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Trying to track down what happened to John Guthrie born Elie 1796.
« on: Monday 11 September 17 17:50 BST (UK) »
He appears in the 1861 census as a fisherman living in St Monance with his wife Ann.

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Re: Trying to track down what happened to John Guthrie born Elie 1796.
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 September 17 18:03 BST (UK) »
Hi walterG and a very warm welcome to Rootschat.

If you have John Guthrie living in St Monance in the 1861 census have you looked for a possible death for him on Scotlands People ?

Also, can you please give us a little more info on him, thanks.

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Re: Trying to track down what happened to John Guthrie born Elie 1796.
« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 September 17 21:55 BST (UK) »
In 1841 he is described as a Merchant Seaman, and in 1851 as a sailor aged 53, born in St. Monance.

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Re: Trying to track down what happened to John Guthrie born Elie 1796.
« Reply #3 on: Monday 11 September 17 22:37 BST (UK) »
Hi walterG,

I could not find a death for John Guthrie on Scotlands People however there is a death record for his wife Ann Fulton in St. Monance on 21st November 1868 and she is recorded as a widow.

A number of trees on Ancestry record John as dying in 1861 in Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia. How reliable this is I do not know as no sources are quoted.

Hope this helps.

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Small, County Antrim & Dundee
Dickson, County Down & Dundee
Madden, County Westmeath
Patrick, Fife
Easson, Fife
Leslie, Fife
Paterson, Fife