MI for WILKIE in Kettle

[tommacgregor]

Hi,

I'm aware that some of my Wilkie ancestors lived and died at Kettle in Fife. I wonder whether someone could give me some details from his monumental inscriptions?

As always, I will try to give as much details as I can.

George WILKIE married Christian CRICHTON at Kennoway in Fife 18th January, 1804. That can be verified by looking at Extracted Marriage Record B.N: M114345 on the IGI.

Marion WILKIE b/chr. 9th December, 1804 at Kennoway in Fife.
James WILKIE born 16th October, 1806 at Kennoway in Fife.
George WILKIE born 5th June, 1808 at Kennoway in Fife.
Isobel WILKIE born 5th May, 1810 at Kennoway in Fife.
Christian WILKIE born 20th April, 1812 at Kennoway in Fife.
Margaret WILKIE born 16th March, 1814 at Kennoway in Fife.
Agness WILKIE chr. 19th April, 1818 at Kennoway in Fife.
Eglantine WILKIE born 15th April, 1821 at Kennoway in Fife.

According to what I see on the FFHS pre-1855 Death Index C.D.,

George Wilkie, son of George and Christian died in December, 1851.
James Wilkie, son of George and Christian died in 1842.
Christian Wilkie, M.S. Crichton, wife of George WILKIE, Snr., died on 15th March, 1854.

Did these deaths take place at Kettle, and is that where they they are buried? What other members of the family are buried there?

Best wishes to all,


Tom.

[patches71]

Hello Tom,

      As I have some notes on this family I thought that I might share them with you. As the notes were done in the early days of my foray into genealogy, sources were not seen as important, so the veracity of these notes could be questionable.

      George WILKIE died May 3, 1873, widower of Christian CRIGHTON, he was aged 93. He was the farmer at Nottingham Farm, Kettle. His parents were James WILKIE, maltster and Isabella LITTLEJOHN. This is from the cert.

    My notes - George's uncle was George WILKIE b 1736 d 1768 was the captain of the ship of war "Barlow" who served during the French War under Admiral Hosburn.
    George's Father was James Marquis WILKIE b 1733, Kennoway and married Isabella LITTLEJOHN Sept 6, 1777, Kennoway.
    Marion WILKIE b 1804 married David JOHNSTON and died 1883, Kennoway
    James WILKIE b 1806 d 1842
    George WILKIE b 1808 married Margaret GUTHRIE 1840 and died 1851
    Isabel WILKIE married Alexander WALKER 1841, Kennoway
    Christina WILKIE b 1812 died 1872
    Agnes WILKIE b 1818 died March 9 1906, Kettle, single
    Eglantine Balfour WILKIE  b 1821 died May 21, 1875, Kettle, single
    End of notes.

    It was interesting to note that in nearly every death,  the burials are all in Kennoway which may indicate a large family grave at this town

   

[JAP]

Hello patches71,

I have had many WILKIE people in my database over the past 10 years at least - especially in Aberdour where many are related to my people.

One of the names is that of a David Johnston WILKIE.

So I'm interested to see your mention of the marriage of a WILKIE to a David JOHNSTON!

David Johnston WILKIE was b and bap 1826 in Aberdour, son of Robert WILKIE and Christian PAUL.

Regards,

JAP

[patches71]

Hello JAP,

     I must have thought that the WILKIE/JOHNSTONE link was important in my note taking at the time because here are some additions -

   Marion JOHNSTON ms WILKIE died 1883, at Wallace Street, Kennoway, informant David JOHNSTON, widower

  Their family -
   David b 1833, Kennoway
   Elizabeth Littlejohn b 1835, Kennoway
   Christina b 1836, Kennoway
   Rachel b 1838, Kennoway
   George b 1841, Kennoway
   James Wilkie b 1843, Kennoway
   Anne b 1845, Kennoway

   I don't know if David JOHNSTON (widower) links with the your David Johnston WILKIE at Aberdour. A check over my notes doesn't reveal a Robert WILKIE
 

[JAP]

Hi patches,

I guess what struck me as a possible connexion was the birth of:
David Johnston LOCHTY, son of Robert LOCHTY & Margaret PAUL
13 Apr 1827, Eastwood, Renfrew!

Both Robert LOCHTY (b Aberdour) & Margaret PAUL were connected to my children.
Christian PAUL, mother of David Johnston WILKIE also connected on two lines.

I guess that in a little place like Aberdour, almost everyone was interconnected!!

JAP

[patches71]

Hello JAP,

     These JOHNSTONS' fairly get around, because you got me curious obout the David JOHNSTON who married Marion WILKIE. So, after a quick vist to SP, here's what I found -
 
David JOHNSTON, master mason, widower of Mary (?) WILKIE, died Oct 23, 1887, aged 84. Parents David JOHNSTON, master mason (dec) and Mary BETHUNE (dec). A flying visit to the IGI indicates that they married in Aug, 1795, Kennoway. So looks like these JOHNSTONS' didn't travel far

[tommacgregor]

Hi patches71,

Very many thanks for that useful piece of information. It's very much appreciated.

I had already done a scan of the IGI and can confirm what you are saying. I also had a look at the FFHS Death Index pre-1855 Disc, and that too confirms your findings. Typical examples:

George Wilkie, son of George Wilkie and Christian Crichton died 1851, aged 41
James Wilkie, son of George Wilkie and Christian Crichton, died 1842, aged 39.

I note the interest in David JOHNSTON and so thought that it may be of some use to others to quote what the CD states:

Elizabeth Wilkie, widow of David JOHNSTON, died 26th October, 1819, aged 73. Her abode at the time was Burnside at Kettle.

Best wishes as always,


Tom.

[tommacgregor]

Hi,

I thought it was rather nice of patches71 to confirm those details and so, I'm happy to give a bit of extra information about these Wilkie's from Kettle in Fife.

I smiled at patch71's remarks about his initial foray into genealogy and his involvement with "sources". I suppose we're all guilty of forgetting to dot all the i's and cross all the t's on the odd occasion, eh?

I was most interested when looking at my personal records to see a reference to members of the Wilkie family marrying into a family where the Surname is spelt in different ways. That family is Hugh or Heugh or other variants.

If other researchers with an interest in the Wilkie's wish to, they can retrace my steps by going onto the IGI where they will find reference to an Alexander Wilkie marrying a Jane Hugh (note the spelling!) The date of the marriage is given as 4th May, 1836.

Again, by doing a simple parent/children search you will find:

David WILKIE born 29th November, 1836 at Kettle in Fife.
Catharine WILKIE born 21st July, 1838 at Kettle in Fife.
Isabel WILKIE born 10th January, 1841 at Kettle in Fife.
William WILKIE born 28th April, 1843 at Kettle in Fife.
Alexander WILKIE born 5th July, 1846 at Kettle in Fife.

Best wishes to all,


Tom.

[tommacgregor]

Hi!

Looking at the connection between the Wilkie's and the Hugh's or Heugh's, or other variants of the Surname, the following may be of some interest to other researchers:

David WILKIE married Margaret HEUGH (note the spelling!) on 26th November, 1850 at Kettle in Fife. As I stated on my previous posting, other researchers can find details on the IGI. On this occasion, I will save you a bit of time and add that you will be looking at an Extracted Marriage Certificate of Batch No: M114356 SCN: 1040336.

Again, I did a parent/children search on the IGI and came up with the following:

James WILKIE born 12th April, 1851 at Kettle in Fife.
Allan WILKIE born 30th September, 1852 at Kettle in Fife.
William WILKIE born 2nd January, 1855 at Kettle in Fife.
David WILKIE born 30th July, 1857 at Kettle in Fife.
Robert WILKIE born 31st October, 1860 at Kettle in Fife.
Rachel Wilkie born 8th December, 1863 at Kettle in Fife.
Jean WILKIE born 25th April, 1867 at Kettle in Fife.

I'm sure that you will have noticed that some of the children are on "the right side of that 1855 barrier", and so can look forward to a bit of an improvement in the records. Futher, it is possible to track them on the various Censuses.

Again, I would be most interested to see where the final resting place of these people was, and if there are any Monumental Inscriptions.

Hope that you enjoy yourselves.

Best wishes to you and yours,


Tom.