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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Fife => Topic started by: weemalla on Sunday 31 July 11 05:26 BST (UK)
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This is probably an easy question for those that know. Is North Hall a town or an area in Markinch. Why i ask is that my great grandfather William Christie lived there back in the 1840's
Cheers
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hi :)
a Northhall appears on modern maps -
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=330500&y=702500&z=120&sv=northhall&st=3&tl=Map+of+Northhall,+Fife+&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf
it may refer to a building :-\
ev
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No one knows why it's called North Hall, it's a very important area, historically. It's an area of Markinch and is now known as North Hall Road.
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Attached is a pic of the house that "family story" said belonged to the Christie family, William Christie and further it is thought that he married for a second time and the house was left to his second family but we have no details to support this.
Also just how grand was it to be named “Hall” – or was that the name of the place where the “unnamed” house stood? Also, does this place still stand??? If anyone can recognise the pic and add to our limited knowlege we would be very appreciative.
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Hi. I've asked around the people of Markinch and some suggestions have been made, but upon checking them by visiting sites we're still none-the-wiser. However, someone checked the 1841 and 1851 census for the area and there's only one William Christie; an agricultural labourer living at Balgonie Bleachfield, which isn't in the town of Markinch itself, but used to make up part of Coaltown of Balgonie (which was in Markinch parish).
Furthermore, the current theory as to why Northhall is called Northhall is that there used to be a meeting hall back in medieval times on top of the hill that is now Northhall Cemetery, so I think we can disregard your picture as being the source of the name.
As far as I can make out, if that picture is indeed of a house in Markinch, it's probably not there anymore.
Can you give me any further information about William Christie? Date of birth, death, census records etc?
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What i have of William Christie is that he was son of Alexander b about 1811 and Elizabeth Campbell and they married 1836 Markinch, Fife, Scotland. They had 7 children, William, Elizabeth, Euphemia, May, Agnes, John & Catherine.
William b 1846 Markinch, Fife, Scotland married 1871 Markinch, Helen Hamilton b 1847 daughter of John & Helen Duncan.
William & Helen had 6 children, Alexander, Helen, John, Elizabeth, Harriet and William ,
Hope this helps.
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Have you found William born c1811 on any of the censuses?
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Have you found William born c1811 on any of the censuses?
It was Alexander Christie who was born in1811
some Census Info
1841
Civil Parish: Markinch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Markinch
Address: Markinch
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
CHRISTIE Alex. M 25 Labourer Fife
CHRISTIE Elisabeth F 25 Fife
CHRISTIE Euphemia F 4 Fife
CHRISTIE Elisabeth F 1 Fife
1861 Census Village of Markinch
Alexander Christie Head Mar. 50 Paper Mill Lab. Born Markinch
Elizabeth Christie Wife Mar. 47 =
Mary Christie Dau. 17 Paper Mill Wk. =
William Christie Son 14 Paper Mill Wk. =
Agnes Christie Dau. 10 Scholar =
John Christie Son 5 Scholar =
Jessie Christie Dau. 1 =
1881 Census Dwelling: Guard Bridge Village
Census Place: Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203528 GRO Ref Volume 445 EnumDist Marr Age Sex Birthplace
William CHRISTIE M 35 M Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Mechanic Paper Works
Helen CHRISTIE M 33 F Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Wife
Alexander CHRISTIE 7 M Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Helen H. CHRISTIE 6 F Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
John H. CHRISTIE 4 M Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Son
Elizabeth C. CHRISTIE 2 F Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Daur
David ARCHIBALD U 18 M Inveresk, Edinburgh, Scotla
NorrieG
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Thanks, Norrie.
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Thanks for those details of the census. I would also be interested to know the death place and year of Alexander & Elizabeth (nee Campbell) and also their son William & Helen (nee Hamilton)
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So what's the connection with Northhall? So far I've seen no mention of it in any of the records cited...
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Family story had it that Northhall was the family home of William Christie and that the photo was supposedly Northhall - but looks like from the info reported above that this is unlikely to be the case.
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Hi, we think we've identified the house in the picture. It's actually Rothes House which still stands within the grounds of Tullis Russell Papermill near Markinch. It was the house of Sir David Russell. So it's definitely not in North Hall and chances are your family did not stay there.
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I have it that William Christie born 1846 and Helen Hamilton born 1847 both of Markinch, Fyfe married in 1871 in Markinch. Can anyone give me their respective death dates and places and also burial places. With thanks.
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Helen Christie nee Hamilton appears to have died in 1887 aged 39 in Leuchars, Fife, mother's maiden name Duncan (ref: 445/ 2).
William Christie appears to have died in 1930 aged 84 in St Andrews & St Leonards Parish, St Andrews, Fife (ref: 453/ 65).
This matches the 1881 census returns as they were in Guardbridge, north-east Fife, near Leuchars and St Andrews.
Alexander Christie appears to have died in 1871 aged 60 in Markinch (ref: 447/ 80).
Elizabeth Christie nee Campbell appears to have died in 1874 aged 59 in Markinch, mother's maiden name Dalrymple (ref: 447/ 44).
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Thanks for those dates. Much appreciated
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It's good to see the OP has responded to the last response after 10 years.
Annie