Thomas Glass Mackie (abt. 1836 - 1865)

Born about 1836 in Carnbee, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Died 14 Jul 1865 at about age 29 in Crail, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Native of Carnbee, Scotland

Thomas was most likely born in year of 1836 (at Carnbee, Fife) and he was the son of James Mackie and Jane /Jean Herd. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

On the 19th of May 1860 at the age of 24, he married Miss Christian Edie in the Parish Church Manse at Kingsbarns. ^{[3] [5]} Christian was the daughter of John Edie and his wife Mary Wilson. ^[6]

At the time of their marriage, Thomas and Christian's first child was well on the way, and was born just 5 weeks after their nuptials.

Together they had 3 children:.

1. Mary Wilson Mackie (1860-1912)
2. Jane Herd Mackie (1862-1929)
3. James Brown Mackie (1864-1946)

Following traditional naming patterns, ^[7] they named their 1st daughter after her maternal grandmother Mary Wilson. Their 2nd daughter was named after her paternal grandmother Jane/Jean Herd and their 1st son was named after his paternal grandfather James Mackie. Their son's middle name of "Brown" was most likely the namesake of his paternal great grandmother Isabell Broun/Brown.

Crail Harbour

Lobster Pots @ Crail

Thomas worked as a labourer, but changed to a career in fishing sometime after moving from Carnbee to Crail.











Sadly he never got the opportunity to see his children grow into adulthood, nor see them get married. He never knew his children's children - his grandchildren. At the young age of 29, Thomas "Glass" Mackie passed away in a residence on Rose-Wynd in Crail on the 14th of July 1865. The cause of death was Typhus Fever and his father James Mackie was present when he passed. ^[4]

Three days after his death, Thomas Mackie was laid to rest in the Crail Churchyard cemetery, in an unmarked grave - 4 yrds 2 ft N from the NW pillar of Munro table stone. ^[8]

Crail Parish Church and Churchyard Cemetery

Census Records

1841 census of Scotland - Langside, Carnbee, Fife ^[1]

Abstract of 1851 census of Scotland - Baldutho, Carnbee, Fife ^[2]

Abstract of 1861 census of Scotland - Back-Green, Crail,Fife ^[9]

Research Notes

No record of Thomas Mackie's birth or baptism has been found. His year of birth has been calculated from:

1841 Census, official date of Census 6 June 1841
Thomas was recorded as age 4, c.a. 1836/1837 ^[1]

1851 Census, official date of Census 30 March 1851
Thomas was recorded as age 16, c.a. 1835/1836 ^[2]

1860 Marriage, 19 May 1860
Thomas was recorded as age 24, c.a. 1836 ^[3]

1865 Death, 14 July 1865
Thomas was recorded as age 29, c.a. 1836 ^[4]

Scots often named children by following a simple set of rules. ^[7]

• 1st son named after father's father
  
• 2nd son named after mother's father
  
• 3rd son named after father
  
• 1st daughter named after mother's mother
  
• 2nd daughter named after father's mother
  
• 3rd daughter named after mother
  

His full name was recorded as "Thomas-Glass Mackie" when his father registered his death at Crail on the 19th July 1865. His paternal aunt, Marjorie Mackie (1811-1896) married a "Thomas Glass" in 1832 at Kilconquhar. ^[10] and it presumed that Thomas was named after her husband.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1841 census of Scotland, Fife, Carnbee, enumeration district (ED) 3, page 3, Thomas Mackie (age 4); FHL microfilm 1,042,700; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1851 census of Scotland, Fife, Baldutho Village, enumeration district (ED) 2, page 24, schedule no. 90, Thomas Mackie (age 16) in household of James Mackie; digital image, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople  (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 March 2019); citing Census 413/ 2/ 24.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} National Records of Scotland, "Statutory registers: Marriages," database with pay-to-view images, ScotlandsPeople  (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 1 December 2018); digital image, marriage of Thomas Mackie & Christian Eddi or Eadie, 19 May 1860, registered 19 May 1860, Parish of Kingsbarns, County of Fife; citing Statutory Registers no. 441/ 2.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} National Records of Scotland, "Statutory registers: Deaths," database with pay-to-view images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 17 November 2016); digital image, death registration, Thomas "Glass" Mackie, died 14 July 1865, registered 19 July 1865, Parish of Crail, County of Fife; citing Statutory Registers no. 417/ 37.
5. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTPP-T6D : accesssed 01 June 2019), entry for Thomas Mackie-Christian Eddi marriage, 19 May 1860.
6. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYCR-K4W : accessed 3 Jul 2021), entry for Christian Edie, born 11 February 1840, baptised 21 February 1840, father: John Edie, mother: Mary Wilson.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} see: Traditional naming patterns
8. ↑ A.J. Campbell, editor, Fife Family History Society Publication No 32 Crail Burials, 1855-1923 from The Sexton Book, Vol. 2 Leslie - Yule (Fife: Fife Family History Society, 2006), 73.
9. ↑ 1861 census of Scotland, Fife, Royal Burgh of Crail, Back-Green, enumeration district (ED) 5, page 9, schedule no. 52, Thomas Mackie (age 24) head of household; digital image, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople  (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 December 2020); citing Census 417/ 5/ 9.
10. ↑ Kilconquhar Parish (Fife, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 436/4, page 418, Thos Glass-Marjory Mackie, married 26 June 1832; digital image, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 26 June 2018).