Burials Dunfermline

[clancam37]

Looking for details re burial 21st January 1839 Dunfermline, Fife.

Deceased was John Campbell, married Catherine Horn 1788 at Dysart, Fife.
Looking for parents of the deceased.
Regards
clancam37

[CaroleW]

I think 21.1.1839 was his date of death.  He was 66.  Have you downloaded his death cert to find his address as Dunfermline is just the registration district

[Forfarian]

There isn't a death certificate as statutory civil registration in Scotland did not begin until 1855.

Are you sure that this is really the John Campbell you are looking for? www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk gives the date of the marriage of John Campbell and Catherine Horn as 1778, not 1788.

The 1839 death/burial record indexed at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk gives John Campbell's age as 66. If this is accurate, it means that he was born in 1772/1773, therefore he cannot possibly be the husband of Catherine Horn, as he was at most six years old in 1778.

Have you looked at the original marriage record, and at the baptisms records of the children of John Campbell and Catherine Horn (Catherine b 1778 and Duncan b 1872) to see if there are any clues, such as witnesses' names, that might provide a clue to their parentage? Also, what additional information (if any) does the original death/burial record contain?

This is now pure speculation, but I note that there is a baptism of John, son of Duncan Campbell and Janet Macnaughton, in Dunfermline in 1761. If that was an infant baptism, he's still a bit young to marry in 1778, but it's not impossible.

[clancam37]

Thanks to both CaroleW and Forfarian fort their replies.

Not certain about the burial CaroleW.

Forfarian speculation re Duncan Campbell warrants further  investigation as it fits Scottish naming patterns.  Plus a McNaughton is buried in a family plot at Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire.

Appreciate your help
Regards
clancam37