margaret macphee

[raggyroo]

hi I'm looking for a bit of help as i have found a bit of a wall but i have no knowledge of this area.
I'm looking to try and trace a Margaret Macphee  and her husband James Grant Kennedy. i can not find her birth on Scotland's people but i did wonder about spelling variants. here is what i have on this couple at the moment Margaret was meant to be born in Dallas moray about 1934/1935 but cant find it she then married James grant Kennedy 8 Oct 1960 at Dallas and she died 2018 nairn.
James grant Kennedy was born 2 Sept 1934 and died 11 Jan 2002.
this all the info i have for any of them as even their parents is proving hard to find also James has only a mother listed on his marriage cert i am waiting for his birth cert to be delivered.
thank you for any help on this matter hope i also posted in the right place
raggyroo 

[Elwyn Soutter]

What are Margaret’s parents names on the 1960 marriage certificate? And what was her father’s occupation? Were the parents alive or dead on that date? (It will say “dcd” after their names if dead.).

[CaroleW]

Her 2018 death reg on SP shows her mothers maiden name as MacPhee suggesting she may have been illegitimate

Are you assuming she was b Nairn because she married & died there or do you have other info that confirms she was b there?

Did they have any children who are still alive & could be contacted for info?

[raggyroo]

hi thanks for the replies people.

it is their children who have asked to try and find out more about their parents and grand parents as they were never spoken about much and dont really know anything other than their parents.

on the 1960 marriage for cert which i have james grant kennedy mother is margaret macintosh kennedy and she is a domestic servent no father mentioned.

margaret macphee parents on the marriage cert is john macphee pedlar he is alive and williamina macphee ms macphee also alive

raggyroo

[Elwyn Soutter]

Possible death for Williamina MacPhee 1971 aged 71 in Elgin 135/342.

3 possible deaths for John MacPhee 1979 aged 81 Elgin 280/358; 1971 aged 74 Elgin 135/341 & John Duncan McPhee 1985 aged 80 Elgin 280/193.

Likely marriage between John & Williamina 1924 in Bower 034/4. Bower is near Wick, Caithness.

How sure are you that Margaret MacPhee was born in Morayshire? (There are a number of possible births up around Caithness).

[MonicaL]

Slip of the finger  Likely marriage year for the MacPhees is 1925.

Monica

[raggyroo]

Hi elwyn the birth was going off what one of their children had said to me but i have been wondering my self if that may be not correct.

yes i did find the marriage for the parents marriage in wick but i have nothing as of yet to be absaloutly sure that was why i was trying to find margarets birth cert  but i will deffently go and look at all the other info you have sent me its defently working out to be more tricky than i thought.

raggyroo

[raggyroo]

monicaL i will go check that out too i did wonder if their might be a diffrence in spelling thank you

raggyroo

[dowdstree]

The McPhees were well known travelling people in Scotland. Based from Aberdeenshire to Caithness.

There is a birth for a Williamina McPhee in Alness, Easter Ross in 1900 which might be worth looking at.

Good luck with your search.

Dorrie