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Have sent the image Nicola...let me know if you have any problems.

Kind regards,

Cathy

Yes there is a Hugh Victor birth in KIRKMAHOE /DUMFRIES in 1905 so the death rootgatherer has found must be the right one.

You need to register at scotlandspeople.gov.uk which is free and then buy credts at £7 for 30. 1 credit to find the record and another 5 to view the image which will give you all the details such as parents names, address, cause of death and so on. But if you want to get the certificate you will have to order it for £10 unless it's gone up in price?

Although I'm not sure if you could just give them the details of the death record and get the certificate that way.

1905 MENZIES HUGH VICTOR M 0 KIRKMAHOE /DUMFRIES 835/00 0008

If you pm me your email address I'll download the image and send it to you Nicola unless you want to go for the certificate that is?

Kind regards,
Cathy

What are the numbers after his name and please can you tell me how and where to apply for certs. Thanks

That one makes more sense, named after his father. There is a family connection with Kirkmanoe

Thanks for the deaths, it could be any of them. I will write to my aunt and see if she can give me more information, Thank you

Don't think that it is any of the above. I think he died in Dumfries?

These are the Dumfries deaths - my money is on number 2! Sorry I don't have enough credits to look at it to be sure.


1 1895 MENZIES ---- M 0 MOFFAT /DUMFRIES 842/00 0031
2 1905 MENZIES HUGH VICTOR M 0 KIRKMAHOE /DUMFRIES 835/00 0008
3 1902 MENZIES JOHN M 3 BRYDEKIRK /DUMFRIES 813/0B 0011

Sorry - yes, it seems to be a Masonic Lodge - judging the pictures on that website link.

These are the male deaths in Fife where the deceased is aged between 0 years and 10 years in the period 1900 to 1920

1 1920 MENZIES ----- WANDS M 0 COWDENBEATH /FIFE 410/01 0023
2 1902 MENZIES DAVID M 0 KIRKCALDY AND ABBOTSHALL /FIFE 442/00 0269
3 1918 MENZIES GEORGE M 3 TULLIALLAN /FIFE 458/0B 0035
4 1909 MENZIES JAMES ALEXANDER M 0 KINGLASSIE /FIFE 440/00 0030
5 1899 MENZIES JOHN MCKENZIE M 0 ABERDOUR (FIFE) /FIFE 401/00 0015
6 1909 MENZIES ROBERT STANTON M 0 ST ANDREWS AND ST LEONARDS /FIFE 453/00 0066
7 1906 MENZIES SAMUEL M 0 DUNFERMLINE /FIFE 424/00 0211
8 1910 MENZIES THOMAS M 1 BEATH (FIFE) /FIFE 410/00 0151
9 1919 MENZIES THOMAS M 5 DUNFERMLINE /FIFE 424/00 0560

I know, i found that out a couple of days ago, not quite sure what that is though. Are they Masons?

Did you know that Hugh was a Past Master of St Clair of Dysart 520?

http://www.dysart520.co.uk/master.htm

Rootgatherer, she was a very formidable woman !!

The story of this boy was given to me last week by Janets daughter who is 85 . She said her mother remembers her parents leaving the house crying and seeing a hearse outside, she also said there wasnt much in age between children so I assumed it was John but as you cant find a death then maybe it was Andrew. I told my aunt that I would try and find out his name for her.
I will tell her what you found , Thank you.

An interesting bit about Hugh's only daughter, who died in 2008, from his second marriage can be found here

http://www.grouprelations.com/news-Isabel_Menzies_Lyth-Independent.php


http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Isabel-Menzies-Lyth.3699576.jp

You're welcome Nicky.... but the trouble is I can't find a death for John born in 1904 in Fife or Dumfries???

Hi Cathy
Thats my family. I never knew my aunt was called Janet, we always knew her as Janie. Im thinking that John maybe the birth Im looking for as it was said to be close to Janies.
Thanks for your help Nicky

posting this in case you do not have it
Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, June 4, 1898; Issue 133.

Menzies Nelson At Pollockshields Parish Church on the 2nd inst by the Rev T D W Niven ?? assisted by Rev Norman Macleod , the Rev Hugh Menzies B.D minister of Kirkmahoe Dumfriesshire to Jessie ??holas daughter of Robert Nelson

Hi Nicola,

There is a Hugh (41) and Jessie (37) Menzies living in Dysart / Fife in the 1911 Census with a Margret (11) and Janet E (9)

1 1911 MENZIES JANET E F 9 DYSART /FIFE 426/00 005/00 027

There are 2 male Menzies births in Dysart / Fife between 1901 and 1911
John 1904 and Andrew 1907

Their 2nd daughter was younger than Margaret so their son must have been born c1903

Yes thats them, and its should say Rev