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Personal data William Grant 

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Household of William Grant

He is married to Agnes Anderson.

They got married on October 11, 1801 at Balmerino,Fife,Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Janet Grant  1802-1886 
  2. William Grant  1819-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Grant

Janet Ferguson
1750-± 1826

William Grant
1779-1860

1801

Agnes Anderson
1783-1856

Janet Grant
1802-1886
William Grant
1819-????

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  2. 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Balmerino; ED: 3; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_85; Year: 1851 / Ancestry.com
  3. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday July 4, 1779

  • The temperature on July 4, 1779 was about 16.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen 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)
  • In the year 1779: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
    • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
    • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
    • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

Day of marriage October 11, 1801

  • The temperature on October 11, 1801 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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).
  • In the year 1801: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
    • March 23 » Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
    • April 2 » French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
    • May 6 » Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMSSpeedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
    • July 6 » First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
    • August 1 » First Barbary War: The American schooner USSEnterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

Day of death May 19, 1860

  • The temperature on May 19, 1860 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
    • August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
    • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
    • September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
    • September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.


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