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« on: Wednesday 19 December 07 08:27 GMT (UK) »
I've been tracing the McKenzie family of Craigie, near Caputh in Perthshire and I think I've hit a dead end, but I'm wondering if anyone can think of a way round it.
My ancestor, Donald McKenzie, married to Charlotte Isles, is on the 1841 census, but not the 1851 census, so he must have died sometime between the two. There's no tombstone, and his parents aren't mentioned on the marriage record for him and Charlotte. Is there any other way I can find out who his parents are?
There are a lot of family legends, such as Donald's grandfather came to the area with the 1745 uprising (not a Jacobite unfortunately) as a farrier and then settled in the area, before the local Laird set him up in the Smithy in Craigie, but I don't really know if this helps me....
According to the 1841 census Donald was born in Perthshire, and I think he may have been married twice - there's a tombstone in Caputh church (with no date, annoyingly) which reads "Donald McKenzie, sometime smith in Craigie, erected this in memory of his wife and children." It's probably my Donald, but as he predeceased Charlotte he must be talking about another wife.
Any suggestions gratefully received!