HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries(Part 1)

[lone70]

Hi Norrie

My first post, so a little nervous 

I am looking for the headstones of a few ancestors from Kirkcaldy and am hoping you may be able to help.

John BIRRELL (d.1832) who is buried with wife JEAN (nee WYLIE) (d.1845?) and daughter HELEN (surname RITCHIE) (d. 1858?)

There are a few BIRRELL's and RITCHIE's I am after, but this is the main one.

Thanks in advance for your time. Hope it's not too much trouble.

Leonie.

[NorrieG]

Hi Leonie welcome to Roots Web, that what we are here for to help
The following information may be of some use.

It would appear that they are buried in Pathhead Feuars Cemetery
There is no Headstone for Birrell left in the cemetery
Perhaps they may have been removed in 1862, when the burial ground
was levelled and the headstones placed in an orderly manner

John Birrell & Jean Wylie married 17.10.1813 Dysart

IGI gives a Jean Birrell born 10.12.1788 Dysart to Jas. Wyllie & Helen Bridges
Nothing in IGI for a birth of John Birrell

From FFH soc. Pre 1855 deaths Cd

Jean Wylie ( Birrell )  date of burial 31.12.1846 Dysart Pathhead
Age 57 Relict of John Birrell Manfacturer

John Birrell  Feuar Dysart Pathhead  Manfacturer
Died Oct. 1832 husband of Jean Wylie

Pathhead Feuars Burials


WYLIE, JEAN: relict of late John Birrell, manufacturer in

Pathhead; Dec 31 1846 (57 yrs) (Ri[t]chie, Oct 4 1849;

David Ri[t]chie, Dec 12 1854)
( must be the children of Robert Ritchie & Helen Birrell )

Pathhead Feuars Burial records http://fifefhs.org/Records/pathheadfeuars.htm

IGI gives
Helen Birrell married Robert Ritchie 11.12.1841 Dysart

Father: Robert Ritchie, Mother: Helen Birrell
Children:
Alexander b 13 Sep 1842 bp 29 Nov 1842 Dysart
Jane b 12 Nov 1845 Dysart
ROBERT  b 17 SEP 1849 Dysart,
John b 2 NOV 1851 Dysart
David b  18 OCT 1853 Dysart
Could not find Helen Birrell on 1841 Census
 
1851 Census
Dysart Fife ED 7
Hellen RITCHIE   33   Shipmasters Wife    b Pathhead Fife
Jean   Dau  5   Scholar   b Pathhead  Fife      
Alexander   Son  10   Scholar b Pathhead Fife
Robert   Son  2   Scholar b Pathhead   Fife  
Christian  HALLEY Servnt   13  b Pathhead Fife

Could be Robert Ritchies father
1841/426 Dysart -Fife Pathhead
The Knowe
Robert Ritchie  50   Blacksmith    Fife       
Jean Ritchie   30   Linen Hand Loom Weaver    Fife       
Anne RITCHIE 29   Linen Hand Loom Weaver    Fife       
Colin BINNAY  15   Labourer    Fife       
Margaret RITCHIE   9    Fife       
Jean RITCHIE  6 Fife       
   
               

1851/426 Place: Dysart -Fife
Mid Street

Robert RITCHIE      Head   W   M   75   Pauper Was A Blacksmith  b Kirkcaldy  Fife         
Ann  RITCHIE Dau  41   Bobbin Winder  b Kirkcaldy  Fife       
Margaret  YULE Grndau  19   Handloom Weaver  b Pathhead  Fife
Jean DOUGLAS  Grndau  15   Handloom Weaver b Dundee Angus
Fraces   ADDIE Grndau  7   Scholar  b Pathhead Fife
Margaret RITCHIE Grndau  3 b Pathhead  Fife
Collin BAINIE Lodger  26  Carter b Kirkcaldy   Fife       
   
 You thought Helen Birrell had died her death certificate states
 Helen Ritchie died 29.9.1858 wife of a master Mariner
At 10h 15 am Ravenscraig Castle Rocks usual residence Mid St. Pathhead
Age 41 father John Birrell Deceased & Jean Wylie deceased
Found Drowned
Pathhead Burial ground William Pringle Undertaker
Reported by Isobel Ritchie Mother in law

No Headstone for Helen Ritchie

Could Robert Ritchie have remarried
                 
1881 Census    21 Hill St Kirkcaldy

Robert RITCHIE Head Marr 64    Shipmaster b Kirkcaldy, Fife
Catherine RITCHIE 63 Wife (Matthew) b Kirkcaldy, Fife
Margaret RITCHIE W  daughter 34    b Kirkcaldy, Fife
Robina Ritchie SHARP grd daughter 6 Scholar b Boness, Linlithgow

Father: Robert Ritchie, Mother: Catherine Matthew
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE b 13 DEC 1841 Kirkcaldy, Fife
MARGARET RITCHIE b 13 DEC 1846 Kirkcaldy, Fife
ROBINNIE RITCHIE b 24 OCT 1853 Kirkcaldy, Fife

Norrie

[lone70]

Hi Norrie

Thanks so much for all that information! Much more than I expected. Answered some questions and confirmed some other facts, so I'm very happy. 
Shame about there being no headstones, but am very happy with all I did get. I really appreciate your efforts.

Thanks again,
Leonie.

[annie bear]

Hi Norrie
Could you please check if you have any record of Alexander Peebles bc 1805 and his wife Margaret Davidson.

The last record found  on them was on the 1881 census at Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy with Alexander Peebles aged 74 b Carnbee and his wife aged 69.

I have checked Scotland's People for a record of their death and cannot find them. 

Regards
Annette

[NorrieG]

Hi Annette  sorry can't find anything on index for Alexander & Margaret
see they had a number of children  who did they marry.
can check index for them to see if their parents are there

Norrie

[annie bear]

Hi Norrie
Thank you. I'm interested to find the death record of Alexander to see if he is the son of James Peebles and Margaret Scott. None of the death indexes that I checked seemed to fit. I found he and his wife on the 1881 census at Abbotshall . I was hoping to find his death there.

Their children that I found marriages for were George m 12 Aug 1854 to Janet Turnbull  [they emigrated to New Zealand], Janet m 31 Oct 1857 to William Webster, Robert m 29 Mar 1877 to Ann Watson, Agnes m 24 Nov 1866 to Hugh Mason. James is cited as insane on the 1851 c.

Regards
Annette

[NorrieG]

Hi  Annette don’t have anything on their children of James & Margaret Scott
But do you know their childrens children married, and will check.

Father: George Peebles, Mother: Janet Turnbull

1. GEORGE PEEBLES - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 24 AUG 1857 Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
 
 2. ALEXANDER PEEBLES - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 10 JAN 1856 Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
 
 3. JOHN PEEBLES - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 17 JUN 1860 Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
 
 


Father: William Webester, Mother: Janet Peebles

1. MARGARET DAVIDSON WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 26 APR 1861 Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
 
 2. GEORGE PEEBLES WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 17 JUL 1870 Crail, Fife, Scotland
 
 3. ISABELLA WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 06 AUG 1873 Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
 
 4. JANET WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 06 APR 1865 Carnbee, Fife, Scotland
 
 5. WILLIAM WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 15 MAR 1863 Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
 
 6. ALEXANDER WEBSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 01 OCT 1857 St. Andrews And St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland
 
 
Father: Robert Peebles, Mother: Ann Watson
 
 1. Isabella Peebles - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 29 OCT 1878 Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland

Father: Hugh Mason, Mother: Agnes Peebles

1. ALEXANDER PEEBLES MASON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 08 OCT 1868 Carnbee, Fife, Scotland
 
 2. HUGH MASON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 30 SEP 1867 St. Andrews And St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland
 
 3. MARGARET DAVIDSON MASON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 15 NOV 1872 Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
 
 4. ROBERT JAMES MASON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 09 JUL 1870 Elie, Fife, Scotland
 
 5. JANET CHISHOLM MASON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 25 NOV 1874 Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
 
 
Norrie
 

[mjsmart90]

Hi again Norrie,

I was wondering if you had come across a headstone for David Anderson Reid 1831 - 1902 in Bennochy Cemetery in Kirkcaldy, he is buried with his wife Jessie Brown 1833 - 1916, and who I think is their daughter Margaret who died in 1902.

Also if you have come across any other of their children in Dysart or Kirkcaldy -
Two of David's children from his first marriage who came to Dysart with the family from Edinburgh -
David Reid b 1852
James Reid b 1858

Jessie's children from her first marriage -
Ann Cane b 1858
Elizabeth Cane b 1856 who married Andrew Melville

Then David and Jessie's children
Charles Reid 1872 - 1872
Alexander Reid b 1863. He was still living in Dysart in 1916 but I am not sure when he died
Andrew Sutherland Reid b 1868. He married Jane Ormiston Purves Findlay
Caroline Reid b 1870. She married John Dickson Roberston.
Jessie Brown Reid b 1866

Sorry for the overload of information, thanks again for your time and help

Regards,
Michael

[NorrieG]

Hi Michael   nothing on David & Jessie or the rest of the family
other than
Alexander Reid b 1863. could this be him
Headstone inscription Dysart
51 To the memory of Alexander REID died 20.5.1936 age 75
      his wife Helen ADAMSON died 27.12.1941 age 79

Norrie