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Personal data Alexander Strachan 


Household of Alexander Strachan

He is married to Margaret Skinner.

They got married on July 8, 1781 at Rotterdam schotse kerk.

Huwelijkstoestemming: 19 Juni 1781 R'dam
beide getuigen bij nichtje Alexandrina Margaretha Donker Curtius

BruidegomAlexander Strachan , van Rotterdam , merchant
BruidMargaret Skinner , van Banff in Scotland

Plaats Rotterdam
Datum trouwen08-07-1781
Datum ondertrouw19-06-1781

Opmerkingende vader van de bruidegom was: William Strachan. de vader van de bruid was: George Skinner.

BronDTB Rotterdam Trouw Schots

Notes about Alexander Strachan

NOTE: trouwregister schotse kerk rotterdam

Strachan Alexander merchant in Rotterdam, s.o. William Strachan huwt 08-07-1781 Skinner Margaret BR: from Banff, Scotland, d.o. George Skinner.

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage July 8, 1781

    • The temperature on July 8, 1781 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
      • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
      • April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
      • September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
      • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
      • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

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