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Douglas family of Pathhead-Kirkcaldy, 18th and turn of 19th century

I would like to connect with others who are researching Douglas family in Pathhead (aka Dunniker) and Kirkcaldy, 18th - turn of 19th century. 

This branch was involved in weaving; dyer, weavers, flax dressers, etc.

I used vital records from my 3x great grandmothers information:

ISABEL GRAY DOUGLAS; BIRTH 16 JUN 1823 • Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland

DEATH 16 JAN 1892 • North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

Burial at Old Kirkcaldy Kirk; (headstone still exists but broken in half)

Name: Isabella Douglas
Gender: Female
Age: 0
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1823
Baptism Date: 13 Jul 1823
Baptism Place: Dysart,Fife,Scotland
Father: Charles Douglas
Mother: Agnes Balfour

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013

Her parents are Charles Douglas and Agnes Balfour. I've found records of their children buried with their grandfather, John Balfour, weaver and feuer in Pathhead. Many of Charles and Agnes children died very young. But three survived to adulthood; Isabel and her brothers Peter and Charles jr.

Name: Isabella Douglas
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1848
Marriage Place: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
Spouse: Douglas Barron

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Agnes Balfour is recorded in a land deed:

Kirkcaldy Deeds (Fife FHS)---BALFOUR, JOHN: weaver, feuar and indweller in Pathhead; Disp  in favour of dau, Agnes Balfour; 5 July & 8 Aug 1800 [B41/7/9]

Burial Information: Buried: 7 Sep 1842 Location: Kirkcaldy Age: 61
Relations: Widow of Charles Douglas

Record Source: Lair: Source Reference: CH2-636-28 & 30 (St Bryce Kirk Session)

Charles Douglas, BIRTH 8 DEC 1784 • Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

DEATH BEF SEPT 1842 • (prob) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

So far Charles has eluded my search for more records! His occupation was Dyer. He passed away before his wife in 1842. His parents were Peter Douglas (Hackler from Kirkcaldy) and Elizabeth "Betty" Bisset of Dysart.

Obviously Agnes had some kind of land or business passed from her father. Would really like to know what she did with the land or business and assume this probably became her husbands by marriage. 

Attached image is a screenshot of this branch from my Ancestry.com tree: Sexton~1wip

I have other records to view if requested.

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