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[JacobusV]

It's all fascinating. I have a 6 and 8 year old taking u pa lot of my time, but will be back on line to get the Bans information for Sarah and John Turpie on Monday.

[JacobusV]

Hi all.

Not much in the parish register, only this one below:

Turpie/McKenzie: John Turpie Canvas Weaver in the Parish of Sconie & Sarah McKenzie in Kirkland August 23rd. Then a 2nd note saying:

John Turpie residing in this Parish and Sarah McKenzie residing in the Parish of Wemyss (theirs is more writing but its illegible, it looks like "registered their summary proclamation in order for marriage"

J

[Neale1961]

Not much in the parish register, only this one below:

Turpie/McKenzie: John Turpie Canvas Weaver in the Parish of Sconie & Sarah McKenzie in Kirkland August 23rd.

Not much?    It contains the crucial bit of information you need.

Kirkland (her abode when married) is also where she is living in the 1841 census.

https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a14a25ef4040b9d6e9fbc76/sally-mckenzie-1841-fife-wemyss-1821-?locale=en

[JacobusV]

Wow, so it was Samuel and Jane after all! So where did the John McKenzie and Jane Turner come from?

J

[Neale1961]

So where did the John McKenzie and Jane Turner come from?

As I explained - from an unreliable informant who did not know the names of her great- grandparents.
She had spent very little time around her grandparents, according to the census records.

Unless you are a serious family historian, very few people know the names of their great- grandparents. I tested this on the weekend, and asked my siblings to name their great- grandparents. They had no idea of either first or maiden surnames of great-grandmothers, and knew the obvious surname of only 2 great-grandfathers. Had no idea of their occupations.