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Scotland / Re: Fyfe/Fife/Fyffe
« on: Wednesday 29 February 12 09:23 GMT (UK) »
Further to queries about Sir John Fyfe, my understanding is as follows:
He came from Scotland in the early 1800s and married Elizabeth Milne in 1835. They had three children, one being Jannet Elizabeth Fyfe who married George Nichols in 1871 and their son William George Nichols was my great grandfather. I remember him very well as he was alive until I was 7 years old and I saw a lot of him. He married near Launceston and lived there until his death in 1962.
The family story is that John Fyfe was the first Tasmanian school teacher and was knighted as a result. I have been unable as yet to find any records to confirm this. I have a family prayer book which belonged to him and has his name written in the cover It was produced in London by The Religious Tract Society and bound by Baxter Binder 49 Bartholomew Close.
I also saw an engagement notice from a Hobart newspaper saying she was a descendant of Sir John Fyfe of Fyfeshire.
Jill
He came from Scotland in the early 1800s and married Elizabeth Milne in 1835. They had three children, one being Jannet Elizabeth Fyfe who married George Nichols in 1871 and their son William George Nichols was my great grandfather. I remember him very well as he was alive until I was 7 years old and I saw a lot of him. He married near Launceston and lived there until his death in 1962.
The family story is that John Fyfe was the first Tasmanian school teacher and was knighted as a result. I have been unable as yet to find any records to confirm this. I have a family prayer book which belonged to him and has his name written in the cover It was produced in London by The Religious Tract Society and bound by Baxter Binder 49 Bartholomew Close.
I also saw an engagement notice from a Hobart newspaper saying she was a descendant of Sir John Fyfe of Fyfeshire.
Jill