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Looking For Help
« on: Monday 17 March 25 13:53 GMT (UK) »
Hi there

I am new to this site so please bear with me. My Great Great Great Grandmother was a Sarah McKenzie, born around 1823 in a town on Fife, Scotland called Burntisland. She is a significant "brick wall" ancestor. I discovered that there was another Sarah MacKenzie and for a while I thought se he and my ancestor were one and the same person, which sent me on a bit of a wild goose chase. I can't find any records on Scotlands People website for her. Is there anyone on here who may be connected to her or anyone who could suggest how to break through this stubborn brick wall?

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Re: Looking For Help
« Reply #1 on: Monday 17 March 25 19:39 GMT (UK) »
Hello and welcome.
Have you got her on the 1841 census?
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« Reply #2 on: Monday 17 March 25 19:47 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat

Some questions 🤔

Who - when & where did she marry?

When did she die?  If she died in Scotland after 1855 her parents names should be on her death cert plus her mothers maiden name.

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 17 March 25 20:07 GMT (UK) »
The only McKenzie I see on Freecen who was born in Burntisland is a William (1826) Who was in Dunbartonshire in 1851.

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« Reply #4 on: Monday 17 March 25 20:55 GMT (UK) »
Hi all, apologies, it seems she was born in Leslie in Fife and not Burntisland. She married my 3 times great grandfather, John C Turpie.

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« Reply #5 on: Monday 17 March 25 21:18 GMT (UK) »
 The only census entry for a Sarah b Burntisland is Sarah King b 1822 nee Monroe
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 18 March 25 18:55 GMT (UK) »

Hi,

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

Please can you tell us which Sarah McKENZIE is the wrong one so that we don't follow you on your wild goose chase :)

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 March 25 19:47 GMT (UK) »
Sarah McKenzie, born in Dysart to Kenneth McKenzie and Mary Herbert is the Wrong Sarah.


Sarah McKenzie bort in Leslie, Fife around 1825 and lived in Kinghorn, Fife in the 1861 census is the correct Sarah who married John C Turpie and is my 3 times Great Grandmother.

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 20 March 25 01:23 GMT (UK) »

Hi,

If I'm looking at the right TURPIE family then in 1861,1871,1881and 1891 Sarah says she was born in Leslie but in 1851 and 1901 Sarah says she was born in Ireland. I wonder if this could be her famly in 1841?


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Sally can be a pet name for Sarah.


Daisy




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