<![CDATA[#OTD 14 April 1824, Helen Mitchell was born to Peter Mitchell and Ann Taylor in Fife, Scotland.]]> 14 April 1824, Helen Mitchell was born to Peter Mitchell and Ann Taylor in Fife, Scotland. There was a start of a christening record in Kinghorn, as if the minister thought the christening would be in that church. The details are not filled in. Instead, Helen appears in a later list in Abbotshall parish (Kirkcaldy) with her three siblings, including my great-great-grandmother. Helen died just weeks before the 1841 census, as revealed in a cryptic notation in the parish records: Petter Mitchels Daughter in the South grave of John Taylers property 6 foot dep.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5c183070-f0cc-4b3c-be58-5edf3d00c88e/otd-14-april-1824-helen-mitchell-was-born-to-peter-mitchell-and-ann-taylor-in-fife-scotland.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:26:35 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 02:42:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #OTD 14 April 1824, Helen Mitchell was born to Peter Mitchell and Ann Taylor in Fife, Scotland. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:57:05 GMT]]>@LJClements8 To the best of my knowledge Scotland didn't have civil records until 1855. It's sad, as the church records for deaths are incomplete and vague.

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