Janet McKinlay/McKinley

[CanScot]

Janet Howe was born in 1802 in Caputh. She married James McKinlay/McKinley in 1825 in Caputh. She is listed on the 1851 census but not in 1861 where James is listed as a widower. She is also listed as deceased on her daughter's marriage certificate from 1856 so I'm thinking she died between 1851 and 1856. I haven't been able to locate a death certificate and wondered if anyone could help. Many thanks.

[Forfarian]

If she died before the start of civil registration on 1 January 1855 there isn't a death certificate to look for.

Before 1855 death records are very patchy.

There's no burial of a Janet Howe or a Janet M*ck*nl*y in Perthshire 1851-1854. It is possible that there might be a gravestone.

I see that in 1851 the McKinlys were in Auchergaven, not Caputh. Try https://bankfootchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/auchtergaven-revised-6.pdf

There do seem to be booklets with monumental inscriptions in Caputh kirkyard.

[CanScot]

Thanks for the suggestion.