Dunsire, William[1]

Male 1831 - 1892  (61 years)      Has 16 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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    Birth 13 Jun 1831  Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 26 Jun 1831 (0 years)  Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID F8A476A2CE384B0CB6D506217C693D422767 
    Death 16 Sep 1892  Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Dunsyre, Andrew
              b. Abt 1635, ? Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Unknown, ? Find all individuals with events at this location  (4 x Great Grandfather) 
    McBean, Agnes
              b. Abt 1789, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Apr 1867, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID I4187  The Family Maw
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2017 

    Father Ancestors Dunsire, William
              b. 8 Jan 1798, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Sep 1864, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother McBean, Agnes
              b. Abt 1789, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Apr 1867, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1818  Wemyss, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : 20 years and 6 months - She : ~ 29 years and 7 months. 
    Family ID F1338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jun 1831 - Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 26 Jun 1831 - Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1892 - Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Family #65.
      Occupation on marriage certificate [courtesy Malcolm Holt]: sailor/merchant service. In 1871 census, William [39] is described as a Pilot, living in South Street, Methil; in 1891 at 86 Shore Street, Methil; by 1891 William was a Dockgate Keeper, living at 87 Harbour Head, Methil. William b.1831, a merchant seaman at his marriage and later a pilot and a dock-gate keeper at Methil, in 1862 married Catherine Guthrie. They had eight children, six of them girls: Euphemia b.1864 (m. David Eadie), Agnes 1867 (m. William Tarbett), Catherine 1868 (married, but name not known), Janet 1871 (m. John Ritchie), Margaret 1873 (m. Jens Jade), William 1875, Robert 1877, and Isabella 1880 (m. ? Ness).
      In the 1901 census, Catherine [60] is living with William [25] and Isabella [20]. Also in the same enumerator district are Elizabeth [21] and Mary [17, who could be the daughters of George Dunsire and Janet Cairns #66 - very distant relatives, but actual address is not known. A Robert [24] is found in Alva, Clackmannan; nothing more known, but this family's Robert b.1877 is the only one of the right age in our data.
      Thanks to Robyn Walker (NZ), Malcolm Holt, and Douglas Davis, something is known about each of them (but not given here). Sons William b.1875, and Robert b.1877, appear not to have married. William, a seaman also, is believed to have been lost at sea. Robert, according to scotlandspeople, died in Dysart age 28 in 1905.
      According to his death certificate, William Dunsire, dock-gate keeper, married to Catherine Guthrie, died 16 September 1892 age 59 in Methil. The informant was George Drummond, son-in-law, of Methil. The death was registered on 17 September. This would put his year of birth as 1833, the same year as his sister Ann Burt Dunsire. There may be an error here. There was also an error in the year of death noted [source not recalled] - 20 September 1894, which has been changed to that on the death certificate.

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    1. [S23] Andrew Dunsire, Andrew Dunsire.