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Fife / Re: Collessie Parish Church M.I.
« on: Sunday 25 November 12 06:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi Norrie,
Thanks for checking Mary Douglas and Richard Muckarsie for me. I got the death certificate for John Muckarsie - he never married and was living with his sister, Ann and her husband Kenneth McKenzie from 1891 to 1911 Census probably till they died.
Have you a Margaret Muckarsie b. 1836 in Collessie in any of you records? She is the daughter of Richard and Mary above. She gave birth to my great grandfather, James in 1859 in Edinburgh - his birth certicate shows him as Muckarsie and illegitimate but the family always knew him as James Mowat. I have not been able to find James in the 1861 or 1871 Census but then he appears as James Mowat in 1880 marrying Jane Smart in Collessie, listing John Mowat as his father. Margaret is a complete mystery. I have not found her in any Censuses and any deaths and marriages for Margaret Muckarsie do not seem to fit.
Kind regards
Leslie Haynes
Even on James' death certificate no parents are listed.
Thanks for checking Mary Douglas and Richard Muckarsie for me. I got the death certificate for John Muckarsie - he never married and was living with his sister, Ann and her husband Kenneth McKenzie from 1891 to 1911 Census probably till they died.
Have you a Margaret Muckarsie b. 1836 in Collessie in any of you records? She is the daughter of Richard and Mary above. She gave birth to my great grandfather, James in 1859 in Edinburgh - his birth certicate shows him as Muckarsie and illegitimate but the family always knew him as James Mowat. I have not been able to find James in the 1861 or 1871 Census but then he appears as James Mowat in 1880 marrying Jane Smart in Collessie, listing John Mowat as his father. Margaret is a complete mystery. I have not found her in any Censuses and any deaths and marriages for Margaret Muckarsie do not seem to fit.
Kind regards
Leslie Haynes
Even on James' death certificate no parents are listed.