My 4x great-grandfather is a John Mackie (and various spellings). He was born circa 1802, Inverkeilor, Angus.
He marries an Ann(e) Gibson in 1823, Carmyllie. She was born, circa 1802 in Carmyllie.
I have the following children for them;
David b.1823 - Kirkden.
Ann(e) b.1829 - Carmyllie. (3x g-grandmother)
Margaret b. 1838 - Arbroath.
Agnes Brown b. 1842 - Carmyllie.
Euphemia b. abt 1844 - Carmyllie.
I have John Mackie and Ann(e) Gibson in the following census;
1851
Their name is spelled 'Machie' here. They are living at Dundee Road, Forfar.
John aged 48. Hand Loom Weaver
Ann aged 48. Wife.
Margaret aged 12. Daughter.
Agnes aged 9. Daughter.
Euphemia aged 6. Daughter.
1861
They are living at 10 North Kingsmuir, Forfar.
John and Ann are both still weavers.
Living with daughters Margaret and Agnes.
Also living with 2 grandchildren; Elizabeth Stewart, 2 and David Stewart < 6 months.
1871
They are living at 19 Ryehill Lane, St Peter, Dundee.
Head of the house is Thomas Stewart, 34 - Plasterer.
Thomas Stewart's wife is John and Ann's daughter, Margaret, 31.
They are living with 4 of their children including Elizabeth and David mentioned above.
John McKay and Ann Gibson and both 69 years old here.
1881
63 Perth Road, St Peter, Dundee.
John McKay, 81 - Farm Servant.
He is living with his daughter Agnes Officer. Her second husband was a John Officer.
Agnes' son William Kinnear is also living with her, the son of her first husband, James Kinnear.
So I know I have the right John McKay.
I found a DC online for Ann Gibson that someone else had uploaded. According to this she died in 1876 at West Wynd, St Peter, Dundee.
The informant is son-in-law; Thomas Stewart. Thomas has given 2 bits of wrong information on this DC. Ann Gibson's age is noted as 60 years old. We know this is incorrect for 2 reasons; there is a marriage to John Mackie in 1823 in Carmyllie. Thomas Stewart also appears to have stated that Ann Gibson was a widow of John McKay, a Linen Weaver. However, John McKay appears in the 1881 census as we can see above.
I cannot for the life of me track down John Mackie/McKay's DC. I have tried a plethora of search terms on SP and nothing is sticking out at me. I'm looking to confirm his parent's names.
There are other trees online that state his parents to be a David Mackie and Helen Blair. However, the child named John b.1804 to David Mackie and Helen Blair was baptised in Kettins. Which is quite away from Inverkeilor. In the census above he is consistent with saying he was born in Inverkeilor, except in the 1871 census when he is living with son-in-law Thomas Stewart, this time it's named as Carmyllie, probably a confusion between John and his wife Ann(e) who was born in Carmyllie.
So I'm not confident to link David Mackie and Helen Blair to my John yet. Another tree states he died in Birkenhead, England. I feel this is unlikely for a man that age to make a trip like that from Dundee to Birkenhead.
Any help with this one appreciated. I do find the McKay/Mackie name to be quite tricky to research at times.
Liv.