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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Fife => Topic started by: AlanMason on Friday 19 June 09 20:29 BST (UK)
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I started researching my Mothers family (Bonella's in Fife), and managed to get back to around 1750. About that time, I find variations in the name (e.g. Bonello, Bonalay, Bonaly and Bonailo), and this has allowed me to extend the tree back to 1530. However, while I have a few Bonaillo's on my family tree, I have no Bonailo's (single l), but I do have a whole family of them on paper starting in Markinch, expanding into dysart and then heading south to England in around 1850. Trying to make the connection to their ancesters is driving me nuts - hence the post. I am sure that the two trees must connect, and I suspect it will be around the late 1600's.
My tree of Bonailo's goes back as far as around 1705 where I have three brothers and their partners, in or near Markinch:
William Bonailo, married Elspet Durie 29/12/1724.
John Bonailo, married Margaret Blyth 23/02/1728.
James Bonailo, married Ann Philp 28/09/1728.
Does anyone have any information regarding their parents, or their date/place of birth?
Thanks
Alan
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welcome Alan, i remembered looking into this family before for someone.
if you scroll down nearly to the bottom of the fife thread board you will see 'scruffypup's thread about her Bonaillo etc family.
Diddy
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Yes, I found that, but her earliest Bonailo is also the John Bonailo who married Margaret Blyth 23/02/1728.
Thanks
Alan
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Alan, Any chane you have anything on Margaret Imrie Bonella. Born 1828 in Fife. Thanks Geraldine
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Nothing that jumps out. She is not currently on my tree, but I maybe have her in my notes. Can you give me anything else about her or her relatives?
Thanks
Alan
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Margaret Imrie Bonella, was born in 1828 at Carnbee Parish, Fife.
She married Thomas Colville, Born 1830, Perth.Scotland,
Children' Thomas Colville, 13 june 1857 Auchtermuchty, Fife. D. Sydney 1942
James Murdoch b. 1858 Fife.
Robert Mitchell b. 1860
Issac Imrie b. 1862 Dundee d. 1933 Brisbane Qld
Margaret Bonella b. 1864 Dundee
Anne b. 1866 Dundee d 1909 Qld
Robina b. 1867 Dundee d. 1891 Qld.
Margaret Imrie Bonella died Dec 1920 Brisbane Qld.
James Murdoch is my relative. He married Helen Nicoll in 1883 and came to Sydney Australia straight after they got married.
That is all the info that I have and carn't get back any further.
Thanks Geraldine
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Thanks. That helped. I have Margaret as being born 16/10/1825 (registered as Bonally) in Carnbee and marrying James in 12/11/1856 in Perth. Both have their usual residence at time of marriage as Auchtermuchty and both show as being the same age at time of marriage, which would make James born circa 1825, but I cannot find a matching birth. The marriage certificate shows Margaret's parents as being Robert Bonella and Isabella Hill and James parents as being James Colville and Mary ?Herd? (bit indistinct). If you want to give me an email address, I will send you copies of birth and marriage details for you to assess yourself.
If you are interested in the Bonella line, I also have Margaret's ancestry going back (albeit sparsely) through 9 generations to Robert Bonaly in 1530.
Regards
Alan
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Thanks Alan. Don't forget that we have Thomas as the husband. but we also have james Murdoch as marrying but Thomas comes up. Any way we will see. I know that names and spelling are a problem.
It is all so very interesting and we have had no luck going back.
Thanks for your help.
If you want anymore infro that I may be able to give, ask. but not able to go back at this stage.
Thankyou Geraldine
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Do you acess to genealogy.com. as the Bonella tree there has Margaret and Thomas. I can not get into it. Geraldine
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Traced my family tree and found that Margaret Imrie Bonella was my Great great grandmother. My great grandmother was Margaret Bonella Colville born in Dundee and married in Tivoli near Brisbane Australia to Samuel Wilson Lewis. Her daughter was Hilda Margaret Lewis born about 1898 who died in 1930 after having three children with Alf Atkinson who served in World War 1 at Ypres. My mother was Daphne Margaret Atkinson b.1927 married 1949. Hilda died when she was 3 years old so she knew very little about her until I did some research based on her marriage certificate to Alf.
I am Julie Margaret b. 1953. Hence the Username Margarettoo. :)
Fascinating to see what you have to say about Margaret Imrie Bonella who I had also found from Records was married in Perth and gave birth to Margaret Bonella in Dundee. Only on Rootschat.com did I learn from reading Geraldinev and Alan2009 that Margaret Imrie Bonella had died in Brisbane in 1920 aged 92. Thank You. Margaret Bonella Lewis died in Brisbane 1937 after her daughter Hilda Margaret who died also in Brisbane in 1930. Daphne Margaret is 83 and still lives in Brisbane near me. She would be interested to talk with anyone from her missing mother's line as losing her at 3 years of age she was always a blank space in her mind.
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Hi Julie, Great to find more rellies. We knew that there had to be some more out there. Don't know a lot about Margaret at all.
There are some Colvilles out at Roma who would be very interested in this. Neville is 93.
Would be great to get in contact. my email address is (*)
That would be the best way to do it.
Look forward to hearing from you Geraldine
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I gather you are descended from James Murdock and I am a descendant of Margaret Bonella. I would be interested to meet Neville and to know which of their siblings is his relative. Thanks for your reply.
Regards,
Julie.
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On Gordon's map of Fife dated 1642 there's a hamlet or farm named Bonally Beath - difficult to place exactly, but its position appears to be about a mile and a half SW from Cowdenbeath railway station, and just north of Hill of Beath village.
There are a lot of 'beaths' - Swintons Beath, Keirs Beath, Steinsons Beath, Hackstons Beath etc - in the immediate vicinity, so it looks as if Bonally Beath was occupied by someone with the name Bonally.
It also appears on Blaeu's map of Fife dated 1654, but it seems to be copied from the 1642 map. It doesn't seem to be on any later maps.
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Thanks for the information. It is very interesting and tallies with the earliest Bonally's I have found being in the Dunfermline area. I have a Lowrie Bonalay marrying a Ellen Davidson 06/12/1562 in Dunfermline and having 4 children between 1565 and 1575 all of whose births are recorded in/as Dunfermline. By his second wife, he had two more sons (Jhone and Thomas), however, by the mid 1600's they seem to have moved to East Fife as the majority of births and marriages are around Wemyss, Largo, Leven, and Ceres.
Where can I see the Gordon's map you referenced?
Alan
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Alan -
No problem - the Gordon map of 1642 (and a lot of other maps) can be seen on the National Library of Scotland website http://maps.nls.uk/
Look under "County maps", then "Fife".
Have fun!
Harry.
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I am trying to identify the birth date and parents of a William Bonello who married a Margaret Russell in Dysart on 24/10/1778. I suspect that he was the brother of a George Bonello as a Margaret Russell married a George Bonello on 07/10/1769. George Bonello then died on 17/12/1777 and I suspect that Margaret re-married the brother William, though George and William may have just been cousins.
I cannot find any birth records for William or George. I have checked Scotland People, Ancestry and FamilySearch (IGI), but drawn a blank. I believe that William was a Brewer and was probably born in Dysart as he married there and had 4 children there with Margaret. I can find no death record for William, but Margaret outlived him by quite a few years and is shown as "relict" on her death in 1820. As she died aged 79, this would imply birth in 1741, so I assume that William would have been about the same age and born between 1740-1750.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Alan