burts of dunfermline

[beansgram]

hello fellow chatters i am trying to verify or disprove some info in my file the earliest burts in my file
edward burt birthdate and parents unknown
married janet hadstoun [not sure of surname spelling]  may 2 1648 dunfermline
she was born march 6 1625 where unknown

children...

james  1649
andrew 1651
john 1652
janet 1662
isobel 1665
edward 1668  all supposedly born in dunfermline but am not positive of that   beans

[sancti]

Christenings on SP

17/12/1649 BURT JAMES EDWARD BURT/JONET HADISTOUN FR658 M Dunfermline /FIFE

 24/08/1662 BURT JONET EDUART BURT/JONET HADSTON FR760 F Dunfermline /FIFE

08/01/1665 BURT ISSOBELL EDUARD BURT/JONET HADSTON FR776 F Dunfermline /FIFE

16/04/1668 BURT EDWARD EDWARD BURT/JONET HADSTOUN FR799 M Dunfermline /FIFE


There is 1 possible entry for Edward going by the naming tradition

02/04/1626 BURD EDWARD born to JAMES BURD/CRISTIANE FURD FR392 U Falkirk /STIRLING

Also the marriage record you have

  02/05/1648 BURT EDWART married JONET HADSTOUN/FR647 M Dunfermline /FIFE

[b1gf00t]

Good morning

I am descended from the Burt family. My great-grandfather migrated from Scotland to Dunedin, New Zealand around 1906. He was James Burt. My grandmother was his second child. I understand that great-grandfather's parents were Andrew Burt born 28th November 1813 i Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Mary Murray born C.1812 in Dunfermline. I have contradictory evidence that she (Mary Murray) married Andrew Burt born 21st March 1816 in Dunfermline.
Others, researching the family ties with Falkirk, would take the former line - I do not know what to believe.
As well I am trying to establish a connection between the Burt family and the Milne family because of a recurring mention of Milne in given names of grandmother's generation onwards and have found a connection via Mary a daughter of Andrew Burt and Mary Murray who was born in Dunfermline 18th January 1846.
If you have any clues I would be grateful for assistance.

Regards
Barrie McBride

[NorrieG]

Hi Barrie  this is a Headstone inscription from Layes Road Cemetery Dunfermline BURT / MILINE photo attached

1406   Erected by Isabella MILINE in memory of her husband
   George BURT who was killed at Lochside Mine
   23.6.1909 age 40


Norrie G

[b1gf00t]

Thanks for that.
Great picture.

Barrie

[DUNMAC]

Hi Barrie,
               One of the Mayer connections to your tree, Allison Scott Mayer, married a Robert Ballantyne in Portobello, 1896, Robert's Mother was Isabella Milne. Perhaps the origin of the Milne name in your side, other Mayers also have Milne as second forenames.
                                                   Cheers,
                                                             Duncan.
P.S. They were connected to Robert Burt 1855 by marriage.

[Portygilr]

I've also Burt's from Fife - my 6/7th? G G/Mother was
a Janet Burt - who married William Rutherford - Rutherford's
where from Wester Weymss and Scoonie.
Other connections in/around that area Tarvitt (sp) Horsburgh,
Simpson.

Happy New year to all.

Anne - Edinburgh

[Earl]

I have been following your correspondence about the Burt family with great interest.  I am researching an ancestor named Robert Burt and am hoping you may be able to help me.  From ScotlandsPeople, and censuses, I know that he married Margaret Watt in 1823 in East Lothian and that they had five children:  Andrew, David, Elizabeth, John and Robert.  The OPR of Robert's death (1859, Edinburgh) gives his parents as Andrew, a weaver, deceased, and Nancy Williams, deceased.  I understand that the names Nancy and Agnes are interchangeable, so I think that he may be the son of Andrew Burt and Agnes Williamson, born Baldridge, Fife in 1801.

I have read another series of posts about Burt History and there is some correlation between what I have and the information posted.  I am confused however by discrepancies between the IGI and ScotlandsPeople.  Although both agree on Robert's marriage date and place, they differ on the birthdates of his children and I can't find any records on ScotlandsPeople for the birth of Robert to Andrew and Agnes.  Does any of this ring a bell for anyone?  Would you have a suggestion for how I might resolve this problem?  I live in Australia so am unable to see original documents in person. 

Grateful any assistance or advice anyone could give.

Cheers

Earl

[DUNMAC]

HI Earl,
           There are two Robert Burts who died 1859 in Edinburgh, which district was the one you think correct, Canongate or St. George?
                                              Duncan.