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John Goodsir Kidd*

Male 1867 - 1942  (75 years)


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  • Name John Goodsir Kidd* 
    Birth 20 Nov 1867  Markinch, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • Surfaceman LNE Railway
    Death 29 Dec 1942  Kettlebridge, Kettle Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I152  wilkie
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2016 

    Father Thomas Kidd*,   b. 24 Aug 1845, Markinch, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Isabella Morrison,   b. Abt 1835, Collessie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1865  Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Marriage Entry from Joyce Hill - (calmanhil@btinternet.com)
      Witnesses were James Morrison & John Peebles
      Isabella Morrison is the dtr of John Morrison & Margaret Stewart

      A helpful researcher from Fife list said she looked up birth of John Goodsir Kidd. On his birth certificate, the marriage of his parents is recorded as Oct 3, 1865 (Doreen Baxter)

      Doreen also sends this:
      On 21 October 1865 at Auchtermuchty, Thomas Kidd, bachelor, aged 20, ploughman, of Meadow Hillsor Wells, Parish of Collessie. Parents: John Gordon (Goodsir)* Kidd,Weaver, decd. and Agnes Kidd nee Grieve
      to
      Isabella Morrison, spinster, aged 21, domestic servant of Auchtermuchty.
      Parents; John Morrison, ploughman and Margaret Morrison, nee Stewart
      Witnesses: Rev. J. McNair, James Morrison and John Peebles
      *Thomas' fathers name is John Goodsir Kidd, however on this marr. certificate it was notes as John Gordon Kidd, then an amended note placed on certificate to state Goodsir
      Above notes from both Doreen Baxter and Joyce Hill/2004
    Family ID F289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Magdalene Watson,   b. 13 Jul 1866, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1943, Kettlebridge, Kettle Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1891  Beath, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Certificate - Vital Statistics Source: 1891 - 410 - 057
      Parish of Beath, County Fife, Page 29

      When: 1891 on the Twentieth day of November at the Manse of Beath
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland
      Name of Groom: Signed, John Goodsir Kidd, Farm Servant, Bachelor
      Age: 24
      Usual Residence; Easter Gellet, Dunfermline
      Name of Father: Thomas Kidd, Farm Servant
      Name of Mother: Isabella Kidd, M. S. Morris
      Name of Bride: Magdalen Wilkie, Domestic Servant, Spinster
      Age: 24
      Usual Residence; Mains of Beath, Mossgreen
      Name of Father: Andrew Wilkie, Farm Servant
      Name of Mother: Janet Wilkie, M. S. Brown
      Minister: Signed - John Sinclair, Minister of Beath
      Witnesses: Charles Wilkie & Catherine Kidd
      Registered: 1891 November 21, at Oakfield, Geo. Ferris, Registrar
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2009 

  • Notes 
    • Birth Registration:
      IGI Film C114471



      1901 UK (from Bonnie Curry)

      Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife

      25 Touchmill

      John Kidd Head 32 Vanman Worker b: Fife, Kirkfother Fues

      Magdalene Wife 33 b: Fife: Auchmour Bridge




      Death - John Goodsir Kidd
      Source; 1942-435-14
      Name: John Goodsir KIDD
      Died: Dec 29, 1942
      Place: North Street, Kettlebridge, Kingskettle, Scotland
      Sex: male
      Widow: Magdalena Wilkie
      Father: Thomas KIDD, decd.
      Mother: Isabelle MORRISON, decd.
      Cause of Death: Myocarditis
      Informant: Isabella Robertson (Niece), of West Bow, Hill of Beath, Crossgates, Fife

      Registered; Dec. 30, 1942 At Kettlebridge



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