William Dunsire b. 8 Jan 1798 Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 3 Sep 1864 Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland: The Maw family

1798 - 1864 (66 years)

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Name	William Dunsire
Birth	8 Jan 1798	Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland
Gender	Male
_UID	01B80877311347EBB13E403ECB5DA88D7889
Death	3 Sep 1864	Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
Person ID	I4387	The Maw Family Tree
Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

Father	Andrew Dunsire, b. 30 Dec 1759 d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Agnes Nicol, b. 7 Mar 1762, Dubbiside, Markinch, , Fife, Scotland d. Aft 1841, West Coaltown, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland (Age 79 years)
Marriage	17 Nov 1781	Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Family ID	F1375	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Agnes McBean, b. Abt 1789, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 7 Apr 1867, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland (Age 78 years)

Marriage 24 Jul 1818 Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Children

	1. Agnes Dunsire, b. 1819, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 10 Oct 1887, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland (Age 68 years)
	2. Andrew Dunsire, b. 12 Sep 1820, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Janet Dunsire, b. 10 Jul 1822, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 1880, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland (Age 57 years)
	4. Alexander Dunsire, b. 4 Dec 1824, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Mary Dunsire, b. 3 Sep 1826, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 16 Feb 1886, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland (Age 59 years)
	6. James Wilkie Dunsire, b. 15 May 1829, Methilhill, Fife, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
	7. William Dunsire, b. 13 Jun 1831, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 16 Sep 1892, Methil, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland (Age 61 years)
	8. Ann Burt Dunsire, b. 22 Aug 1833, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 10 Nov 1914, 21 Lindsay Square, Methil, , Five, Scotland (Age 81 years)
	9. Margaret Dunsire, b. 18 Mar 1836, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 1876, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland (Age 39 years)
	10. Andrew Keilor Dunsire, b. 28 Jul 1839, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland d. Abt 1880, Burntisland, , Fife, Scotland (Age 40 years)

Family ID F1338 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 25 Oct 2017

Notes

Family #52.
The second of Agnes Nicol’s sons to wed (though not the older) was William (b.1798) , in 1818, to a lady variously named in parish registers as Hannah, Ann or Agnes McBean, or Agnes MacBonn, McBone, McBain, even Bones. You have to realise that in Fife, a ‘bone’ in dialect is a bane: all of these spellings sound much the same. A collier in East and West Wemyss and Methilhill, he ended up as a bleacher in Kirkland. He died 3 September 1864, in Methil, of asthma, age 66. They had ten children: Agnes (b. 1819, m. Andrew Mercer) did not appear in the parish register; then Andrew b.1820 (d.inf.), Janet 1822 (m.John Suttie), Alexander 1824, Mary 1826 (m. John Galloway), William 1831 (m. Catherine Guthrie), Ann Burt 1833 (m. Henry Thomson), Margaret 1836, and Andrew Keilor 1839 (m. Jane McKay). Only the youngest two sons, William b. 1831 and Andrew Keilor b.1839, produced families. Agnes had a colourful life with the Kennoway collier, Andrew Mercer. Through a descendant (Malcolm Holt) a family tree is available (not presented here - see www.skeyltd.demon.co.uk/fife_gen/index.html ]. A daughter (Janet) of Janet and John Suttie later married Thomas Bisset, the brother of Catherine Bisset who married Alexander Dunsire b.1843. (Information from Jim Bisset).

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