Brodie Family from Bathgate/Linlithgow

[Islander26]

I’m searching for any information on my great grand parents John Brodie and Margaret McKenzie Easton Weir married January 4, 1880 in the Parish of Morningside (?). They had four daughters including my grandmother Agnes b. 1882 District of Bathgate. John was alive in 1914 when visited by Agnes.

I have found a John Brodie and Margaret McKenzie who had a son David who died in Linlithgow in 1925 age 62. This couple would appear to be a generation earlier than my John Brodie and Margaret McKenzie Easton Weir.

Any leads would be very much appreciated.

Peter

[CaroleW]

1881 census for Ballencrieff Mains Bathgate

John Brodie 25 b Linlithgow - farm servant
Margaret   21 b Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Jane Easton Brodie 2 Months b Bathgate
Bathgate ED 11 Page 8 Line 24

[CaroleW]

It would appear that Margaret died between 1881-1891 and John re-married to Jessie Dunn

1891 for Ballencrieff Bathgate - all born there except where shown otherwise

John Brodie 35 farm servant
Jessie  36 b Denny Stirlingshire
Jane Easton Brodie  10
Agnes McKenzie Brodie  9
Maggie Easton Brodie  7
Elisabeth 5
William Dunn 7 stepson b Denny Stirlingshire
Bathgate ED 11 Page  4 Line 4

[CaroleW]

Likely to be his birth given he named his daughter after his mother

This is a submitted IGI entry so somebody else is researching the same family

John Brodie   Birth:  20 SEP 1855   Linlithgow, West Lothian   
Father:  John Brodie    Mother:  Agnes Mc Kenzie 

[Islander26]

Thank you so much CaroleW (very belatedly, I’m afraid) for all this rich detail.

I naively assumed that RootsWeb would inform me when someone replied to my post (like the Ancestry boards). Then I got busy on other family lines and forgot to check back.  Sorry!
 
Yes, this is definitely my family – my grandmother, Agnes (Brodie) Dean and her parents, John and Margaret (McKenzie Easton Weir) Brodie.  Margaret died ~1886 when Agnes was 4 (family history)

I was pleasantly surprised to find that John worked on the Ballencrieff Mains farm, which I located on the 1856 Ordinance Survey Map

During WWI, he apparently was the Estate Manager on Glen Lodge(?) a little outside Linlithgow owned by Sir John Eaton(?)

Do you (or any other researcher) have any info on his death or on his parents John Brodie and Agnes McKenzie, born sometime around 1825.

Thanks in advance

Peter

[MonicaL]

Hi Peter

From the information that Carole has already found, have you considered viewing John Brodie's birth cert? He looks to have been born in 1855, the first year of Scottish statutory registration. For one year only the BMDs ran over two pages of the register. For births in 1855, the register entry should include date and place of parents' marriage, where parents were from, their ages, and also how many children they'd had (boys/girls, alive/deceased). It is always a lucky year for documents 

Monica

[CaroleW]

Hi

I naively assumed that RootsWeb would inform me when someone replied to my post (like the Ancestry boards). Then I got busy on other family lines and forgot to check back.  Sorry!

Is your profile setting switched to receive a notification?

Click on the little square with a face in it  under your name 

On the left hand side - click on Notifications and email

The first 3 boxes should be ticked - or at least the last 2

[CaroleW]

1861 census Woodcock shown as (Woodcockdle) stables Linlithgow.  All birthplaces are preceded by the word "Parish".  All children b Linlithgow

John Brodie 36 labourer on canal b Ecclarmannch
Agnes  37 b Torpichen
Janet 10
Archibald   7
John 5
Elizabeth 1
 
Linlithgow ED 3 Page 5 Line 8

If you follow the instructions below - you can find details of the births of the children

PARENT SEARCH ON IGI

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

Input fathers name and surname and  mothers christian name and maiden name

REGION – select British Isles from the menu

COUNTRY – select Scotland

COUNTY (will appear when you select COUNTRY)  – select West Lothian

Click SEARCH

[Islander26]

Hi Monica,

I’m somewhat new to researching in Scotland.

Any suggestions as to where to view such birth certificates?

Thanks,

Peter