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Personal data John Nisbet 

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Household of John Nisbet

He is married to Margaret McDonald.

They got married on March 27, 1874 at 30 Barrowfield St Glasgow (residence).Source 2


Child(ren):

  2. John NISBET  1878-1947 
  3. James Nisbet  1880-1914
  4. Thomas Nisbet  1886-1934

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Nisbet

William Veitch
1773-1881
Thomas Nisbet
± 1811-1867
Jane Veitch
1813-1881

John Nisbet
± 1849-1915

1874

Margaret McDonald
1849-1940

Margaret Brown Nisbet
1874-????
John NISBET
1878-1947
James Nisbet
1880-1914
Thomas Nisbet
1886-1934

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    Sources

    1. (Not public)
    2. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Glasgow Springburn; ED: 87; Page: 8; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_266 / Ancestry.com
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    Historical events

    Day of marriage March 27, 1874

    • The temperature on March 27, 1874 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
      • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
      • May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
      • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
      • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
      • December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

    Day of death April 16, 1915

    • The temperature on April 16, 1915 was between 3.4 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
      • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
      • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
      • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
      • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
      • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
    

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