David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP

[jenc]

Hi Kilsyth
I'm sure we'll knock a hole in the wall eventually.  Good Luck jenc

[TunjiLees]

Jen, I just tied in my Kirkaldy's to Robert Kirkaldy and Jean Taylor! I can't believe we are doubly related!

I also think I found a sibling of David Kirkaldy (thank you google!)
1875 death
Hellen TAYLOR, 79, Robert KIRKALDY (father), Jane TAYLOR (mother), James TAYLOR (spouse)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SCT-FIFE/2005-07/1120252002

[TunjiLees]

I found some submitted information on William Walton and Mary Law: http://www.gencircles.com/users/wonderg/1/data/87

[jenc]

Hi Tunji
Looks like we are double cousins Jen

[Langtonian]

jenc

Although you're struggling to pin down the parentage for your Robert at this stage given that he was married in the parish of Balmerino his roots may well lie in this parish.

The surname is not uncommon in the parish with numerous births/christenings back to the 1630s. There are also numerous spelling variants of the name used in the Balmerino IGI births/christenings including:-

Kerkaldie, Kirkcaldie, Kirkcaldy, Kircaldie, Kircaldy, Kirkcaledy and possibly even Knoaldie!

happy browsing!

[TunjiLees]

I just searched for Robert under the names Langtonian mentionned in Kilmany and Balmerino.
Sadly there are no possibly births from the extracted records.

[Langtonian]

TunjiLess is correct, no sign of Robert appearing in the Balmerino OPR births and indeed there don't appear to be any births of this surname in the parish around the time Robert would have been born.

But interestingly there is one other Kirkaldy marriage around the time that Robert was married, could be a sister of his perhaps:-

MARGARET KIRKALDY married ROBERT IRELAND, 13 NOV 1795   Balmerino, Fife, Scotland.
 

[jenc]

Hi Langtonian
Thanks for that, it's possible this could be Robert's sister.  I keep going back to the thought that the possible parents are David Kirkaldy and MARGARET Meldrum, so that might just tie in with the naming system.  Jenc

[jenc]

Hi all
Just an update on the Kirkcaldy saga which might interest Kilsyth.  Think we have dented the brick wall.  You were on the right lines along Kilsyth!
 
Found out that the Robert Kirkcaldy who married Jane/Jean Taylor was born in Flisk on the 28th March 1762 to David KIRKALDIE and Margaret Meldrum who in turn were married in Kilmany on 6th November 1756. Robert had 3 siblings (there may be more) namely, Helen born Kilmany 1757, Ann born Kilmany 1760 and David born 1769.  David married Hay Thomson and had 2 sons James and David.
David KIRKALDIE may be the son of Robert Kirkaldie and Helen Smith
I think I have narrowed down the parents of Jane/Jean Taylor, there was a Jean Taylor born to John Taylor and Janet Henderson in Newburgh in 1769.  They were married on the 26th November 1768 in Balmerino, so it all seems to fit in.
Any thoughts anyone? Regards Jenc