Husband     James LAWRIE

Born

About 1783-1786, Inchture

Chr.

Married

27 November 1810, Inchture, Perthshire

Died

After 1851 Census and before 1861 Census, and probably before 1855, in Newburgh, Fife.

Buried

Husband’s Father               [LAWRIE]                                   

Husband’s Mother   

Other wives

Wife           Ann SYMON

Born

Presumably by 13 Feb 1787, Errol, Perthshire  

Chr.

25 March 1787, Errol, Perthshire

Died

13 Feb 1871, High Street, Newburgh, Fife, 84 years (D/1871/450/10 Newburgh)

Buried

Wife’s Father   David SYMON

Wife’s Mother      Elizabeth WILSON

Other husbands

Children

Sex     Name

Born

Married

Died

1 F  Elizabeth LAWRIE

13 October 1811, [Ballindean, unverified findmypast], Inchture, Perthshire

[Unverified, findmypast] 05 June 1838, Newburgh, Fife: John ALLAN and Elizabeth LOWRIE

John Allan was around 11 years older than Elizabeth.

Five children documented, all born in Newburgh, Fife:

1. Janet Allan, daughter, born about 1842;

2. Alexander W Allan, son, born abt. 1847; [possible unverified death: 1. Alexander Allan, died in 1929, 80 yrs, in Newburgh, Fife, D/1929/450-27 Newburgh) or 2. Alexander Wight Allan, dies in 1926, 80 yrs, Collessie, Fife (D/1926/416-22 Collessie)]

3. Jane Allan, daughter, born abt 1849;

4. Robert Allan, son, born about 1851;

5. Elizabeth Allan, daughter, born about 1852.  

1861 Census: High Street, Newburgh: John Allan, head, married, 60, shoemaker, born Abernethy, Perthshire; Elizabeth Allan, wife, married, 49, born Balendean [Ballindean, estate near Inchture village] Perthshire; Janet Allan, daughter, unmarried, 19, linen weaver; Jane Allan, daughter, 12, no occupation; Robert Allan, son, 10, scholar; Elisabeth Allan, daughter, 8, scholar (all children born in Newburgh, Fife).

1871 Census: High Street, Newburgh. John Allan, head, married, 71, shoemaker, born Abernethy; Elizabeth Allen, wife, married, 59, no occupation, born Perthshire; Alexander W. Allan, son, unmarried, 24, farm servant out of work; Jane Allan, daughter, unmarried, 22, linen weaver; Elizabeth Allan, daughter, unmarried, 19, linen weaver (all children born Newburgh).

1881 Census: High Street, South Side, Newburgh. Elisabeth Allan, head, widow, 69, annuitant, born Newburgh.

[not found in 1891 census - not Elizabeth Allan in Ferryport-on-Craig]

Elizabeth LAWRIE or ALLAN, died in 1889, 77 yrs, Ferryport on Craig, Fife (D/1889/429/5 Ferry Port on Craig).

John Allan, died 1875, age 75 yrs, Newburgh,, Fife (D/1875/450-1 Newburgh)

[both unverified: scotlandspeople]

2 M  James LAWRIE

4 June 1815, Errol, Perthshire

3 M  William LAWRIE

12 October 1817, Errol

4 M  David LAWRIE

Agricultural Labourer (1861),

Labourer (1871),

Retired Grave Digger (1901),  Newburgh, Fife.  

12 September 1819, Errol

Wife Number One: Catherine.

Married sometime after 1841 Census and by 1844-45: Catherine [last name?] (she died before 1901 Census); 2 daughters:

1.Helen Lawrie, born circa 1844, Newburgh, Fife;

2. Barbara Lawrie, born circa 1862, Newburgh, Fife [findmypast].

Barbara Henderson Lawrie, born 1861, Newburgh, Fife (B/1861/450-79 Newburgh) [unverified scotlandspeople]

Died 1937, 75 yrs, in Perth (D/1937/387/45 Perth)

Marriage of daughter Helen Lawrie: Newburgh, Fife, 17 December 1869, with Andrew ROBERTSON [findmypast].

(M/1869/450/14 Newburgh)

1851 Census: High Street, Newburgh. David Lowrie [sic], head, married, 31, Hand Loom Weaver (linen), born Errol; Catherine Lowrie, wife, married, 31, no occupation, born Newburgh; Helen Lowrie, daughter, 7, scholar, born Newburgh. [findmypast]

1861 Census: Cemetery, Cupar Road, Newburgh, Fife. David Lawrie, head, married, 41, agricultural labourer, born Errol; Catherine Lawrie, wife, married, 40, no occupation, born Fife; Helen Lawrie, daughter, unmarried, 17, born Newburgh.

1871 Census: Comentery [sic: Cemetery?] Lodge, Newburgh, Fife. David Lawrie, head, married, 51, labourer, born Errol; Catherine Lawrie, wife, married, 50, born Fife; Barbara Lawrie, daughter, 9, scholar, born Newburgh, Fife. [findmypast]

Catherine Lawrie, wife of David Lawrie, died in 1880 in Newburgh.

Wife number 2: Ann Smeaton.

Married in Newburgh, 1881 (M/1881/450/2 Newburgh)

Ann was roughly the same age as first wife Catherine, both born about 1820.

1881 Census and 1891 Census have David living in cemetery House, Newburgh and married to Ann Lawrie, from Perthshire. [findmypast]

1901 Census: 119 High Street, Newburgh, Fife. David Lawrie, head, widower, 81, Retired Grave Digger, born Errol; Barbara Lawrie, daughter, single, 39, Laundress, born Newburgh, Fife; Nelly B Lawrie, grandchild, 3, born Govan, Lanarkshire. [findmypast]

After 1901 Census, probably High Street, Newburgh, Fife.

[Unverified, scotlandspeople] David LAWRIE, died 1902, age 82 yrs, Newburgh, Fife (D/1902/450-14 Newburgh)

Catherine LAWRIE, his first wife, died in 1880, 60 yrs, in Newburgh, Fife (D/1880/450/7 Newburgh)

Ann SMEATON or LAWRIE, his second wife, died in 1897, 77 yrs, in Newburgh (D/1897/450/28 Newburgh)

5 M  John LAWRIE

Hostler, Crossgate Street, Cupar (1851)

Inn Keeper, Commercial Inn, Newburgh (1861)

Inn  Keeper, East Port, Commercial Hotel, Newburgh (1871)

Circa 1823, Errol

Circa 1845-47, Eliza FERGUSON;  children: James, b. circa  1847, Newburgh, Fife; William, b. circa 1851, Cupar, Fife; Eliza, b. circa 1854, Cupar, Fife. [1861 Census, findmypast]

1851 Census: Crossgate Street, Cupar. John Lawrie, head, married, 27, Hostler, born Newburgh, Midlothian [sic]; Eliza Ferguson, wife, married, 29, no occupation, born Edinburgh, Midlothian; James Lawrie, son, 4, born Newburgh; William Lawrie, son, 0, born Cupar. [findmypast]

1861 Census: Commercial Inn, Newburgh, Fife. John Lawrie, head, married, 37, Inn Keeper, born Errol; Eliza Lawrie, wife, married, 39, no occupation, born Edinburgh, Midlothian; James Lawrie, son, 14, scholar, born Newburgh; William Lawrie, son, 10, scholar, born Cupar; Eliza Lawrie, daughter, 7, scholar, born Cupar; Helen Adamson, Domestic Servant, unmarried, 18, born Markinch, Fife [findmypast] 

1871 Census: [same place, with boarders, birth place Newburgh] [findmypast]

Commercial Hotel on OS map:

http://maps.nls.uk/view/82879917

[unverified] death of John LAWRIE, 1876, 53 yrs, Newburgh, Fife (D/1876/450/28 Newburgh)

[unverified] death of Eliza Duff LAWRIE, 1874, 53 yrs, Newburgh, Fife

(D/1874/450/4 Newburgh)

6 F  Jean LAWRIE

Circa 1826, Fife

[Unverified; findmypast] 31 March 1848, Newburgh Associate Congregation, Newburgh, Fife: Andrew WILLIAMSON; alternatively married 31 March 1847, Newburgh, Fife [same name of husband; no congregation specified].

7 F  Ann LAWRIE

Tailor and Clothier's wife, High Street, Newburgh.

Circa 1828, Fife

06 Jan 1849, Newburgh, Fife: Alexander CRAIGHEAD and Ann LAURIE ; children: 1. daughter Ann Craighead born circa Jan-April 1849; 2. son Alexander, born circa 1851; 3.daughter Isabel, b. circa 1854; 4. son Andrew, born circa 1858; 5. son Hugh C, born circa 1860; 6. daughter Margaret, born circa 1861; 7. daughter Jane, born circa 1863; 8. son John, born circa 1866; 9. daughter Janet, born circa 1871 (all born Newburgh, Fife). [source: findmypast]

Alexander Craighead was in the Baptist Church congregation.

1851 Census: High Street, Newburgh. Alexander Craighead, head, married, 26, Master Tailor (employs 1 apprentice); Ann Craighead, wife, married, 23, no occupation; Ann Craighead, daughter, 2; Alexander, son, 0 (all born Newburgh, Fife). [findmypast]

1871 Census: High Street, Newburgh: Alexander Craighead, head, married, 46, Tailor & Clothier; Ann Craighead, wife, married, 43, Tailor & Clothier's wife; Alexander Craighead, son, unmarried, 20, Tailor; Isabel Craighead, daughter, unmarried, 17, no occupation; Andrew Craighead, son, 13, scholar; Hugh C Craighead, son, 11, scholar; Margaret Craighead, daughter, 10, scholar; Jane Craighead, daughter, 8, scholar; John Craighead, son, 5, scholar; Janet Craighead, daughter, 0 (all born Newburgh, Fife). [findmypast]

Isabella R. Craighead, second daughter, married John Scrimgeour, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 18 June 1878 (Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Local Intelligence - Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries, Sat 27 July 1878)(Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, Fri 26 July 1878)

[action raised in Cupar sheriff court by Alex. Craighead, clothier, Newburgh against Robert Maclaren, salmon fisher, Newburgh for £25 being share of fishings of Naughton Bank fishing station, Newburgh in 1891: "Disputed Salmon-Fishing Case at Newburgh", Dundee Courier & Argus, Wed 07 Dec 1892,

[unverified death of Alexander Craighead, 1895: "Sudden death of a Newburgh ex-Provost", Dundee Courier & Argus, 26 June 1895, p.4) - clothier and tailor, ex-Provost of Newburgh, died on train from Newburgh to Ladybank, Tues, 25 June 1895]

1901: 151 High Street, Newburgh: Ann Craighead, head, widowed, 73, no occupation, born Newburgh; Margaret Craighead, daughter, single, 40, keeping house, born Newburgh; Jane Craighead, daughter, single, 38, keeping house, born Newburgh. [findmypast]

Annie CRAIGHEAD, died 1911, 83 yrs, Newburgh, Fife (D/1911/450/15 Newburgh)

Death of Alexander CRAIGHEAD, 1895, 70 yrs, Collessie, Fife (D/1895/416/20 Collessie)