Markinch Fife Census look- up 1851/1861, Please! BETHUNE FAMILY

[adamson342]

Hi there I would be very grateful if you could help me with the following family:

Bethune, Robert born 1827, Markinch, Fife. Occup: (at one time) Stationary Warehouseman

Married

Jane Hunter, born 1828, Markinch, Fife.

They had a daughter Jane Bethune, born 14 Nov 1862, Portugal street Glasgow

I am trying to find any record of the two of them in Markinch (and all three of them in Glasgow if anyone has the resources)

Many thanks for your help,

Samuel Adamson

[Fifer]

Hi Samuel

Dont know if anyone has replyed to you privatly with this.

Here is the 1851 census entry.



1851   Markinch   Enum dis 5

Woodside

Robert Bethune    head    24    Paper maker     Markinch
Jean                       Wife   23                              markinch
David                     Son    2                                Markinch
Henry                    son    1                                 Markinch



checked in 1861 for markinch they wernt there so will be in glasgow but didnt have time to search there let me know if you still require this and i will look next week.


Fifer

[adamson342]

Hi,

Thanks for your message -i appear to have missed it until now! If you could do the look-up for me in the 1861 census in Portugal Street Glasgow that would be great.

Also i just noticed you are researching a few names on the Wirral. I was born and still live in Heswall and know a family of RANDLES on the Wirral.

Best,
Sam

[ostler]

I have some information on the Bethune family in Markinch... they had quite an impact here. They had a hotel, now called the Town House Hotel, then called the Bethune Arms, and, interestingly, my Great-Granddad William Kinnes bought it from the Bethunes in the late 19th Century.

[adamson342]

Hi Ostler,

I'd be interested to hear the info you have on the Bethunes in Markinch. My family were principly printers, but were also in associated businesses like the paper and stationary trade. Some names include, Robert Bethune b. 1827, his wife Jane Hunter b. 1828 and their daughter Jane Bethune b. 1862.

Jane and her brothers moved to Liverpool.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Sam

[ostler]

The only information I have is actually a lot older than what you're looking for... Bethune used to be "Beaton", and the earliest record is David Beaton, Chancellor of Scotland in 1494. I don't know if this is much use to you, but there are plenty of other Beatons throughout Markinch and Fife's history. I'm not sure when the name changed finally to Bethune, and I'm not aware of a paper mill being owned a Bethune. There have been many paper mills in Markinch (Tullis Russell still exists today).

I was sure I had more "up-to-date" info on the Bethunes in Markinch, but I can't find it at the moment.

[KateCarm]

Robert Bethune and family who moved from Markinch to Glasgow to Lancashire are my relations also

[Stob Ban]

   This is the first I have noticed your request in reference to the Bethune's from Markinch in Fife, dating back to 1851 and 1861.  The bethune's are linked with my family thru' marriage namely, Anderson who too reside in Markinch, even to this day.  My Grandmother is named Janet Bethune Anderson, the Bethune is after her mother.
I do have some photos of Carnbee Churchyard, and do have names of the interred.  The Andersons were born at Carnbee and later all the families moved to Markinch.
I will see what transpires when I have a search on my records.

Ron.

[Stob Ban]

My records show that Robert and Jane married in Markinch on April the 14th 1848 and their daughter was born at 3am 14th Nov 1862 and their abode at the time was 9 Portugal Street, Glasgow.  I'm reading this of their daughters birth details which names her parents and tallies with the family details you already mention.....this indicates my data I already posses reflects yours.

Ron.