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Fife / Re: "Laings" in Fife and beyond
« on: Saturday 10 April 10 17:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ostler.

Thanks for that. I too have found and photographed David andChristian's headstone in Scoonie graveyard. I found it very emotional to be standing above  my great great grandfather and great great grandmothers' remains. Often think of the trials they had during their lifetime and my side of the Laing family's journey round the East Neuk.  Probably, like yours, they were farm hands near Anstruther and followed available work round the coast, becoming miners in  Wemyss and into West Fife.

All best

Grosperrin.

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Fife / Re: "Laings" in Fife and beyond
« on: Saturday 07 November 09 23:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hello fellow Laings.

Perhaps my last posting was a bit unclear.
With reference to Chiad Fhear's posting on 22nd June, 2009. -
I have a family Bible in which the birth of Jemima Kinnear is recorded as March 26th 1871 in Buckhaven, Wemyss, Fife. This Jemima was the illegitimate daughter of Janet Kinnear before her marriage to James Laing. She became known as Jemima Laing.
She married William Adams in Buckhaven on 21st April 1893.
Her death is recorded as 30th March, no year or place given in the family Bible.
She is buried in Wemyss Cemetery.
Hope this is helpful.
Grosperrin.

Grosperrin.

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Fife / Re: "Laings" in Fife and beyond
« on: Saturday 07 November 09 23:42 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Chiad Fhear on Monday 22 June 09 10:10 BST (UK)
JUST HAD TO GET THIS THREAD BACK UP TO THE TOP AGAIN :D

Hi again Laing 'cousins'

I've got a query for you to resolve for me from an A*******.co.uk find ...

1901 Census for Wemyss, Buckhaven, Fife has JEMIMA LAING, age 30, born Wemyss abt 1861 as STEP DAUGHTER of James age 34 and Janet age 37 :P

I know, from my searches in General Register House in Edinburgh, that 'Janet' was Janet Kinnear and that the other children all correspond - except for James shown as age 72 instead of 12 - right down to wee Thomas aged 5 months.

A search on ScotlandsPeople has no Jemima born in Wemyss (or Scotland for that matter) between 1855 and 1865 but there is one in 1870 :-\


Before spending any more credits, do any of you have anything about Jemima in your records?

Regards

Chiad Fhear

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Fife / Re: "Laings" in Fife and beyond
« on: Thursday 01 October 09 00:24 BST (UK)  »
 ;) Hello Chiad Fhear.

My Great Grandparents were James Laing married to Janet Kinnear.

Seems like your Great Granmother and my Great Grandfather were brother and

sister.

I recently saw their parents gravestone in Scoonie Cemetery. (David Laing and

Christian Skinner.

Regards,  Grosperrin.

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