Author Topic: Downie Family, of Kirkcaldy.  (Read 6800 times)

Offline Downieabz

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Re: Downie Family, of Kirkcaldy.
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 25 February 16 15:07 GMT (UK) »
Thomas Downie, the head of the household in 1841, was born on 2 August 1801 and baptized at Alyth, Perthshire on 5 August 1801, son of James Downie and Jean Moncur, his spouse. His baptism entry shows that his father was a weaver in Dundee and Thomas's birthplace is given as Dundee in the 1851 Census. His parents were married on 20 April 1794 in Blairgowrie, at which time James was a weaver in Green of Blyth.

I have a fair bit of information about Thomas's siblings and their descendants, and on Thomas's own descendants if anyone is interested.

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Re: Downie Family, of Kirkcaldy.
« Reply #10 on: Friday 04 March 16 06:44 GMT (UK) »
Charles Fred Ravenburn naturalisation from Denmark on the 5th of September 1900 lived at 64 Folly Road, Blyth, Northumberland.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27234/page/6040/data.pdf

This man?
CHARLES F RAVENBURN
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
England, County Northumberland
Year,1924
Birth Year,1850
Age, 74
District, Tynemouth

(Maybe a different man from Fred?)
Wemyss/Crombie/Laing/Blyth (West Wemyss)
Givens/Normand (Dysart)
Clark/Lister (Dysart)
Wilkinson/Simson (Kettle or Kettlehill)

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Re: Downie Family, of Kirkcaldy.
« Reply #11 on: Friday 04 March 16 11:50 GMT (UK) »
whiteout7, Thanks for that - Charles Frederick Ravenburn was the father of Frederick Ravenburn.  I was aware of his naturalisation as a British subject in 1900.  With the help of Rootschat members, by visiting the Europe section, I gained information re his family in Denmark.  His original name was Carl Fredrik RAVNEBERG, so he will have "adopted" the English versions of his Christian names.