Bairds Kirkcaldy

[BrnCam]

Hello all,
I'm trying to find out more about a my Great grandmothers brother called Joseph Baird who was born in Downhill, Co. Londonderry on 9th September 1883. He married a Christina in Kirkcaldy in 1910 and had two children, Joseph and Jane.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Brian

[diddymiller]

this marriage is on SP:

1911 kirkcaldy  joseph baird = Christina Thoms Dewar

I do not have further credits to see full cert but you can buy some yourself and see full details.

Diddy

[BrnCam]

Thanks Diddy I'll take a look.

[sidsmith]

Hi Brian
Joseph  Baird was born 23 Jun 1883 Camlachie,Glasgow,Scotland he married  my Christina Thomson Dewar b 10 Jan 1886 Abbotshall,Fife,Scotland on 30 Dec 1910 Kirkcaldy, Fife Scotland and they had 2 children
Joseph  Baird & Jane Crichton Baird
regards
Sid Smith

[BrnCam]

Hello Sid,
Are you sure about the details of Joseph. The reason I ask is that the Joseph I'm trying to trace comes from Northern Ireland. He was born not far from me at a place called Downhill on the 9th September 1883. He married a Christina Dewar in Kirkcaldy and had two children Joseph and Jane. I think his son Joseph might have been killed during WWII.
I only came across Joseph recently and the Kirkcaldy connection would be uncanny since I have relatives living there now.
Regards,
Brian

[sidsmith]

Hi Brian
Joseph Baird Died 21 Sept 1934 Kirkcaldy  age 51 Parents Joseph Baird & Elizabeth McKean according to Death Cert. They married 1911 not 1910
regards
Sid

[BrnCam]

Hello Sid,
The Joseph I'm trying to trace was born on the 9th September 1883 to a Joseph Baird & Eliza McCarron of Downhill Co. Londonderry. He joined the army in 1902 and from his service record I see he enlisted to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Glasgow that year. His age is given as 19 and his next of kin was his father Joseph of Downhill. His marriage details on his service record say he was married to a Christina Thompson (I think thats what it says) Dewar at Kirkcaldy 13/10/10. There is an address that looks like 23 Mid St. He has a son called Joseph born on the 17/9/12 Kirkcaldy and a daughter Jane born 28/10/13. They were both baptised by the Rev. D L Francis Raith Parish Church.
There are a lot of similarities between the family you decribe in your first post and the one I'm trying to trace. Do you think we could still be talking about the same family?

Regards,
Brian

[sidsmith]

Hi Brian
Well I have checked the marriage cert and the mothers name is Elizabeth McCann but could well be McCarron and other details you have mentioned are correct so looks like I have gone down the wrong path re bith dates and parents etc.
Their son Joseph married Mary Moffat b? on 2nd April 1933 & had 2 children they might be living so cant put them on here.
Joseph died  23 Dec 1940 At Sea, Great Yarmouth
Surname BAIRD First name Joseph Service number LT/KX110670 Date of death 23/12/1940 Decoration Place of birth Kirkcaldy Other SNWM roll ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES Rank Sto 2 Theatre of death R.N.P.S. H.M.S. Pelton. At Sea.  Great Yarmouth
HMT Pelton (Skipper John Alexander Sutherland, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German motor torpedo boat S-28 off Great Yarmouth on 24 December 1940.
Jane Crichton Baird married William James Wells and had 3 children
you can PM  me for details etc as i cant put living people on here
regards
Sid

[Janice Foulner]

I have direct contact with this family as my sister married Jane son. Her brother Joseph was killed in WW2 on the HMT Pelton

Janice