Charles Wilkie

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1881 Census: 1881, Muckart, Perthshire, Scotland; 1881 Scotland Census
• Occupation: 1881
• Residence: 1893
• Residence: 1921
• Residence: 1926

Notes:

Birth: 1871-408-0032
Name: Charles Wilkie
Date: 22 October 1871 at Kirkland, Ballingry, Fife, Scotland
Male
Father: Andrew Wilkie, Ploughman
Mother: Janet Brown
Marriage: 02 June 1871 at Ballingry, Fife, Scotland
Informant: Andrew Wilkie, not Present, Father, Signed
Registered: Nov 6th 1871 Ballingry, Fife, Scotland

1881 Census:
Dwelling: Cottage, Muckhart, Perth, Scotland
Film 0203410, Vol 385, enum Dist 1, Page 1
Andrew Wilkie, married, age 29, Occupation ploughman, Birthplace Orwell, Kinross, Scotland
Janet Wilkie, married, age 37, ploughman's wife, Birthplace Ballingray, Kinross, Scotland
Magdalene Wilkie (Watson), unmarried, age 14,adopted daughter, Birthplace Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland
Charles Wilkie, age 9, scholar, Birthplace Ballingray, Kinross, Scotland
William Wilkie, age 7, scholar, Birthplace Cleish, Kinross, Scotland
Agnes Wilkie, age 5, scholar, Birthplace Portmoak, Kinross, Scotland
Andrew Wilkie, age 2, Birthplace, Portmoak, Kinross, Scotland
David Wilkie, age 4 mos., Birthplace Muckhart, Perth, Scotland

1891 Scotland Census - ED:3, Pg 3, line 5, Roll Cssct1891_142
Charles Wilkie
Age 19
Est birth yr 1872
Head
Birthplace, Ballingry, Fifeshire
Reg # 460
Reg District: Cleish
County, Kinross
Address; Blairfordel Bothy
Occupation: Ploughman

1901 Scotland Census Aberdour: ED:3, Pg 8, Line 23, Roll CSSCT1901_129
Charles Wilkie, Male, Age 28, Head, Married, Birthplace Ballingry, Fifeshire, Ploughman
Jane Wilkie, Female, Age 28, Wife, Married,
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Age 5, Son, Single
Jeanie Wilkie, Female, 1, Dtr, Single
Address: Cullaloe Cottages, Aberdour


Extract from the Dundee Courier
"SECRETS OF THE ROUTE ACROSS FROZEN LOCH LEVEN"
Sir,- There has been a good deal about Loch Leven in "The Courier" in recent weeks; some of your readers may find the following story of interest.

I was a general practioner in Kirkcaldy for over 35 years. About 30 years ago I had as a patient an old man in his 80s, Charles Wilkie, who lived in the Raith Estate.

He had been a farm worker for most of his life and told this story about his first job.

Having left school (at the age of 12) he was working on a farm on the north side of Loch Leven.

One winter's morning, when the loch was frozen hard, he was told by the grieve to get his horse out and harnessed to the cart; the man did the same, and they then put four sheep into each cart. he was then told to follow closely and do exactly as the older man did.

Much to his surprise and alarm they drove down to the edge of the loch and struck out across the ice!

He was not at all happy about his. In fact he "took a good grip" on the two nearest sheep so that they would keep him up if the cart went down! However, after one or two slight changes of direction they arrived safely on the priory island and later repeated the trip to fetch more sheep.

It was only later that he was told that there was, in fact, little danger; the grieve steering by chruch towers and other landmarks in Kinross, across the loch, was following the line of an old causeway out to the island, presumably made by the monks, and had the horse and cart gone through the ice the horse's head and the body of the cart would still have been above water (though a rescue might have presented problems).

The instructions regarding the route had been carefully handed down in that farm (presumably Portmoak or Grahamstone), which had the right to put sheep on the island.

This incident probably happened just over 100 years ago. I believe the level of the loch was changed at the end of last century, when the dam and sluices were built, and the "new Cut" to Auchmuir Bridge made to drain the marshland East of the loch; so perhaps the causeway is now much deeper under water.

Dr. E. R. Lewtas Gregson, 51 Dundee Road, Perth"


Charles died at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Death source: New Registry House - 1959-442-60.
Charles Wilkie
Roadman, retired; Married first to Jane Sinclair & second to Jean Balmain
Date: 03 Feb 1959 Victoria Hospital,- Usual Residence Leith Home, Farm Cottages, Kirkcaldy
Male, Age 87 yrs
Parents: Andrew Wilkie, Ploughman deceased & Janet Wilkie MS Brown deceased
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, Congestive Cardiac failure, Myocardal ischemia
Informant was Andrew Wilkie, son at Gospetry Farms, Milnathort, Fife, Scotland.

Occupation:
Ploughman, Roadman

1881 Census:
Age 9 years

Occupation:
Scholar

Residence:
Craigton, Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland, UK 1896-407-1

Residence:
Auchertool, Fife, Scotland

Residence:
East Balbarton, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Charles married Janet Sinclair on 29 Dec 1893 in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. Janet (daughter of James Sinclair and Jane Hutton) was born on 13 Oct 1875 in Portmoak, Kinross, Scotland; died on 26 Feb 1911 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Jeanie (Balmain) Brown on 1 Jun 1921 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. Jeanie (daughter of J. Balmain and J. Dow) was born on 24 Aug 1877 in Hilton, Parish of Beath, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1961 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1901 Census: 31 Mar 1901, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland; 1901 Scotland Census
• Military: Between 1914 and 1916
• newspaper article: 1952, Milnathort, Orwell Parish, Kinross, Scotland; Train accident - Gospetry Farm 1952
• Occupation: 1970, Milnathort, Orwell Parish, Kinross, Scotland; Greivor

Notes:

Birth Source: 1896-407-1
Name: Andrew Wilkie
Place: Craigton Parish, Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
Date: 07 February 1896
Male
Father: Charles Wilkie, Ploughman
Mother: Jane (Jean) Sinclair
Marriage: 29 December 1893 at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland


1901 Scotland Census Aberdour: ED:3, Pg 8, Line 23, Roll CSSCT1901_129
Charles Wilkie, Male, Age 28, Head, Married, Birthplace Ballingry, Fifeshire, Ploughman
Jane Wilkie, Female, Age 28, Wife, Married,
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Age 5, Son, Single
Jeanie Wilkie, Female, 1, Dtr, Single
Address: Cullaloe Cottages, Aberdour



Andrew Wilkie was a grievor (Foreman) at Gospetry Farm Cottages by
Milnathort. Andrew received a service award for raising horss for Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. I have a photo of the agricultural award that was presented to Andrew. We visited this farm on our first visit to Scotland in 1982; Andrew was deceased then but we did meet his wife Mary and son Charlie who were still living and working on the farm.

Newspaper article: 1952
Train Hits Tractor at level crossing near Milnathort - 3 people hurt and 1 girl killed
Newspaper article states a dreadful accident that happened across the road from Gospetry Farm, where Andrew Wilkie was grieve. Mr Douglas B Clark was the owner of Gospetry farms at the time.
Andrew, age 56, suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries, is detained in Bridge of Earn Hospital
The driver, James Baldie, 23, managed to jump clear as did Adam Todd and his two sons Alex & Joseph, all of Gospetry. Cottages. Baldie's sister and the grieve were still in the trailer when the train engine hit it. It was a terrible impact. The tractor and trailer were mangled wrecks. A wheel was thrown 100 yards across a field. Normally the train crosses this area at noon, so the people were not expecting the train to arrive agter 1 pm. It is stated they didn't hear it coming.


According to a newspaper article written in 1988, Charlie Wilkie comments "My Father had been a prisoner of war after being wounded in the Great War - I still have his cap badge, postcards he sent while on service and many other momentos and I too wanted to serve my country .. But the authorities decided that I could contribute more by working the land."

Military:
Prisoner of War

Occupation:
Greivor, Foreman at Gospentry Farms, Milnathort

Andrew married Mary Ann Edmonds on 14 Oct 1921 in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. Mary (daughter of A. Edmonds and M.A. Ottoway) was born on 23 Nov 1894; died on 27 Dec 1987 in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1901 Scotland Census Aberdour: ED:3, Pg 8, Line 23, Roll CSSCT1901_129
Charles Wilkie, Male, Age 28, Head, Married, Birthplace Ballingry, Fifeshire, Ploughman
Jane Wilkie, Female, Age 28, Wife, Married,
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Age 5, Son, Single
Jeanie Wilkie, Female, 1, Dtr, Single
Address: Cullaloe Cottages, Aberdour

Jean married Philip Anderson on 2 Dec 1921 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland. Philip was born on 20 Feb 1898 in Logie, Fife, Scotland; died on 12 Apr 1974 in Portmoak, Kinross, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth Registration 410 Entry # 784

Death Source; Newspaper Obituary, also conversation with her dtr. Janet Wilkie Stenhouse in Kirkcaldy, 1999

Occupation:
Domestic Servant

Janet married Allan Hutt Anderson on 4 Dec 1925 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland. Allan was born on 18 Jun 1900 in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Apr 1988 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: Registration: 1923-410/1-049
Name: Charles Wilkie
Born: 23 January 1923, Burns, Collessie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Male
Father Name: Andrew Wilkie, Ploughman
Mother: Mary Ann Edmonds
Date & Place of Marriage: 14 October 1921 at Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland
Informant: A Wilkie, Father
Registered: 09 February 1923 at Ladybank, Fifeshire, Scotland


Charlie also worked on the same farm as his father Andrew -
Gospentry Farm Cottages. He, like his father, received a recognition award in the agricultural line for his farming skills.

Charlie never married. After his fathers' death, he remained at Gospentry and continued to look after his mother, who was a Type I diabetic. After his mothers' death, he took a long holiday to Australia.

Charlie died suddenly about 1991 and Aunt Jenny Mills wasn't notified so doesn't know too many details. He used to visit them regularly but upon his death there was no one who would notify the Mills family - Aunt Jenny and Nancy. They noticed a short clipping in the newspaper.


EXTRACT FROM NEWSPAPER 1988
OFF AFTER 51 YEARS
Charlie Wilkie knows every square inch of Gospentry Farm like the back of his hand - but he should, having worked the land west of Milnathort for no fewer than 51 years.
Yesterday, however, Charlie (65) retired with plans of discovering a new land.
"Later this year I hope to go to see relatives in Australia," he said after being presented with a wallet and notes by farmer Stanley Bayne of the well-known Fife bakery chain.
"It has long been an ambition of mine to go to see the three cousins I have never met before," he said. Charlie has lived in the same cottage all his life, his late father Andrew being grieve at the farm on the northern most tip of Fife.
On leaving Auchtermuchty primary School in 1937, he immediatley began working with the farm's cattle herds - filling almost every job over the years, including ploughman and tractorman.
"I have turned my hand to everything," he continued, "and have loved every minute of it. My favorite moments involved working with the Clydesdale horses which used to do many of the tasks before the days of tractors".
Charlie was excused war duties because of his work in agriculture, but it did not prevent him trying to join up. "My friend and I went over to volunteer in Dundee," he said, "but we were turned down because of our work with the farm.
"My father had been a prisoner of war after being wounded in the Great War - I still have his cap badge, postcards he sent while on service and many other memontoes - and I too wanted to serve my country.
"But the authorities decided that I could contribute more by working the land. "Instead I did serve with the Home Guard in Milnathort."

Charlie is well-known in local horticultural circles for his success with both vegetables and flowers. "I must admit I have won a few cups over the years for my efforts," he added.
"When I come back from Australia I hope to spend more time in my garden."

Will the long flight pose any problems to someone so used to life in the wide open spaces of the Fife countryside?
"The only time I have ever flown before was on a pleasure flight during a holiday in Blackpool many years ago," said Charlie, "but I am quite looking forward to the new challenge of flying halfway round the world in one go."
Picture shows Charlie (right) receiving his gift from Mr. Bayne.


Death - Charlie WILKIE
Source: 1991-418-106
Place; 103B Waverley Drive, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
Date: Dec. 21, 1991**
Sex: male
Widower: Single
Father: Andrew Wilkie
Mother; Mary Ann Edmonds
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest, Myocardial Ischaemia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Informant: Annie Edmonds, Friend, 14 Milburn Place, Fruchie or Frechie
** June 2015 research in New Registry House, I have noted the date of Death as 27 Dec 1991 at 2242 hours.

J. married W.R. Pithie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation:
Bulldozer Driver, Motor Lorry Driver

John married M.M. Binnie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

E.H. married D.G. Finlay [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C.W. married B. Simpson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.W. married R.A. Stenhouse [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.H. married C.C.W. Rigby [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: I. Thomson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rosemary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.W. married T.E. Valente [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.W. married S. McGee [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Suzanne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.G. married A.J. Adamson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: S. Penman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]