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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Tuesday 10 March 09 16:29 GMT (UK)  »
check this website out -

http://mvs.ueuo.com/ged2web/p0000024.htm#I23281

it has a lot of the kirkcaldys from balmerino.

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Tuesday 10 March 09 10:03 GMT (UK)  »
Brothers and sisters of my forebears: Names and dates of birth - that is all that is known.

Brother of Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy (my great grandfather 1897 - 1954) - David Kirkcaldy (1899 - ?)

Brothers of David Kirkcaldy ( my great great grandfather 1937 - 1873) -
William 1835, James 1836, George 1839, Mary 1841, Alexander 1844, Agnes 1846, John 1850 and Robert 1856.

Cousins included: Cale/ James Kirkcaldy 1860, David Kirkcaldy 1862, John Kirkcaldy 1864, William Kirkcaldy 1868, Alex Kirkcaldy 1869 and Peter Kirkcaldy 1874.

I notice I have confused the generations but hopefully these names and dates of birth might allow for some collusion!


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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Tuesday 10 March 09 09:38 GMT (UK)  »
Here is the extent of my research in regards to ancestry.co.uk

Myself - born Malawi (*)
My Father (*) Born (*)
My grandfather - Robert Kirkcaldy born ? died 1992. Had one sister, Rosemary Kirkcaldy and another Catherine Kirkcaldy. Rosemary later married Joss Ackland and they had many children and many grandchildren.
His father was Robert Kirkcaldty born 1897 died 1954 married to Phyllis Nyasa Ryall (1900 -?)
His father was David Kirkcaldy (1837 - 1873) married to Isabella McPherson.
His father was James Kirkcaldy (1808 - 1889).
His father was William Kirkcaldy (1774 - 1844) married to Agnes Brunton.

That is the extent of my parental lineage of the Kirkcaldys in my line. However, I also have names of brothers at each generation and in one family there were around 8 family members of 6 brothers and 2 sisters.  It also seems that at each generation there have been many brothers and a few sisters. Would you need these brothers names or will this suffice?

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Monday 09 March 09 12:24 GMT (UK)  »
so hayalan how do you know the second wife was called Anne Laurie and these details - i need to be schooled! Also Tunji - September 26th in Kirkcaldy town - anyone else available? Also does anyone here use facebook too?

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Monday 09 March 09 12:06 GMT (UK)  »
hayalan thanks so much for all the research. my research has also led me to  the brunton but i have now taken it further to 1774. my email address is (*) and i can be reached on (*). I get the impression that a connection can be made from not an immediate lineage but from an offshoot of a brother somewhere. The other Bruce Kirkcaldy mentioned two brothers, one of whom was called Alex Kirkcaldy who emigrated to Australia after  the Crimean war - he is certain that the connection with us and the Tasmanian Kirkcaldys is from this line. You sound like an amazing researcher, I am so lame. My step grandmother also lives in Sydney (Elizabeth Kirkcaldy) - might you be interested to contact her if this is where you are based?

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Thursday 05 March 09 13:26 GMT (UK)  »
You lot might be interested to know that I run the Kirkcaldy Clan group on Facebook. I schemed upon the idea of doing a get together for Kirkcaldys of the world to meet up. My story has been picked up by the press - the event will be hosted in Kirkcaldy town:

http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/39Clan-Kirkcaldy39-plans-its-own.5039146.jp

Please advise if any of you are interested in coming along?

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Thursday 05 March 09 10:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hayalan.

Hi thanks for the reply. I am convinced that Jenc's mention of a Robert Kirkcaldy who died in 1920 could be my great great great grandfather. I need to look into the birth dates but it seems fitting because of the rough time frame and location. You all use IGI - this is new to me and I am going to go and check it out now!

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Wednesday 25 February 09 13:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya, i fished out an old email of a 3rd cousin of mine who has done some solid research and this is email he typed to me - can anyone find any parts where their own lines may fall into places?

Dear Bruce,
 
I remember my grandfather, David Kirkcaldy telling me of his brother who had left for Africa and had been an officer in the army and the story about kenya. later, researching recors on internet disproved any association with Nairobi. You story got me thinking again. However, I became a bit sceptical when some birth details may not have fitted. I remember my grandfather telling me about how his brother came back to Scotland for the burial of their father (Robert Kirkcaldy), the death being 20. february 1918. I
 
The facts are that on the baptism records of my grandfather (David Kirkcaldy born in Mipplort, Bue on 4th may 1899), his father Robert Kirkcaldy was not present (being in Glasgow). The uncle, Robert HUNTER was the witness present at that baptism. Robert Kirkcaldy his father had married Catherine Hunter at Old Mill Road, Uddingston on 20th February 1894. Robert Kirkcaldy had been born on 22 .12.1864 at Duchally Farm and was the son of an overseer David Kirkcaldy (married to Isabel Kirkcaldy on 31.12.1860). My grandfather David had many half sisters and brothers, but only one fullb-blooded brother, Robert Kirkcaldy (child of Robert Kirkcaldy and catherine Hunter, the adughter of a merchant seaman and herself a confectioner). That brother Robert Kirkcaldy had been born on 8th february 1897 in West George Street, Glasgow. Since their mother (Catherine "Hunter" Kirkcaldy)had died 3 years after his birth (six months after my grandfathers birth in 1899, and judging from the interest of the uncle Charles Hunter, it COULD be that the uncle left with the eldest son in 1898 for Africa. But then In June 1898 Robert your direct relative would have had to be an iunfant of some 1-2 years of age? Is that likely? He was having children judging by your comments from 1924-1929 (I think you did an error in tyoing Robert Charles birthdate as March 1824 and meant 1924?). The key to all this mystery would be if the relative Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy who left for Africa was born on 8.02.1897 in Glasgow. Does that fit?
 

 

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Fife / Re: David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP
« on: Wednesday 18 February 09 13:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hello is everyone within this discussion a Kirkcaldy or related to the Kirkcaldys? Please advice im trying to research my family history and my name is Bruce Kirkcaldy.

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