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Mary Elder 1815–1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jun 1815

Birth Location: Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 16 Apr 1905

Death Location: Beath.Fife, Scotland

Father: John Elder

Mother: Elizabeth Henderson

Spouse(s): James Mill

Children(s): Mary Milne, John Milne, Robert Milne, James Milne, Marjorie Milne, Elizabeth Milne, Thomas Milne, Jessie Milne, Janet Mill

The story of Mary Elder began in 1815 in Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. In 1851, Mary Elder resided in Farm of Bogie Parks, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland. In 1901, Mary Elder resided in Beath, Fife, Scotland. Mary Elder married James Mill, and had children including Elizabeth Ann Eliza Milne, James Milne, Janet Mill, Jessie Milne, John Milne, Marjorie Milne, Mary Milne, Robert Milne, Thomas Milne. Mary Elder passed away in 1905 in Beath.Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Elder began in 1815 in Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Mary Elder resided in Farm of Bogie Parks, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.
  • In 1901, Mary Elder resided in Beath, Fife, Scotland.
  • Mary Elder married James Mill, and had children including Elizabeth Ann Eliza Milne, James Milne, Janet Mill, Jessie Milne, John Milne, Marjorie Milne, Mary Milne, Robert Milne, Thomas Milne.
  • Mary Elder passed away in 1905 in Beath.Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Elder
1790–1863
Birth Location: Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
JE
Elizabeth Henderson
1785–1861
Birth Location: Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland
EH

Spouses(s)

James Mill
1814–1901
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy Fife, Scotland
JM

Children(s)

Mary Milne
1854–1933
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
MM
John Milne
1841–1914
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife
JM
Robert Milne
1846–1912
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
RM
James Milne
1840–1902
Birth Location: Markinch Parish, Fife, Scotland
JM
Marjorie Milne
1836–
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
MM
Elizabeth Milne
1834–1920
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
EM
Thomas Milne
1838–1918
Birth Location: Abbotshall,Fife,Scotland
TM
Jessie Milne
1844–1897
Birth Location: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
JM
Janet Mill
1845–1897
Birth Location: Dysart, fifeshire
JM

Mary Elder's Ancestors

Self
Mary Elder
1815–1905
Birth Place: Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Elder
1790–1863
Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth Henderson
1785–1861
Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John Elder
1749–1819
Portmoak, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Janet Graham
1749–
Ballingry, Fife, Scotland
Peter Henderson
1765–1823
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Mary Poustie
1775–1805
Kilconquhar, Fife
Great-Grandparents
John Graham
1720–1780
Helen Robertson
1720–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dougalston
1669–1749

Mary Elder's Descendants

1.
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Mary Elder (11 Jun 1815–16 Apr 1905) m. James Mill (16 Jul 1814–5 Feb 1901)
  1. 1. Mary Milne 1854–1933 m. John Bain 1854–1926
    1. 1. Mary Bain 1881–1918 m. Robert Philp 1880–1956
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Moir) Philp 1918–2008 m. Robert (Gourdie) Kirk 1914–1994
        1. 1. Archibald Kirk 1941–2021
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Kirk 1942–1942
      2. 2. Robert Philp 1904–1976 m. Margaret McHale 1905–2003
        1. 1. Robert Philp 1934–1986
        2. 2. Margaret (Hunter) Philp 1927–2002
      3. 3. Mary Philp 1906–2000 m. Matthew (Gardiner) Turnbull 1904–1969
        1. 1. James Turnbull 1930–2003 m. Jessie (Moore) McAvoy 1934–2020
      4. 4. John (Bain) Philp 1910–1983
      5. 5. William (Moir) Philp 1913–1916
    2. 2. Peter Bain 1896–1980
    3. 3. Alexander Bain 1877–1957 m. Lily Campbell 1884–1947
      1. 1. Hector (Campbell) Bain 1916–1986 m. Stella Graham 1922–1985
        1. 1. James Bain 1950–2021
      2. 2. Alexander Bain 1906–
      3. 3. James Bain 1912–1942
      4. 4. Peter Bain 1904–
      5. 5. John Bain 1905–1984 m. Maggie Bell 1909–2001 m. Janet (McCartney) Lees 1905–1938
        1. 1. June (Paterson) Bain 1936– m. James (Kinnell) Lumsden 1932–2001
        2. 2. Alexander Bain 1935–1935
      6. 6. Margaret (Gillies) Bain 1908–1988 m. Andrew Brown 1894–1967
        1. 1. Lily Brown
      7. 7. Thomas Bain 1914–1969
      8. 8. Bain 1904–
    4. 4. James Bain 1879–1967 m. Isabella Downie 1877–
      1. 1. Isabella (Wilkie) Bain 1907–
      2. 2. Lillias Bain 1909–
      3. 3. Mary (Milne) Bain 1905–
      4. 4. Catherine (Ann Meiklejohn) Bain 1903–
    5. 5. Thomas Bain 1885–1977 m. Joan Davies 1881–1958
      1. 1. Janet Bain 1915–1967 m. Allan (J) Smart 1920–1998
        1. 1. Joan (Henderson) Colebrook 1948–1999
    6. 6. Lillias Bain 1891–1964 m. Alexander Mitchell 1893–1969
      1. 1. Robert (Grieg) Mitchell 1918–1985 m. Ann (Wood Hotchkies) Bennie 1918–1979
        1. 1. Janet (Hotchkies) Hackett 1941–1998 m. William Hackett 1938–2012
    7. 7. John Bain 1883–
  2. 2. John Milne 1841–1914 m. Janet (W) Nicol 1846–1922
    1. 1. William Milne 1887–1955
    2. 2. Mary Milne 1870–
    3. 3. Robert Milne 1886–1886
    4. 4. Elizabeth Milne 1890–1890
    5. 5. James Milne 1866–1953 m. Elizabeth Kerr 1867–1955 m. Margaret (Young) Niven 1866–1914
      1. 1. William Milne 1906–1983
      2. 2. Andrew Milne 1903–
      3. 3. Janet (Nicol) Milne 1895–1897
      4. 4. Thomas Milne 1900–1903
      5. 5. John Milne 1889–
      6. 6. Margaret (Gillies) Milne 1890–1961 m. John Penman 1890–1926
        1. 1. Margaret Penman 1912–1929
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Milne) Penman 1916–1932
        3. 3. MARGARET (MILNE) PENMAN 1931–1932
      7. 7. James Milne 1898–1982
      8. 8. Alexander (Niven) Milne 1893–1964 m. Annie (Cooper) Brown 1897–1935
        1. 1. Annie (Douglas) Milne 1922–
        2. 2. Annie (Douglas) Milne 1916–2018
        3. 3. Margaret (Niven) Milne 1918–
        4. 4. James Milne 1924–
    6. 6. Margaret Milne 1884–
    7. 7. Thomas Milne 1881–
    8. 8. John Milne 1877–
    9. 9. Janet Milne 1874–
    10. 10. Andrew (Nicol) Milne 1872–1874
    11. 11. Christian Milne 1867–1955
    12. 12. Isabella Milne 1879–1957 m. Thomas Watson 1878–1960
      1. 1. Lilly (Milne) Watson 1923–1986 m. Alexander (Splitt) Adam 1920–2005
      2. 2. Mary Watson –1998
      3. 3. Margaret Watson 1916–1993
      4. 4. Elizabeth Watson –1968
      5. 5. Isabella Watson 1873–1993
      6. 6. Janet Watson 1900–
  3. 3. Robert Milne 1846–1912 m. Lillias Wheeler 1839–1909
    1. 1. Thomas Milne 1882–1935
    2. 2. James Milne 1873–
    3. 3. William (Wheeler) Milne 1875–
    4. 4. Rachel Milne 1877–1950 m. William Wright 1870–
    5. 5. Robert Milne 1880–1916 m. Maggie (Jane) CARSTAIRS 1882–1961
      1. 1. Helen (Grant Carstairs Murray) MILNE 1909–1990 m. Peter Kirk 1901–1942
        1. 1. Archibald KIRK 1935–1935
      2. 2. Agnes (Grant) MILNE 1905–1990
      3. 3. Lily (Wheeler) MILNE 1911–
    6. 6. Lewis Milne 1886–
    7. 7. Mary Milne 1880–
  4. 4. James Milne 1840–1902 m. Jane Moyes 1840–1897
    1. 1. James Milne 1865–1948
    2. 2. Isabella (Crawford Milne) (KilgourTr) 1872–1953
    3. 3. Thomas (Moyes) Milne 1867–1890
    4. 4. John Milne 1876–1935
    5. 5. James Milne 1873–1948 m. Elspeth (Blair) Baillie 1869–1948
      1. 1. Jemima (Blair) Milne 1896–1983 m. David (Black Keith) Kennedy 1897–1981
        1. 1. Matthew Kennedy 1923–2017
        2. 2. James (Milne) Kennedy 1925–1992
      2. 2. William (Henderson) Milne 1901–1902
      3. 3. Jane (Moyes) Milne 1894–1952 m. Cecil Walker 1890–
      4. 4. Janet (Davidson) Milne 1893–1995 m. John (Blythe) Gillespie 1893–
      5. 5. Mary (Elder) Milne 1899–
      6. 6. Hannah (Henderson) Milne 1901–1976
      7. 7. Margaret (Kilgour) Milne 1906–1907
      8. 8. James Milne 1903–1982 m. Jessie (Henderson Anderson) (KilgourTr) 1898–1981
        1. 1. James (Thomson) Milne 1938–2006
      9. 9. Walter (Baillie) Milne 1908–2001 m. MARGARET COVENTRY 1910–2007
  5. 5. Marjorie Milne 1836– m. John Lister 1836–1917
    1. 1. Mary (Elder) Lister 1856–1925 m. Thomas Ford 1857–
      1. 1. William Ford 1892–1907
      2. 2. John (Lester) Ford 1883–1965
      3. 3. Marjory (M) Ford 1880–
      4. 4. John Ford 1883–
      5. 5. Lizzie Ford 1885–
      6. 6. Thomas Ford 1887–
      7. 7. Kate Ford 1889–
      8. 8. Catherine Ford 1890–
      9. 9. William Ford 1892–
      10. 10. Mary Ford 1898–
      11. 11. Margaret Ford 1880–
    2. 2. Catherine Lister 1868–
    3. 3. Thomas Lister 1871–
    4. 4. Eliza Lister 1874–
    5. 5. David Lister 1855–
    6. 6. Ann Lister 1859–
    7. 7. James (Milne) Lister 1861–
    8. 8. Marjory Lister 1863–1929 m. John (Hughes) Jr 1862–1901
      1. 1. Andrew (Gray Carment) Hughes 1898–1969
      2. 2. George (Downie) Hughes 1900–1980
      3. 3. David (Lister) Hughes 1886–1917
      4. 4. Thomas (Lister) Hughes 1892–1964
      5. 5. John Hughes 1884–1963
      6. 6. Robert (Cunningham Lister) Hughes 1888–1928
      7. 7. Marjory (Milne) Hughes 1890–1980
      8. 8. Margaret (Cunningham) Hughes 1894–
      9. 9. James (Milne) Hughes 1896–1972
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Ann (Eliza)) Milne 1834–1920 m. Andrew McPherson 1835–1914
    1. 1. Andrew McPherson 1855–1856
    2. 2. Catherine (Finlay) McPherson 1874–
    3. 3. Mary (Elder) Mcpherson 1857–1936 m. David (Alexander) Thomson 1858–
      1. 1. John (Milne) Thomson 1898–1901
      2. 2. Elizabeth Thomson 1882–
      3. 3. Christina Thomson 1884–
      4. 4. Andrew Thomson 1887–
      5. 5. Mary Thomson 1891–
    4. 4. Isabella McPherson 1860–
    5. 5. Andrew McPherson 1864–
    6. 6. John McPherson 1867–
    7. 7. Elizabeth McPherson 1869–
    8. 8. Marjory McPherson 1871–
    9. 9. Thomas McPherson 1877–
    10. 10. James (McPherson) (McPhearson) 1862–1939
  7. 7. Thomas Milne 1838–1918
  8. 8. Jessie Milne 1844–1897
  9. 9. Janet Mill 1845–1897 m. Peter Colville 1848–1912
    1. 1. Robert (Colville \Coal) Miner 1882–1918
    2. 2. John (Colville \Coal) Miner 1879–1919
    3. 3. Jessie (Milne Colville \Domestic) Servant 1884–
    4. 4. James Colville 1867–
    5. 5. David Colville 1872–
    6. 6. Thomas Colville 1874–
    7. 7. Peter (Colville \Coal) Miner 1865–1891
    8. 8. Mary (Elder Colville \Pithead) Worker 1869–

Mary Elder's Timeline

4 Records

1815
11 Jun 1815
Birth of Mary Elder in Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 36
Mary Elder resided here in Farm of Bogie Parks, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
Farm of Bogie Parks, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 86
Mary Elder resided here in Beath, Fife, Scotland
Beath, Fife, Scotland
1905
16 Apr 1905
Age 90
Death of Mary Elder in Beath.Fife, Scotland
Beath.Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1815
    Event Place: Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Farm of Bogie Parks, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Abbotshall; ED: 13; Page: 14; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1851_84; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Beath; ED: 3; Page: 8; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1901_131

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1905
    Event Place: Beath.Fife, Scotland
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