Agnes Dunsyre

20 January 1810–5 July 1894 (Age 84)
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Agnes

When Agnes Dunsyre was born on 20 January 1810, in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Dunsyre, was 40 and her mother, Christian Buchan, was 42. She married George Welsh on 18 April 1834, in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 5 July 1894, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

George Welsh
1815–1891
Agnes Dunsyre
1810–1894
Marriage: 18 April 1834
Archibald Welsh
1834–
John Welsh
1836–
Christian Welsh
1839–1922
Agnes Welsh
1841–1912
Janet Welsh
1843–
George Welsh
1846–
Margaret Welsh
1852–1936

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 April 1834Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1811 · The Tron Riot
    Age 1
    The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
    1815
    Age 5
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
    1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
    Age 22
    The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: locative name from Dunsyre (Lanarks).

    Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

    Sources (15)

    • Agnes Dunsyre in entry for John Welsh, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
    • Agnes Welsh in household of George Welsh, "Scotland Census, 1851"
    • Agnes Dunsyre, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

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