My Scottish "Wilkie" Family
Elizabeth Boyd
1854 - 1897 (42 years)-
Name Elizabeth Boyd [1] Birth 29 May 1854 Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland Christening 25 Jun 1854 Gender Female Death 20 Mar 1897 Beath, Fife, Scotland Person ID I1057 wilkie Last Modified 12 May 2018
Father J. Boyd Mother J. Miller Family ID F673 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family David Wilkie, b. 1849, BurntIsland, Fife, Scotland d. 19 Oct 1895, Beath, Fife, Scotland (Age 46 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1885 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland [2] - Marriage Certificate 1885 in the District of Dunfermline, in the County of Fife, Page 100
1885-424-199
When & Where: 1885, 20 November, at Townhill, Dunfermline, After Banns acccording to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
Name of Groom: David Wilkie, Colliery Carter, (Widower)
Age: 36
Usual Residence; Lindsay Place, Kelty, Beath
Name of Father: Charles Wilkie, Shepherd, Deceased
Name of Mother: Agnes Wilkie, M.S. Paton
Name of Bride: Elizabeth Boyd, Domestic servant, (Widow)
Age: 29
Usual Residence; Townhill, Dunfermline
Name of Father: James Boyd, Colliery Manager, Deceased
Name of Mother: Janet Boyd, M.S. Miller
Minister; Jacob Primmer, Minister of Church of Scotland, Townhill
Witnesses: John Boyd, signed, Christina Sutherland
Registrar: James Wall, Nov. 28, 1885, Dunfermline
Children + 1. James Boyd Wilkie, b. 31 Aug 1886, Beath, Fife, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown 2. Charles Wilkie, b. 24 Jun 1888, Beath, Fife, Scotland d. 12 Feb 1918, Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 29 years) + 3. William Ralph Boyd Wilkie, b. 9 Jun 1892, Beath, Fife, Scotland d. 8 Jan 1968, Victoria, Vancourver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Age 75 years) Family ID F340 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Apr 2009
- Marriage Certificate 1885 in the District of Dunfermline, in the County of Fife, Page 100
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Notes - 1891 Census:
Civil Parish of Beath, West Fifeshire, Village of Oakfield, Page 49
Household # 237
David Wilkie, Head, Married, Age 40, General Labourer, Employed, Birthplace - Burnt Island, Fife
Eliza Wilkie, Wife, Married, Age 35, Birthplace Lanarkshire, Carden
David Wilkie, Son, Unmarried, Age 18, Coalminer, Employed, Birthplace Kinrossshire, Orwell
Robert Wilkie, Son, Unmarried, Age 17, Coal Miner Pony Driver, Employed, Birthplace Logie, Clackmanananshire
James Wilkie, Son, Age 4, Birthplace, Beath, Fifeshire
Charles Wilkie, Son, Age 2, Birthplace, Beath, Fifeshire
Janet Boyd, mother - in -law, Widow, Age 74?, Annuitant, Birthplace, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
I searched on ScotlandsPeople site for an Elizabeth Boyd - no results
searched for Elizabeth Wilkie, MS Boyd, Mother's maiden name Miller - no results
1911 Scotland Census, was inconclusive - did locate an Elizabeth Wilkie but notes herself as Single, not widowed, etc, Occupation Weaver; didn't seem like a match at this time Nov 2013 hw
June Research, New Registry House, Edinburgh 2015
Scotland Deaths: 1897-40-47
Elizabeth Wilkie, Widow of David Wilkie, Coal miner
Date of Death: 20 Mar 1897 6 h 30 m AM
Place of Death: Oakfield, Beath, Fife, Scotland
Female
Age: 42 yrs
Parents: James Boyd, Colliery Mgr, deceased & Janet Boyd MS Miller, deceased
Cause of Death: Phthisis
Informant: Mary McDonald, Sister of 131 New Logans, Motherwell
Registered: 22 Mar 1897 at Cowdenbeath, P Beveridge Asst Registrar
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