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Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« on: Friday 05 April 24 14:31 BST (UK) »
My g g grandmother Isabella Reid died in 1859. I know her parents names from her death cert. I know  from the 1851 census that she was born in Fife. Scotland's People  have kindly done a rescan of this census ( believe me this is a huge improvement!) but I still have no real idea as to where in Fife she was born. Any suggestions ( even if it is just the first letter) would be most gratefully received.

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Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #1 on: Friday 05 April 24 15:17 BST (UK) »
Not County is it  :-\

Could you perhaps find it in another way by finding her parents on a census and seeing if she had any siblings in case they had the same birthplace?

What were her parents names?
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #2 on: Friday 05 April 24 15:22 BST (UK) »
Transcription has Eeinty  :-\
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #3 on: Friday 05 April 24 15:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the reply. Her maiden name was Watson. Unfortunately a lot of the 1841 census for Fife is missing. I do know that her father George was in Wemyss at the time of her marriage in 1844 ( from OPR) and does appear to have been there in 1841. ( There is a Betsy recorded in this family in 1841 in Wemyss - surname incorrectly transcribed as Walson on Ancestry).  Her mother was Catherine Taylor. There are OPRs for likely siblings George and William in Markinch. DNA seems to confirm a younger sister Catherine.

I did wonder about County too!

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Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)


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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #4 on: Friday 05 April 24 15:59 BST (UK) »
In case you aren’t aware, there is a Fife place-names database here:

https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/

Unfortunately, no wild cards in the search.
Boyd, Dove, Blakey, Burdon

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #5 on: Friday 05 April 24 16:11 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Alan. Looks like a very useful resource.

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Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #6 on: Friday 05 April 24 16:45 BST (UK) »
It is a great site by Glasgow University.

Wildcards are not currently supported, however, you can add letters in order that are contained in the word to search.

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #7 on: Friday 05 April 24 17:19 BST (UK) »
Fife    Cluny?
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Isabella Reid Birthplace somewhere in Fife
« Reply #8 on: Friday 05 April 24 17:37 BST (UK) »
Cluny is what Freecen has, Neale, but I am not yet convinced!
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)