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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) => Topic started by: kb0fhp on Thursday 26 November 15 03:31 GMT (UK)
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If a person were a farm worker in Fenton and died approximately 1850 (not found in 1851 census), where would he be buried? Specifically, I am looking for Thomas MacKenzie, born 1793 and where he is buried. I appreciate all the help. I have looked at FreeReg to no avail.
Thank you.
Scott
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Scotland's People should be the way forward here. I have done a search 1841-1851 for OPR burials in East Lothian for Thomas Mackenzie; I have tried surname variants and forenames beginning with T. None of these yield any results at all.
Reference to these pages gives some clue why not: there simply are very few burial registers as many were never kept, and survival has been poor for those that did exist.
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/old-parish-registers/list-of-old-parish-registers
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//research/list-of-oprs/list-of-oprs-702-725.pdf
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Hi Scott,
I could not find any burial info for Thomas Mackenzie either, if the was still at West Fenton, this would come under Dirleton Parish, so maybe buried there, but not sure if there would be a gravestone etc. I have found details of his marriage and his 5 children. I suspect there maybe more children, as there seems a big gap of 9 years between 2nd and 3rd children.
County East Lothian
Place Prestonkirk
Church name Prestonkirk Parish Church
Marriage date 28 Apr 1814
Groom forename Thoms
Groom surname MACKENZIE
Groom parish Prestonkirk Parish Church
Bride forename Catherine
Bride surname IDINGTON
Bride parish North Berwick
Children :-
Alexander b 12 Jun 1815 Bap 21 Jun 1815 @ North Berwick
Thomas b 06 Feb 1816 Bap 18 Feb 1816 @ North Berwick
Catharine b 04 Jan 1825 Bap 30 Jan 1825 @ North Berwick
Christian b 17 Oct 1827 Bap ? @ Dirleton
Margaret b 29 Feb 1832 Bap 29 Feb 1832 @ Dirleton
Tom
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I know of one other child - Agnes, born 1832. I found her via marriage records where is indicates the parents are Thomas MacKenzie and Catherine Edington. For this couple there were various spellings of Edington. You are right, it is likely that there are other children because of the long gap.
I tried SP as well as FreeReg. I had no luck - that is why I was looking for a burial ground near Fenton. There was the hope in the off chance that there might be a marker.
I appreciate the help.
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hi Scott,
I already have a birth in 1832, and cannot find her on LDS Family Search site. On the marriage record that you found, could it be Maggie rather than Aggie.
Tom
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If I could type I would be dangerous. Agnes is shown born in 1835 in the 1841 Fenton, Dirleton Census under the name of Thomas McKindgie
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Hi Scott,
Thats good, thought we had a twin situation at first. See her now.
Tom