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Alexander Anderson (1809-1875), Scotland.

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rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 13 May 2018 09:19

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious but have you tried variations of the surname Witherhead? When you look on Scotlandspeople there aren't many Witherheads but many more Weatherheads for example.

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 May 2018 08:17

There won't be a birth record as bmds in Scotlands didn't start til 1855

The best you can hope for is a baptism or even the parish record of his parents

Have you tried Family Search site

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

BurgessRae

BurgessRae Report 13 May 2018 06:42

I'm presuming "David Anderson in Borland" refers to this hamlet in Dysart, referred to here in 1857:
"Besides the burgh of Dysart, there are also the villages of Pathhead, Sinclairton and Gallowtown and the hamlets of Hackleymoor and the Borland." from 'A Descriptive & historic gazeteer of the counties of Fife, Kinross & Clackmannan', M Barbieri, published 1857.

BurgessRae

BurgessRae Report 13 May 2018 05:14

Thanks in advance for your help. I am trying to track the ancestors of this man. Here is what I know so far:
Alexander Anderson married Helen Thomson on 8 January 1831 in Dysart. The marriage record says Alexander was the son of "David Anderson in Borland" and that Helen was the daughter of James Thomson (I have tracked Helen's ancestors so I'm not needing help with her). The marriage certificate says Alexander was a weaver.
Alexander Anderson died 10 October 1875. The death certificate says he was widower of Helen Thomson, and parents were David Anderson and Helen Witherhead. It says he was 66, so he was born in around 1809. He died in Dunfermline

I am struggling to find his birth record, and his parents David Anderson of Borland & Helen Witherhead.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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