867)

Personal data Walter BIGGAR 

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  • He was born in the year 1787 in Banff, Scotland.
  • Profession: Merchant.
  • Resident between 1832 and 1867: 15 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • He died on August 6, 1867 in 15 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, he was 80 years old.
  • He is buried in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A child of Robert BIGGAR and Louisa BALFOUR

Household of Walter BIGGAR

He is married to Ann Duff.

They got married about 1817.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter BIGGAR

Major Henry Balfour
1724-1791
Jane / Jean Elliot
1748-1815
Robert BIGGAR
1767-????

Walter BIGGAR
1787-1867

± 1817

Ann Duff
1784-1876

Margaret Catharine Biggar
1823-1915

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    1. FamilySearch Family Tree
      Walter Biggar<br>Birth name: Walter Biggar<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: 1787 - Banff, Scotland<br>Marriage: Spouse: Ann Duff - Circa 1817<br>Residence: Between 1832 and 1867 - 15 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: Aug 6 1867 - 15 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom&lt;br>Burial: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland<br>Occupation: Merchant<br>Parents: Robert Biggar, Louisa Biggar (born Balfour)<;/a><br>Wife: Ann Biggar (born Duff)<br>Daughter: Margaret Catharine Blaikie (born Biggar)<br>Brother: Henry Balfour Biggar
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    3. Kelso Web Site, David Kelso, November 7, 2018
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    4. Gatzky Web Site, Isabella Gatzky, April 23, 2020
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    Historical events

    Day of death August 6, 1867

    • The temperature on August 6, 1867 was about 12.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
      • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
      • September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
      • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
      • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
      • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
    

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