Henderson

[MonicaL]

Thanks Diddy  Can't see a death on SP in Dysart (or in fact anywhere in Scotland) for a Janet Allan in 1855 - and that's with wildcards    Given that Dysart was where Janet Allan Henderson showed as living in 1851, I wonder if there is a connection.

Monica 

[JAP]

Hi All,

I'm thinking that Robert AITKEN who d Kinglassie, aged 80, in Feb 1851 might be Robert b 1769 in Kinglassie, son of George.  Unfortunately, the 1841 Kinglassie census was lost en route to Edinburgh ...

Children b Kinglassie with father Robert AITKEN were George 1793, Janet 1795, Margaret 1801, Robert 1807, Isabel 1810, and John 1813.

So Robert AITKEN who m Janet HENDERSON in 1838 in Auchterderran might be the Robert b 1807 in Kinglassie...  Which would make sense for them naming their first son Robert ...

But all these names are such common names that it's impossible to know ...  Grada, you can probably knock out some of these people by a process of elimination but it could be expensive 

It's an interesting puzzle.

JAP

[beansgram]

hi everyone   to gada the bivri discs show the following children born to john henderson and janet allan

john  b. feb 3 1804 chr. feb 19 1804
janet b sept 3 1805 chr sept 22 1805
margaret  b july 25 1807 chr  aug. 14 1807
agnes  b apr 4 1811  chr june 6 1811
christian  b apr 3 1813 chr may 23 1813
robert b aug 17 1815  chr sept 3 1815
james  b apr 2 1821  chr  may 15 1821
  all of the above children born and christened in denny stirlingshire

thomas b march 12 1823 in kilsyth stirlingshire
are these part of the family you are researching?  the dates fit with your john and janets marriage however there are some large gaps between some of the children.    beans

[JAP]

Hello beans,

We've been down a few dead-ends on this thread!

Unfortunately, the Denny Stirlingshire family was one of those dead-ends ...

grada is looking for the John HENDERSON & Janet ALLAN who were the parents of Elizabeth/Betsey (HENDERSON) DAVIE.

Betsey was born ca 1825 (no birth/baptism record in the IGI - other sources indicate year and also place as Woodend, Auchterderran), married Alexander DAVIE (no record in the IGI - bc of their 5th child Janet in 1855 says marr 1845 Pitcairn, Aberdour and of their last child Charles says marr 1846 Auchterderran), and died 1871 Dalgety.

Current thinking is that they are the John HENDERSON & Janet ALLAN who have IGI marriage entries in 1812 in Kinnoul PER and Kinfauns PER.  Janet's age and birthplace from 1851 census indicates that she was born 1787 Kinnoul.

Some possible early children of this John HENDERSON & Janet ALLAN are in the IGI (see reply #15).   And Monica posted 1841 and 1851 census entries at replies #10 and #11 which mention Betsy b ca 1825 and another daughter Livinia/Levinia b ca 1829 Auchterderran.  Also another possible daughter is mentioned at reply #21  - Janet jnr, mother of Janet snr's grandson Robert AITKEN; Janet jnr married Robert AITKEN in 1838 so might be the Janet Forrester HENDERSON bap 1813 Forteviot PER ...

JAP

[grada]

Hi All,

I have requested a look up of pre-1855 Fife deaths as suggested,fingers crossed.  I found Woodend Rd, in Auchterderran at the weekend.  Will be going back for another look soon. 

Grada

[diddymiller]

I did reply to this request on this thread -post 26. i have also noted this reply on the Fife CD thread.

No point repeating ourselves!!

Diddy

[grada]

Sorry Diddy, seemed to have missed your post the first time.

Thanks Grada