Looking for information on the birthdate, birthplace and names of parents of my 3rd great-grandfather David WILKIE or WILKIN. Family tradition states he was born in Dromore parish, Tyrone, Ireland on 17 March 1785. Parents are possibly David WILKIN and Elizabeth KEIR or WEIR. (His Scottish death record was hard to read, so mother's maiden name is one or the other.)
He married Isabella HUNTER (supposedly of Drumskinny in Drumkeeran parish, Fermanagh, Ireland and had 3 children that I know of so far.
1. David Wilkie, Jr. - born 17 March 1785 in Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland
2. Isabella Wilkie - born about 1820 in Ireland
3. William Wilkie - born about 1826 in Ireland
Isabelle HUNTER WILKIE died some time before 1841. I'm not sure if this was before or after the family migrated to Paisley High Church parish in Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. The family is found in the 1841 census of Scotland already living in Paisley. The widowed David went on to marry Mary Cowan and Ann Kerr.
I found a death record for him in Paisley High Church parish records, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. He died 17 April 1862. In the 1841-1861 Scotland census records and on his death record, his occupation is listed as laborer, or thatcher.
Thank you!
~Leann Clark Carroll (Cary, NC, USA)
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