David Kirkcaldy's Birthplace HELP

[Big-toshie]

That is VERY interesting !!  Would that have been pre WW11 signage I wonder?  I do have cousins who still live in Tayport, so there might well be a connection there.
Jenc

I could be pre-WW2

Bob

[Big-toshie]

Extract from RootsWeb Leslie (Kirkcaldy) Haynes page:-   

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=kirkcaldy&id=I97

Children of Maggie Mowat and Robert Kirkcaldy:

Christina Keith Kirkcaldy was born 29 Jul 1912 in , Fife, Scotland, and died 9 Dec 1983 in Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

This is the only C. Kirkcaldy I could find in the area.

Bob

[jenc]

Thanks for that Bob, was thinking along that line, Christina was my dad's cousin, don't know much about her other than that she is buried beside her parents in Leuchars.
Jenc

[Big-toshie]

I thought that she would be known to you.
I'll ask around (I live in Tayport but not born here) to see if anyone know's who C. Kirkcaldy was and when it was open as a Confectioners.
Bob

[hayalan52]

Jenc,

Hi and Happy New Year to all in the Northern Hemisphere.
I will ask Leslie but she is in bed right now so she can check it out tomorrow. It is now 11:30pm Monday night.

By the way Jen have you had much snow up there? About all we have had here is rain, rain and more rain. You may have seen some of the news reports about the flooding in Queensland. We have seen a bit about the snow in Britain.
We are quite safe where we are unless half of Brisbane goes under.

Cheers,
Alan

[hayalan52]

Silly me I just realised that Christina was Leslie's Aunt. The youngest brother of Christina, Robert Dempster Kirkcaldy, was Leslie's Dad.
Leslie was over there in about 1975-1976 so she may have met her.


On another note Big Toshie, I see you are researching the McIntosh line. My older brother is married to a McIntosh. Her line goes back a few generations here in Australia. The town they originally settled in in Victoria is, and it really is, called Yackandandah (pronounced Yack-an-dan-dah). I am very certain that they came from Dundee before that. Do you have any from Dundee that came to Oz?

Cheers,

Alan

[jenc]

Thanks for your help Bob, look forward to any news,
 and Hi Alan ! Yes Leslie might know about Christina
 We were snowed under for a while, forgot what the grass looked like, but it was nice to have a white Christmas.  Not so nice were the slippy pavements
We were watching the news with the rain and flooding down your way, and happy to hear you are all safe and well.  
Cheers and a' the best from Jen

[Big-toshie]

Alan,

I'm originally from Inverness and my MacIntosh ancestors came from Loch Ness side (Drumnadrochit). Specifically Bunloit crofts above Urquhart Castle (the ruined castle you see in photos of Loch Ness and the Monster!). Several of them did go out to Australia in the 1800s (as many did). 
regards
Bob

[jenc]

Hi again Bod
Matter of interest, we lived for 20 years in Inverness '78-'98 and walked our beloved labrador in the hills above Loch Ness and know Bunloit well, happy memories !
Jen