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Personal data William Gair 

  • He was born on May 16, 1795 in Sandwith, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
    From Family Search 18 October 2020

    NAME: William Gair
    GENDER: Male
    BIRTH DATE: 16/05/1795 (16 May 1795)
    BAPTISM DATE: 20/12/1795 (20 Dec 1795)
    BAPTISM PLACE: Saint Bees,Cumberland,England
    MOTHER: Margaret Gair
    FHL FILM NUMBER: 496432, 90658, 90659
    HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
    Name
    Margaret Gair
    William Gair
  • He was baptized on December 20, 1795 in St. Bees, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
    NAME: William Gair
    GENDER: Male
    BIRTH DATE: 16/05/1795 (16 May 1795)
    BAPTISM DATE: 20/12/1795 (20 Dec 1795)
    BAPTISM PLACE: Saint Bees,Cumberland,England
    MOTHER: Margaret Gair
    FHL FILM NUMBER: 496432, 90658, 90659
    HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
    Name
    Margaret Gair
    William Gair
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Labourer.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: St. Bees, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
      Name: William Gare
      [William Gair]
      Age: 45
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Cumberland, England
      Civil Parish: St Bees
      Hundred: Allerdale above Derwent
      County/Island: Cumberland
      Country: England
      Street Address:
      Occupation:
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      Registration District: Whitehaven
      Sub-registration District: St Bees
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Piece: 158
      Book: 12
      Folio: 16
      Page Number: 2
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Gare 45
      Rachel Gare 45
      Isabella Gare 15
      Rachel Gare 15
      William Gare 14
      Thomas Gare 11
      Margaret Gare 8
      John Gare 5
    • in the year 1851: 7 Mount Pleasant, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
      Name: William Gair
      Age: 58
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1793
      Relation: Head
      Spouse's Name: Rachel Gair
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Sandwell, Cumberland, England
      Civil Parish: Preston Quarter
      Ecclesiastical parish: Mount Pleasant
      County/Island: Cumberland
      Country: England
      Street Address:
      Occupation:
      Condition as to marriage:
      Disability:
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      Registration District: Whitehaven
      Sub-registration District: St Bees
      ED, institution, or vessel: 2g
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household Schedule Number: 8
      Piece: 2437
      Folio: 158
      Page Number: 3
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Gair 58
      Rachel Gair 56
      William Gair 24
      Thomas Gair 21
      Margarett Gair 18
      John Gair 14
    • in the year 1861: Mount Pleasant, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
      Name: Rachel Gay
      Age: 67
      Estimated Birth Year: 1794
      Relation: Wife
      Spouse's Name: William Gay
      Gender: Female
      Where born: St Bees, Cumberland, England
      Civil Parish: Preston Quarter
      Ecclesiastical parish: Mount Pleasant
      County/Island: Cumberland
      Country: England
      Street Address:
      Occupation:
      Condition as to marriage:
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      Registration District: Whitehaven
      Sub-registration District: St Bees
      ED, institution, or vessel: 6
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household Schedule Number: 12
      Piece: 3949
      Folio: 72
      Page Number: 3
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Gay 67
      Rachel Gay 67
      Sarah Ann Gay 6
      Isabella Gay 2
  • He died on November 18, 1867 in Whitehaven, Cumberland. England (See Media file), he was 72 years old.
    (See Media file for Cert)
  • A child of GEORGE GAIR and MARGARET HARKAS
  • This information was last updated on December 13, 2020.

Household of William Gair

He is married to Rachel Wooff.

They got married about 1819 at Whitehaven, Cumberland. England.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Gair

JOHN HARKAS
1739-????
MARY WYLEY
± 1742-????
GEORGE GAIR
1764-1802
MARGARET HARKAS
1764-± 1840

William Gair
1795-1867

± 1819

Rachel Wooff
1795-1876


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    Historical events

    Birthday May 16, 1795

    • The temperature on May 16, 1795 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder noorderlicht. 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)
    •  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 1795: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 28 » Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
      • June 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
      • June 17 » The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
      • October 4 » Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
      • October 27 » The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
      • November 2 » The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.

    Christening day December 20, 1795

    • The temperature on December 20, 1795 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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)
    •  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 1795: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 23 » After an extraordinary charge across the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.
      • May 31 » French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
      • August 31 » War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
      • October 4 » Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
      • November 2 » The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
      • November 25 » Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.

    Day of death November 18, 1867

    • The temperature on November 18, 1867 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
      • June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
      • 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.
      • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
      • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

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