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- Family #97.
Andrew, b.1852 in Lochgelly, married Isabella Kay in 1873. They had three children, Andrew b.1874, Isabella b.1876, and John b.1878. But then, just as with his brother David’s wife, Isabella died young, in 1879; their fourth child, Elizabeth, was born after her mother's death, but did not live long, dying in 1880. In 1881 Andrew and his young family were at 89 Pirnie Houses, Methilhill: next door at No.90 were his parents, Andrew (60) and Elizabeth Dryburgh (58). In 1880 Andrew married his brother David’s wife’s sister, Margaret Irvine, and they had four children, David 1884, James 1886, Hay 1888, and Walter 1891. In 1891 they were living at Dunsire’s Buildings, Methil. At No.40 Dunsire’s Buildings lived Walter Dunsire (26) and Elizabeth Dunsire (31), both born in Lochgelly - Andrew’s unmarried younger brother and sister. The Dunsire Buildings were owned by Andrew, and the 1901 census puts them in Methil Brae, Kirkland. At the 1901 census Andrew b.1852 and Margaret Irvine were living at Hay Cottage, Methil High Street, with John (23, coalminer hewer), David (17, draper's assistant), James (16, Tailor apprentice), and Hay (13, scholar), with a boarder, Sans Pahack (18, coalminer hewer). Listed separately but also at Hay Cottage were Andrew (26, coalminer hewer) born Haughmill, his wife Lizzie Ednie (24, born Methilhill), Lizzie (4), Maggie (2), and Isabella (8mo.), the last three born Methil.
According to his son's death certificate, Andrew b.1852 was a Publican.
Thanks to Rosemary Dunsire, Bill Dryburgh, Glenys Marra, and Skip Wishart, all descendants, we can bring the story up to date. Andrew b.1874 m. Lizzie Ednie and they had ten children: Andrew, Maggie, Bella, Chrissie, Jackie, Lizzie, twins Hay and Mima, Willie, and Nan. Andrew d. in 1942, and Lizzie 1948. Of their children, Maggie had two sons, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren; Andrew m. Netta Blyth, one son and one daughter; Willie m. Emma Cooper, two girls and a boy (Andrew - see under William/Emma Cooper].
An Isabella Dunsire wife of John Kinninmonth is buried in Methilmill Cemetery; this may be Isabella b.1876. David b.1884 married Liz, but had no family. James b.1885 married Lizzie Craig Horne, daughter b. 1885 of John Horne and Agnes Gillies, on 6 AUG 1908; they had four children, but only the eldest survived infancy - Agnes Gillies Dunsire b.1909 in Buckhaven. She married William Alexander Moffat in 1935; their daughter, Ealasaid Dunsire Moffat (‘Skip’, my informant), m. Col. Jack Wishart.
This leaves Walter b.1864, youngest brother of David and Andrew. He married Fanny Kinninmonth, died at 48 and is buried in Methilmill Cemetery. No family is known.
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1852 - 1912 (59 years)