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William Hepburn 1842 – 1916 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 April 1842

Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Oct 1916

Death Location: Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse

Father: William Hepburn

Mother: Anne Birse

Spouse(s): Janet Wallace, Barbara Thomson

Children(s): Janet Hepburn, William Hepburn, James Hepburn, Anne Hepburn, Margaret Hepburn, John Hepburn, Frederick Morrison, Margaret Morrison, Margaret Morrison, James Morrison, Archibald Morrison

The story of William Hepburn began in 1842 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland. In 1851, William Hepburn resided in Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland. In 1871, William Hepburn resided in Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland. William Hepburn married Janet "Jessie" Wallace, Barbara Thomson, and had children including Janet Hepburn, William Hepburn, James Hepburn, Anne Birse Hepburn, Margaret (Maggie) Hepburn, John Hepburn, Frederick Morrison, Margaret Morrison, Margaret Morrison, James Morrison, Archibald Anderson Morrison. William Hepburn passed away in 1916 in Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse.

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  • B 2 criteria (Medium)
  • C 1 criteria (Basic)
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Biography

  • The story of William Hepburn began in 1842 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland.
  • In 1851, William Hepburn resided in Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland.
  • In 1871, William Hepburn resided in Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland.
  • William Hepburn married Janet "Jessie" Wallace, Barbara Thomson, and had children including Janet Hepburn, William Hepburn, James Hepburn, Anne Birse Hepburn, Margaret (Maggie) Hepburn, John Hepburn, Frederick Morrison, Margaret Morrison, Margaret Morrison, James Morrison, Archibald Anderson Morrison.
  • William Hepburn passed away in 1916 in Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Hepburn
1817 – 1883
Birth Location: 140 High St Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Anne Birse
1816 – 1889
Birth Location: Lerrachmore, Strachan, Kincardine, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Wallace
1835 – 1890
Birth Location: Markinch, Fife, Scotland
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Barbara Thomson
1845 – 1913
Birth Location: Sesley Fipe Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Hepburn
1863 – 1907
Birth Location: Prinlaws, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
JH
William Hepburn
1865 – 1942
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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James Hepburn
1866 – 1930
Birth Location: Leslie, Fife Scotland
JH
Anne Hepburn
1868 – 1949
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
AH
Margaret Hepburn
1870 – 1906
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
MH
John Hepburn
1880 –
Birth Location: Prinlaws, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
JH
Frederick Morrison
1879 –
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire
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Margaret Morrison
1881 –
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshire
MM
Margaret Morrison
1881 –
Birth Location: Leslie, Fifeshrie -
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James Morrison
1884 –
Birth Location: Leslie Fife Scotland
JM
Archibald Morrison
1885 –
Birth Location: 13 Greenhead, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
AM

William Hepburn's Ancestors

Self
William Hepburn
1842 – 1916
Birth Place: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
William Hepburn
1817 – 1883
140 High St Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Anne Birse
1816 – 1889
Lerrachmore, Strachan, Kincardine, Scotland
Grandparents
David Hepburn
1779 – 1863
Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Hay
1775 – 1864
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire
William Birss
1778 – 1849
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mary (Ann) Ross
1771 – 1853
Goukstyle, (near Birse)
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Hepburn
1740 – 1824
Janet REEKIE
1736 – 1818
John Hay
1760 –
Janet More
1760 –
James Birse
1736 – 1807
Jannett Riddel
1750 –
Alexander Ross
1755 – 1855
Anne Harper
1750 – 1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hepburn
1698 –
Andrew REEKIE
1703 – 1803
Janet Coyler
1702 – 1803
James Birss
1705 – 1761
Ann Guardine
1702 – 1774
Samuel Riddell
1708 – 1799
Margaret Kerr
Alexandre canada
1725 – 1791
Helen reid
1725 – 1779
John Harper
1720 –
Ephina Ross
1723 –

William Hepburn's Descendants

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William Hepburn (16 April 1842 – 15 Oct 1916) m. Janet ("Jessie") Wallace (Abt 1835 – 22 May 1890) m. Barbara Thomson (1845 – 27 April 1913)
  1. 1. Janet Hepburn (23 May 1863 – 29 July 1907)
  2. 2. William Hepburn (1 Jan 1865 – 13 Dec 1942)
  3. 3. James Hepburn (16 Dec 1866 – 13 Feb 1930)
  4. 4. Anne (Birse) Hepburn (5 Aug 1868 – 28 Jan 1949) m. Adam (Dickson) Meek (15 Jan 1865 – 1 Dec 1935) m. Alexander Elder (25 Jun 1868 – 5 Jul 1912)
    1. 1. James Elder (25 FEB 1888 – 7 Apr 1969) m. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") CUNNINGHAM (10 AUG 1887 – 21 JUL 1939) m. Mary (Ann) Hartley (31 Mar 1898 – 26 Mar 1980)
      1. 1. Martha (Cunningham) ELDER (1919 – 20 June 1996)
      2. 2. James (Cunningham) Elder (1921 – 08 JAN 1980)
      3. 3. William (Cunningham Hepburn) Elder (3 FEB 1922 – 28 JUN 1986) m. Helen (Scott) MCKEEN (27 Feb 1925 – 20 Oct 1981)
        1. 1. Lillias (Cramb McKeen) Elder (06 JUN 1944 – 19 Aug 1999) m. Scott
        2. 2. James Elder (1947 – ) m. Duffy
    2. 2. BABY Elder (19 MAY 1889 – 21 MAY 1889)
    3. 3. Jessie Elder (abt 1890 – )
    4. 4. Janet ("Jessie" Wallace Gordon) Elder (6 Apr 1890 – 1960)
    5. 5. William (Hepburn) ELDER (21 Jan 1892 – 2 Jan 1970) m. Eleanor (Adair Young) Grant (2 Sep 1888 – 25 december 1957)
      1. 1. Annie (Jane Grant) Elder (30 july 1921 – 22 November 2009) m. Gilbert (John) Lowe (18 January 1912 – 17 August 1970)
        1. 1. Eleanor LOWE (1942 – 2023)
        2. 2. William (Hepburn Elder) Lowe (12 january 1946 – 12 February 2014)
        3. 3. Grace (Thomson Black) Lowe (28 September 1950 – 2 September 2009) m. Matthew Barclay (1948 – 10 Apr 2014)
        4. 4. Grant (Elder) Lowe (29 June 1956 – 9 August 1998)
        5. 5. Betty LOWE (1958 – 2004)
        6. 6. Bert Lowe
      2. 2. Eleanor (Katherine) Elder (2 Jul 1923 – 3 Jan 2002) m. Walter (McInnes) Moffat (7 Dec 1923 – 17 Apr 1966)
        1. 1. Eleanor Moffat (16 Aug 1946 – 16 Aug 1946)
        2. 2. Walter (McInnes) Moffat (10 Sep 1947 – About 14 Mar 2009)
        3. 3. William (Elder) Moffat (1949 – July 2012)
        4. 4. Brian Moffat (24 May 1951 – Nov 2019)
        5. 5. Annie (Mary) Moffat (3 Sep 1954 – 11 Jul 2017)
        6. 6. Thomas (Shaw) Moffat (25 Jan 1958 – 8 Oct 1997)
        7. 7. Paul Moffat (19 Jul 1959 – 14 Jan 2023)
        8. 8. Mary Moffat
        9. 9. Theresa Moffat m. Isaac
      3. 3. Isabella (Hepburn) Elder (About 1925 – )
      4. 4. Catherine (Duncan) Elder (24 Oct 1926 – Aug 1999)
      5. 5. Johannah (Eaves) Elder (1929 – 20 Feb 1937)
      6. 6. Johannah (Eaves) Elder ( – 26 Feb 1937)
    6. 6. John Elder (24 Sep 1893 – )
    7. 7. Alexander Elder (3 May 1895 – 23 Jul 1916)
    8. 8. Annie (Hepburn) Elder (11 Apr 1897 – 19 APR 1978)
    9. 9. Margaret ("Maggie") Elder (4 Nov 1898 – )
    10. 10. Kate Elder (abt 1900 – ?)
    11. 11. Catherine ("Kate") Elder (2 Mar 1900 – )
    12. 12. Jane Elder (Abt. 1904 – )
    13. 13. Isabella (Burges Mercer) Elder (1909 – 6 Dec 1983)
  5. 5. Margaret ((Maggie)) Hepburn (21 Aug 1870 – 16 Oct 1906) m. George Fowlis (5 January 1869 – 21 July 1952)
    1. 1. Janet (Wallace Hepburn) Fowlis (31 Jan 1896 – )
    2. 2. George Fowlis (1897 – 23 June 1961) m. Marcella (Spence) Duncan (31 Jan 1901 – 23 Jun 1995)
      1. 1. George Fowlis (15 Jul 1923 – 24 Jul 2001)
      2. 2. Infant (Daniel McDonald) Fowlis (1924 – Abt 1926)
      3. 3. Jane (McQuade Duncan) Fowlis (8 Feb 1925 – 4 Apr 2013) m. Alfred (Robert) Rose (28 Apr 1922 – 19th December 1987)
        1. 1. Karen (Jane) Rose (1957 – 2014)
        2. 2. Patricia Rose
      4. 4. Daniel (Duncan) Fowlis (7 Mar 1928 – 12 Jan 1983)
      5. 5. Peter (Duncan) Fowlis (11 Apr 1930 – Jan 1987)
    3. 3. William Fowlis (19 Jan 1899 – 5 Nov 1901)
  6. 6. John Hepburn (1880 – ?)
  7. 7. Frederick Morrison (abt 1879 – )
  8. 8. Margaret Morrison (abt 1881 – )
  9. 9. Margaret Morrison (abt 1881 – )
  10. 10. James Morrison (1884 – )
  11. 11. Archibald (Anderson) Morrison (13 August 1885 – )

William Hepburn's Timeline

7 Records

1842
16 April 1842
Birth of William Hepburn in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 9
William Hepburn resided here in Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 29
William Hepburn resided here in Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 39
William Hepburn resided here in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 49
William Hepburn resided here in Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 59
William Hepburn resided here in Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1916
15 Oct 1916
Age 74
Death of William Hepburn in Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse
Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 April 1842
    Event Place: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census
    [2] 1901 Scotland Census
    [3] 1871 Scotland Census
    [4] 1891 Scotland Census
    [5] 1881 Scotland Census
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Prinlaws, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Leslie, Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1916
    Event Place: Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland - Combination Poorhouse
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