Innes family of St Monance

[rescobie]

researching  the family of James Innes ,ST Monance[old spelling]Fife
any info would be a great help.
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[sidsmith]

It might help if you tell us which james Innes you are looking for. I have several in my tree, so maybe you can post birth date and parents names and maybe what info you after ...
regards
Sid

[rescobie]

Hi SID,
        Researching Innes family for my husband.
Paternal grandfather..James Allan Innes Spouses name unknown!!!!
Maternal grandfather..James(Reekie?)Innes,Spouse Catherine  maiden
name unknown.
Maternal grandfather had fishing boat named the Sunshine.
Lived in Coal Wynd .
Any other info?
                     Rescobie.

[hdw]

I'm interested in St. Monans families myself, so I've been poking around on Scotlandspeople. Usually you can solve all your BM&D queries online, but there are complications in this case.

I found a James Allan INNES, born in St. Monans in 1917, but it's a "no image available", meaning that his birth-certificate has not yet been digitised. You would have to go to Register House in Edinburgh to look at it.

He is no doubt the James Allan INNES who married Catherine ALLAN (a cousin?) at Dundee in 1940, but again it's "no image available", so I can't check who their parents were.

A James INNES and Elizabeth ALLAN were married in St. Monans in 1900, but I can't prove that they were your ancestors.

Both these surnames have been common in St. Monans for a long time. My secondary school in Anstruther (Waid Academy) drew its pupils from all the villages in the East Neuk of Fife, and I knew lots of kids from St. Monans. In my class there was an Evelyn INNES and a Gilbert ALLAN, both from St. Monans, and Gilbert's father had been in my dad's class in the 1920s. The school secretary was a Jean ALLAN from St. Monans.

I have some distant family connections with St. Monans ALLANS.

Harry

[Chiad Fhear]

Researching  the family of James Innes , St Monance [old spelling] Fife ... any info would be a great help.

I too have St Monance INNES folk in my tree back to 1792 ... just one is JAMES INNES, b. 29.5.1848 d. 1918 who married ISABELLA DAVIDSON b. abt 1846 d. 1927 who had NINE bairns : John, George, James, Alexander, John, David, Chapman, Allan and Agnes between 1868 and 1886.

They married in St Monance on 2 Oct 1868 and young John appeared 29 days later!  Sadly he died in 1871.

I could send a lot of information if you're interested, but you'll have to PM me with your email address so I can send it.

Regards

Chiad Fhear

PS   Incidentally 'ST MONANCE' is the modern spelling and 'ST MONANS' is the old spelling

[hdw]

Or to be more precise, St. Monance was the modernised spelling in the second half of the twentieth century, but at some date which I've forgotten, they went back to the old spelling of St. Monans, which is now the modern spelling!

I think Provost Jimmy Braid might have been responsible for that spelling change.

Harry

[Ajmlon]

Hi saw one of your old posts on innes family st monance, I believe you mentioned that you have a lot of info which i would appreciate access to, I am the grandson of agnes innes died 1964. Please advise if you can help kind regards Alex

[sidsmith]

Hi Ajmion

We will need a bit more information so we can help you.
Agnes Inns  ... When born,, Parents names etc. etc

regards
Sid

[hdw]

Hi saw one of your old posts on innes family st monance, I believe you mentioned that you have a lot of info which i would appreciate access to, I am the grandson of agnes innes died 1964. Please advise if you can help kind regards Alex

The Agnes Innes who died in Methilhaven home, Methil, in 1964 was married to Alexander McKenzie. Her death was registered by her son John McKenzie of London.

Agnes Innes was 77 in 1964, and was the daughter of James Innes, fisherman, and Isabella Davidson, married 1868 at St. Monans.

James Innes was the son of John Innes and Margaret Chapman Fyall.
Isabella Davidson was the daughter of John Davidson and Agnes Allan.

You have a fine crop of St. Monans names there.

Harry