Kingdom of Fife, Scotland Surnames List  -  enquiries "#1" - Feb - Dec 1998

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70 - CRAWFORD - William Fullerton CRAWFORD b 1918 Fishertown Dornoch is son of Thomas Sharp CRAWFORD, a Lance-Cpl 6th Batt, Black Watch, of 347 High Street, Kirkcaldy. Thomas was married to Barbara FRASER in 1918, the same year William was born. Thomas was the son of another William Fullerton CRAWFORD who married Catherine RODGER.  Any help would be very appreciated. - email Andrew Crawford c/o Tony Crockford - details 15-Nov-98
69 - TURNER, Janet, b.1766 Inverkeithing, Fife. Daughter of Duncan TURNER and Isobel MUNRO. Siblings: Mary b. 1768 Wick, CAI, John b. 1772 Cumbernauld, LKS and Allan, b. 1776 Penicuik, MLN. Any suggestions for link between these four places of birth? - email Julie Schofield  - details - 09-Nov-98
68 - DOWNIE - John Downe or Downie married Grissell Peebles in 1645 in Kilconquhar. I am looking for links with other Downies in Elie, Kilconquhar or Newburn, particularly around the end of the seventeenth century when there are gaps in the OPRs of both Elie and Kilconquhar. www.downieabz.freeserve.co.uk - email Ian Downie - details - 29-Oct-98
67 - SWAYNE - Mr. Henry Wallace Swayne (1800 -1877), from Dysart, Fife, emigrated to Peru in 1824 representing Swayne Reid & Co. of Liverpool. He was the youngest son of David Dalrymple Swayne and Cristina Davidson Wallace, proud descendent of  William Wallace, the National Hero of Scotland. Henry Swayne was from Dysart an after emigrating to Peru established both plantations (sugar cane, rum & cotton) and a family which both continue to the present day. I have the genealogy of the Swayne (Swynne) family of Dysart at www.hammond.swayne.com. It also has interesting stories of British immigrants to South America in the nineteenth century. See also The Scottish Genealogist, Vol XLVI, Sept '99 p 97 - 100.  - email Tony Hammond - details 27-Oct-98
66 - KENNEDY MERCER - Two of my ancestors fled from Cromwell and Scotland to Bremen, Germany in abt 1645 being loyalists to the Stuarts:  KENNEDY KENNEWY, Elizabeth (of noble origin), b. abt. 1610, d. Bremen, Germany 1660, m. abt. 1630 Archibald MERCER:  MERCER MERSER, Archibald / Balthasar, b. abt 1600 (Culross Burgh?), merchant burgess, mayor (?), 1639-41 and 1644-45 M.P., Culross Burgh, d. Bremen 1650 find many more details : web page details - email Kai Drewes - details - 21-Oct-98
63 - CARSTAIRS - We are looking for the names of the parents of Thomas Carstairs. Going by family history, he would have been born around 1745, possibly at Kilconquhar Castle, Kilconquhar, Fife. - email Katy Pearson - details  25-Sep-98
62 DRYBURGH, and variants including Dribur, Dribrucht, Driburch, Dryborough, Drybro, Drybroch, Drybrogh, Drybroghe, Drybroth, Drybrough, Drybrowgh,Drybruch, Drybrug, Drybrught, Drybur, Drybure, Dryburge, Dryburgh, Dryburght, Dryburn, Drybry. All places, all times. One name study. I estimate that 60-80% of Dryburghs listed in the LDS Scottish Church Records CD lived in Fife. - email Richard Robertson - details  16-Sep-98
61 BELL - Seeking information about my great-grandfather, David Wishart Bell born Dec.27, 1884 in Kelty, Fife. He married Helen Clark (step-father James Ramsay) and had 3 sons, David, James and Alexander. David and Helen came to Canada in 1920s but their parents and siblings remained in Scotland. email Tina Sadler - details  31-Aug-98
59 - BEVERIDGE My Beveridge family came originally from Fife, later Berwick-on-Tweed, from where they emigrated to Australia in 1853. George Beveridge (b.1808 d.1870) and Isabella (maiden name unknown) b 1815, and their sons John (b.1840 d. 1898) and James b 1843 d 1928. They arrived in Australia on the sailing ship Ann Dashwood  in November 1853. There is a claimed relationship with William Beveridge, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph (1637 - 1708), but I have no records to verify this. The two daughters left behind when the family emigrated have disappeared - at least they are not in the English 1851 census. I am assuming that they were either in service over the border back in Scotland, or maybe the elder of the two was married. Any help would be appreciated. - email Ann Leith - details - 15-June-98 & 09-Sep-98
57 - SEGGIE SEGGE SEGGI SEGGY My earliest known ancestor George Seggie married Jean Davie in Inverkeithing m: 3 Feb 1709/10. They had 3 children: Robert b:1726, Helen b:1731?, and John. John Seggie & Janet Dewar m:1750?. They had 5 children: George b:1753, Alexander b:1755, John b:1757, Jean b:1765 and Margaret 1768. Alexander Seggie & Alison Millions m:1787. Had 8 children: Ann b:1789, Robert b:1791, Janet b:1793, Thomas, George b:1798, Maidy b:1802, Alexander b:1805, and Andrew b:1806. Alexander Seggie & Helen Graham m:1830?. Had 5 children: Margaret b:1840, Alexander b:1841, George, Robert, and Ann b:1846. I am doing a one-name study. Any information appreciated. - -email Alex Seggie - details 15-July-98
56 - BOWMAN, James m. Agnes HUGH had daughter named Jemina Mayme Bowman b. 1872 Pittenweem Fife. Jemina married John CONNELLY and immagrated to PA USA, 1894. had children named Agnes, Kathryn, Mary, Jennie, James, John, Joy, Helen - email Cathy Waldeck - details - 10-July-98
55 OLIPHANT - I am looking for the ancestors of William M. OLIPHANT born May 30, 1813 in Dunfermline, Scotland. There was a William Oliphant christened August 22, 1813 at Scoonie, Fife, Scotland: parents' names were James Oliphant and Ann MCALLUM. My William sailed from the port of Greenock July 1835 and came to America. Our family history says he was the younger son of Lord Oliphant; he had an older brother and a sister Margaret. - email Connie Perdue - details  - 07-July-98
54 WEMYSS - Thomas Scott Weems is my earliest known ancestor, born about 1745 in Maryland or Virginia and died about 1795 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Our records say his father came from Fife. He married Elizabeth Redfearn (b abt 1745 and d after 1830, Franklin County, Georgia). Their son was Redfearn Weems (b 1774, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, d February 1848, Franklin County, Georgia ). Information on the internet tells me that Thomas S. Weems was granted land in Craven (later Chesterfield) County, South Carolina in 1774. - email Martha Weems McMicken - details - 23-June-98
53 FERNIE I am looking for the following surnames, probably around the Easter Fernie region.: Fernay, Fernane, Fernie. The family emigrated to Ireland, possibly in 18th century. (1700's). The GENUKI Fife pages state: FERNIE: From the lands of Fernie in the parish of Monimail, Fife. The name appears in the Workman heraldic MS as "Fearnyne of that Ilk." William de Ferny was juror on an inquest in Fife in 1390 . . . ."  The reason I think my forebear Mary Fernay, might be from Easter Fernie is that it is the only place apparently where the name originated. I have followed leads like this before and I have found other forebears. email Mary Dworin - details 17-May-98
52 McCULLOCH, Hugh, b1759, Leven, Fife. Educated at University of Glasgow, 1780, became merchant at Leven before emigrating to America in 1785. Taught school in Philadelphia for five years, then lived at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Holmes County, Ohio 1810; m Elizabeth GIBSON, 1794, Carlisle, PA. email James Wiley  details 26-May-98
51 SOUTAR, David m Margaret WIGHT, Edinburgh 1876, at which time David was said to reside at South Toll, Cupar Fife; children Elizabeth, Charles William, David, Effie, Walter. David, b. 1843?, the son of Charles SOUTAR, Janet DUNCAN, was a master shoemaker. Margaret d St Andrews, resident at Chestney House, 1931. Charles may have moved south to Manchester. Other children all appear in a 1907 photo.Interested in tracking descendants. Margaret is the daughter of my great great grand-parents, Walter WIGHT/Helen SINTON, both of Maxton, Roxburgh. email Lorna McIntosh details  25-May-98 26-March-01
49 CAIRNIE CAIRNEY CARNIE My wife's forebear, Alexander Cairnie was born in Dunfermline, 1802; m Margaret Houston 1823 Dunfermline: b 1803, probably in Dunfermline, to James Houston and Margaret Graham. They emigrated to Australia with 8 children: Alexander Jr b 1825, James b 1827, Margaret b 1830, William b 1832, John (I) died young, David b1836, Andrew b 1837, Henry b 1839,John (II) b 1842, and Isabella b 1843; (all b Dunfermline, Fife), arriving Port Phillip, Victoria, on the vessel Cheapside , 1848. Alexander died 1886 in Victoria, Australia. In Australia the surname became Carnie. Margaret Houston's parents were James Houston b 1776, Dunfermline, and Margaret Graham b 1779, Carnock. Seeking information on forebears; have Australian descendent information available on many. email Col Richardson  details  05-May-98
48 YELTON  I am searching for records for the children of John Yelton & Marion (Mary) Bruce. Believe they were married abt. 1676 in Culross. Also looking for children of John Yelton & Jannett Euing married abt 1686 in Culross. My family immigrated to Virginia sometime between 1700-1720. My Scottish link is a child of one of these marriages. Any help will be greatly appreciated.   Suzanne Shephard details 30-April-98, 06-Ap-07
47 IZATT  Another Izatt researcher reported: your John S. Izatt was b & c 11 Dec 1837, Dunfermline. His father was James Izatt or Izett, a Sergeant in the Royal Marines in 1837. In 1842 he was at the Royal Marines Barracks Woolwich, London and a Colour Sergeant. Maybe his wife went home to Dunfermline for the birth, and then had another christening ceremony back in Woolwich. John's middle name was Sommerville after his mothers maiden name. All the Scotish Izatts we have found are from a small area to the north of Edinburgh, especially Torryburn. Izatts have been prominent in Dunfermline life for many years: George Izatt was Provost there in the 1940's; they named a street after him. email Bonnie Gilson - details 12-April-98
46 HONEYMAN I am interested in all Honeyman family information from 1500-1998 in, Dysart, Falkland, Wemyss, & Cupar, Fife.- email Garth Martens - details 10-April-98, 04-Feb-2003
45 REIKI REEKIE   Thomas Reiki b 1610 Dysart m Catrine (last name unknown). They had 4 children: George - d infancy. Thomas - c April 1645. George - c October 1645. Christian - b1651 - m John Myniman Dec 16 1681 in Dysart. Thomas - who is my ancestor, m Agnes Duncan(e) Feb 27 1680. They had the following children: Michael - born Oct 15 1680 James - born 13 Aug 1682 - married Gilles Christie of Markinch, 26 Dec 1717 (6 children - Andrew, Thomas, George, James, John and Janet). Mary - b Sep 19 1684. Rachel - born Feb 17 1686. Margaret - born Aug 1694 - m John Honeyman Oct 24 1719.(The last, Margaret and John were my 6xgr-grandparents.) Hugh Reekie for Patricia Paterson - details 10-April-98, 07jy2004(GENUKI)
44 CADDEN  I have registered CADDEN with the Guild of One Name Studies and now have 1500 names. The earliest Scot is Thome Caddon from Monifeith, Angus in 1563; there are a couple of earlier ones - London area.  The largest families were on the east coast of Scotland, spreading westwards towards Glasgow and Argyll. Now Caddens are in Ireland, Australia, and USA. As far as Fife is concerned, I have Burntisland, Cameron, Dumfries, Dunfermline, Dysart and Kirkpatrick listed. James Caddens m Elizabeth Reekie, whose son, George, was my 2xgreat grandfather. I have been unable to trace his birth but he had a sister Helen, b 1831 Dundee. George ended up in Edinburgh, so it is possible that the family moved there before he was born. email Sheila Taylor - details  12-April-98
43 McDERMOTT   My forebear John McDERMOTT was born in 1818 in Fife. His Australian death certificate of 1859, states he was the son of John McDERMOTT and Margaret McPHERSON. The John McDERMOTT who was born in 1818 was baptised in Australia in 1839, and married Margaret O'NEIL in NSW, Australia in 1841. Any contact with McDermott's in Fife appreciated. email Terri Bryan  details 31-Mar-98
42 BEVERIDGE - Thomas; miner, Dunfermline, Fife, b 1878 - 1882. m Janet Hinds late 1890's, children Christine M., Thomas Hinds b July 5, 1904, and David. Immigrated to Canada 1920, and then to US aprox 1923. Would appreciate any information. Thomas, my great grandfather, had a brother John, who also immigrated to, and stayed in, Canada; he also had a brother George and a sister Kathrine/Cathrine. There was a house fire and much was lost: my father believes there is still family in Fife. email Laura Jozwiak  details 25-Mar-98 03-My-98
41 BRAID  - Andrew BRAID b 10th Aug 1859 Elie, Fife, d 16th Jun 1926, Lochgelly; m Margaret YOUNGER b 11th Feb 1859, Cults, Fife & d 7 Mar 1935, Newburgh. Their son George Younger BRAID b 1 Oct 1889, Ladybank, Fife m Elizabeth Angus Brand KIDD (b 30th Oct 1887 Croft Dyke,Ceres) on 22nd Apr 1910 at Teasses Mill,Ceres. They emigrated to Australia; Elizabeth d 1946 and George d 1968, both at Manjimup,W Australia. I am interested in contacting George's brothers Jean, Isabel, Margaret, David, Andrew, John and Peter. - email Gordon Braid  details - 19-Fe-20-Mr-98, 27-Ap-99
40 JOHNSTON JOSTLING - My Great-Grandfather James Johnston was born in Lochgelly, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland on 25 Aug. 1843. He married Ellen Evangeline Pinney in Salt Lake City, Utah on 25 Oct. 1909. His Father was John Johnston or JOSTLING and mother was Mary Stuart. John Johnston was born in Woolwich, Kent England. Mary Stuart was born in Largo, Fife on 09 Jul 1808. They were married on 01 Jun 1831 in Largo, Fife. They moved to Hooper, Utah, USA and died there.Mary Stuart (Stewart) Johnston's parents were: David Stuart and Elizabeth Syme. John Johnston and Mary Stuart Johnston had 8 Children: John J born 15 Apr 1832 in Largo, Fife; Elizabeth J b 13 May 1834 Ore Bridge, Thornton, Markinch, Fife; David J b 03 Mar 1836 Roadside, Markinch, Fife; Mary J b 10 Aug 1839 Abbottshall, Fife; Thomas J b 17 May 1841 in Clackmannan; William J b 16 Apr 1846 in Muiravonside, Stirling; Brigham Young J b 21 Apr 1854 in Grangemouth, Stirling. Seeking information on any of these people. - email Stephen Johnston - details  19-Mar-98
39 HUSBAND   Peter HUSBAND , b January 19th 1820 at Cupar, Fife, was my great great grandfather, d 1868. His wife was Irish and they were married in Waterford in 1850 - she brought the seven children to New Zealand as assisted immigrants in 1869. He was in the 7th Hussars and was stationed in India (Bengal and Lucknow) 1857 -1863. He had also served in Canada 1834 to 1842. Any info on Husband, Fife or the Hussars greatly appreciated. email Catherine West  details 14-Mar-98
37 ANDERSON - Isabella Anderson (nee Balfour) m James Scott probably in 1827, possibly St. Andrews. Child Mary Ann supposedly born 1833 in St Andrews. No record found of her baptism or parents marriage. Any help appreciated. email Linda P  details 24-Fe-98
36 REEKIE - Robert Reekie (farmer; dates unknown) married Anne Lister on 04 Nov 1831 in Leuchars. The 8 children: Arthur, b 1832 (m Agnes): Ann, b 1834; David, b 1836; Janet, b 1838; David, b 1840 (mantle maker, m Mary), all b Ceres. Then Margaret, b 1843; George, b 1846; Andrew Scott, b 1848, all b Leuchars. Andrew Scott Reekie married Annie Lea of Somerstown, Middlesex, 1872, St Marylebone. They had 6 children, most born Hammersmith/Islington; the youngest, David Arthur, is my grandfather. I have details of many of Robert Reekie's descendants and can pass this information on to others. email John Carpenter  details  28-Feb-98
35 BOYTER -  My great grandfather Robert Boyter b abt July 30, 1835, somehere in Fife, m Isabella Robinson. Emigrated to Ontario, Canada abt 1863. Apparently 4 young children died and are buried, possibly Cellardyke or Pittenweem area. Another brother of Robert's - Thomas - m Mary Carroll and emigrated to Canada a few years earlier. - email Irene Breadner  details  28-Feb-98
34 KEIR - I am seeking information about the Keir family of Saline, Fife. My great-grandfather was Robert Keir, born in Saline in 1867. He had an elder brother Hugh. Their parents were Robert Keir and Margaret McClaren, and grandfather was also a Robert Keir. Any information would be greatfully received. email Maggie Hancock  details 27-Feb-98
33  PAGE - The children of Alexander Page and Giles Reekie, who m 11 November 1762 Dysart, are: Giles 1763, Barbara 1766, Alexander 1768, James 1770, Thomas 1772, Andrew 1774, William 1776, Janet 1779, Elizabeth 1783 and Christian 1785. They are ancestors of my father's side of the family called Proctor from Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy. I live in Dunfermline, only some 15 miles from Kirkcaldy - email Heather Bree  details - 02-Feb-98
32 McCULLOCH - Hugh , born in 1759 in Leven, County of Fife, Scotland. Educated - University of Glasgow, 1780. Possibly was a merchant in either Leven or Glasgow 1780 - 1785, after which he emigrated to America. Probably a merchant in Philadelphia, 1785 - 1790. In 1793, in Carlisle, PA, Hugh married Elizabeth GIBSON, b 1770, Co Down, Ireland.   James Ross Wiley  -   email James Wiley  details 19-Feb-98 
31 YOUNGER BRAID - I am tracing my family history which centres around the town of Collessie in the county of Fife. Andrew BRAID b Elie Fife 10th August 1859 d Lochgelly Fife 1926; he married Margaret YOUNGER b Cults Fife 11th February 1859 died Newburgh Fife 1935. I am trying to obtain details of children: Jean, Isabel, Margaret, David, George, Andrew, John, Peter.  Any assistance would be appreciated. email Gordon Braid  details - 19-Feb-98  
30 SKINNER  I am looking for a Robert Skinner the earliest in our heritage. He was b abt 1790 Kinross or Fife. He married Ann Smith abt 1820 in the same area. They had three children, William b abt 1826 in Kinross, John b 1829 Orwell, Kinross-shire, and James b 1832 in Rhynd, Perthshire. email John Beach  details 18-Feb-98
29 SMITH SIM SIME OPR's say Ann b 1796 was the daughter of James Smith, crofter, and Ann Sim(e). We cannot understand why, how or when the Smiths came south to live around the Tay Valley, if she was born there. Ann's son wrote on her internment record when she died at his house in Dundee 1974 that she was born in Abernethy, Perthshire. Which place of birth is correct? Nothing was found in Abernethy about this, but there were Smiths and Sims in Abernethy and surrounding areas. We just cannot tie them together. There were Sims and Smiths in Kinross too. email John Beach  details 18-Feb-98
28 McQUEEN CLARK  William McQueen married Christian Coventry 1797 at Newburgh. Only two children found, eleven years apart: Agnes McQueen b 1806, Isabella Russel McQueen b 1817 both at Flisk. Agnes married James Clark at Forgan, 1824; they moved to Kilrenny in 1832/3. I visualise her as the grand matriarch of the family as many descendants were given the names Agnes McQueen. She died 1864 in Crail; her parents were Farm Servants of Ballinbreich, or Barnbrick. One of her children is Russell after her sister. Both OPRs and Mort Cloth Registers for Flisk/Forgan are lost. As there are very few McQueens in Fife OPR's, they may be "weeld Heeland" folk staying behind in Fife after the 1746 Culloden retreat; perhaps the Aviemore area, Inverness has our McQueen ancestors. email Keith Clark details 17-Feb-98
27 FYFE. Place of birth for Charles Fyfe is unknown; he went to Scone Palace as a stone mason in the 1790's and married Margaret Mudie in 1796. She was from Dundee so he had probably been there or nearby some time prior. I suspect he new her and went to Scone to prepare a stable financial environment for his intended.Since they married at Scone a split with her family is indicated also by the naming of children: John 1796 Janet 1797 David 1800 Charles 1802 Peter 1803 William 1805 Charles 1807 Margaret 1811 email Allan Fyfe  details 01-Feb-98
26 THOMSON KEIR  James was born 1773 Tulliallan Perthshire. A marriage was found in LDS files to a Christian Keir in Saline, Fife; I have not obtained the certificate. The person who gave the deposition stating James was a burgess and freeman of Dunfermline said he had known of him as such for "a term of years". "James THOMSON of Dunfermline" was engraved on his tombstone in Windsor, Nova Scotia so it is likely he lived there for at least twenty years. John THOMSON was born near Dunfirmline but my only record states he did not accompany his family to Nova Scotia: it is more likely John Thomson was a lifelong resident of Dunfermline. PG Wright  email PG Wright  details 15 Feb 98
24 ELLIS Isabella ELLIS b Feb 5, 1891, Fife. Last known at: 8 Tay St, Newburgh, Fife, 1918. Her parents were James ELLIS and M.S. McDONALD. Siblings were James (Jim) ELLIS married Nan or Nancy ?, lived Newburgh: George ELLIS married May? lived in Derby, England: Bett - never married; Katherine married David BELL lived in Perth. Kath and David Bell had two children, Dorothy BELL married Allan SCOTT (lived in Bridge of Earn?) and Ian BELL.  Isabella ELLIS married (1) ?LOGAN - he was killed inWWI (2) Philp Ethelbert PORTER - m London, UK 1916. Children: Isabel b London; Phyllis b Newburgh 1918; to Canada 1919. email Terri Forsythe details   Terri's homepage 09-Feb-98

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