Fife School Records "Leaving Certificate"

[Rosinish]

Ah, probably right Bruce,

Long time ago, I just recall taking bags of rags which they weighed & gave you £'s 

Actually, was it West Mill St or just Mill St?

My father had a TV/Radio repair shop on West Mill St, just down from the City Mills many moons ago but did West Mill St. run right down across Methven St. to Kinnoull St?

My brother was born 3 North Methven St. & the Landlady had the Typewriter Shop on that street, up nearer the main road where the traffic lights are.

Annie

P.S. I had always thought they 2 entrances were the same building 

[bleckie]

Annie
Rather than highjack post I have sent you a PM

Yours Aye
BruceL

[Rosinish]

I have found an Alexander Reid McKay (unmarried, in Glasgow), not 'our Alexander' but could be a link?

He was in the Army (Short Service), Card No. 7705, Reg. No. No. 660(7)? 5th Bat. of Scottish Rifles with Regimental No. 44348 (sorry I don't have time to post everything as I have to be out early tomorrow) but his Sister is named as Fanny Reid, Mother has no forename, Mrs McKay 

Address is 585 New City Rd, Glasgow!

There's also a mention of Hamilton (Lanarkshire) but I can't make out the writing.

Born 1877, Specialist Military Qualification: Police!! How apt as we need a Detective on the subject in hand 

Just posting this for future ref. as it may be of use at some point & the names are not common, full name of Alexander Reid M(a)cKay!!

Parts of the same doc. have both spellings (McKay/MacKay)!

Attested 05 Dec 1915 (Glasgow) although not signed until 01 Apr 1916, Aged 38 yrs, Occ, Postman (GPO) = General Post Office.

Annie

[Katiebcan]

Hi all,

In response to Rosinish's inquiry, Margaret Annie Burke's parents were Thomas Burke born 1853, Printfield Labourer and Annie Young Burke born 1865 or 1866. In 1901 they lived at Dairy Lane, Eastwood and earlier, in 1891, they lived at 79 Herriot St, Pollockshaws. Annie's father was William Young and her mother, Christina McCallum. We have found census info with this information.

The marriage certificate of my grandparents, Robert Cochrane Harvey and Margaret Annie Burke shows the witnesses to be Jane McNaughton Herve and John Herve of 107 Gourlay Street, Glasgow. It also shows Margaret Annie was a Spinster. She was a tea room waitress and we believe worked at Lockhart's Tea Room along with her older sister Lizzy who was a cook (not waitress as I originally posted).

[Katiebcan]

Hello all,

In response to Annie's inquiry about school attendance in Perth, we thought our Dad went to school there but found no record at the schools his brothers attended--our oldest uncle, James, attended Craigie Primary briefly in Perth (1934) and then Morgan Academy (1934-37) and Uncle Richard attended Morgan Academy (1935-1937). As the family resided in Glasgow before moving to Perth, we assume our dad and uncles all attended school in Glasgow for a few years.

We believe in all of the years that our Dad spent in Scotland before emigrating with Robert and Margaret to Canada in 1948, he was never publically acknowledged as their son--we found a newspaper article in the Dundee Courier reported by Mrs Thomas Malcolm of 50 Rose Crescent Perth, that stated our grandfather and his wife would sail from Liverpool to Canada to join their two sons, James and Richard, who were already in Canada. We know Dad travelled with them as we have found the ship records and the three of them shared a stateroom. And we know that pretty much from the time they arrived in Canada, my Dad used the name Kaye Burke Harvey--no more Alexander Reid McKay. So to us there isn't much doubt in our minds that he was our Grandmother's natural son.

Don't know if this information will be useful but can't hurt.

And thanks again for everyone's interest, ideas and help. I'll continue to answer any questions anyone has that might help us get closer to this. I have written to the City of Fife inquiring about  school records from Buckhaven to see if the Alexander McKay who graduated from there in 1948 was our Dad--shot in the dark but we'll see!

[bleckie]

Hi All
To the best of my knowledge Morgan Academy is in Dundee
Yours Aye
BruceL

[Katiebcan]

Hi Bruce, thank you for your reply. Is it possible that our uncle would have lived in Perth and attended school in Dundee?

Our Dad, Alexander, implied he too went to Morgan Academy with his brothers but there is no record of him there or his younger brother Richard. We do have the record there for brother James though. We were led to believe there is some connection with our Dad and Dundee...if only we had a bit more information to go on...

[Wendy2305]

Morgan academy is in Dundee it sits between Forfar road and Pitkerro road also to confuse things a bit more there's an area called Craigiebank which boarders Pikerro Road so close to Mogan academy whether there was a Craigie Primary there I don't know. Also  unlikely that your uncles would have lived in Perth and travelled to Dundee for school