David McGregor
Parents
| Father | William McGregor ( - ) |
| Mother | Elisabeth ‘Betsy’ Thom ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 8 January 2015; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 7679 |
| Name | David McGregor |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 18121, 2 |
| Married | 6 December 1834 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland to Janet Sinclair3 |
| Died | 15 July 1898 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland1, 2 |
| Buried | in Dunfermline Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland1 |
Biography
David and Janet’s marriage is listed in the Fifeshire parish records as follows:3
David McGregor, weaver, Dunfermline, and Janet Sinclair residing there gave their names for proclamation in order to marriage [sic]: being regularly proclaimed and no objections made, their Certificate to that effect was granted.
David is again described as a weaver both on his death registry and in a newspaper biography of his son William. Weaving was a common profession in Fifeshire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and was also a common profession among our McGregor ancestors.
Regarding David and Janet’s first two children, Fifeshire parish records state:4
David McGregor, weaver, Priory Lane, and Janet Sinclair his wife had twins born the 28th December 1835, baptised and the elder named Margaret, the younger William. Witness William McGregor and Robert Miller.
The witness is thought to be David’s father.
David was interred in the Dunfermline Cemetery on 16 July 1898 in lair V178. Two of David’s children, Margaret and William, and a daughter-in-law, Margaret Brown McGregor, are also interred in this and adjacent plot V177 although, curiously, David’s wife Janet is not interred with him. None of these McGregor family graves have headstones, according to cemetery officials.
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Janet Sinclair |
| Born | ca. 1809 |
| Married | 6 December 1834 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland to David McGregor |
| Died | 11 May 1887 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Children | of David McGregor and Janet Sinclair: |
| 1. | Margaret McGregor |
| Born | 28 December 1835 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Died | 14 November 1908 in Stenhousemuir, Stirling, Scotland |
| +2. | William McGregor |
| Born | 28 December 1835 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Married | 5 December 1862 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland to Margaret Brown |
| Died | 13 January 1933 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| +3. | Elisabeth McGregor |
| Born | 25 January 1842 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Married | 28 June 1867 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland to Thomas Fraser |
| Died | 27 January 1933 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| 4. | David McGregor |
| Born | 18 January 1845 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland |
Sources
- Cemetery Record, Dunfermline Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, David McGregor, died: 15 July 1898 in Dunfermline, age 86; interred the next day in lair V178.
- Fifeshire, Scotland, Parish Records, Registry of Death, David McGregor, died: 15 July 1898 in Dunfermline, age 86; father: William McGregor; mother: Betsy Thom.
- Parochial Registers, County of Fife, Dunfermline, m. 1820-1848, Vol. 424-16, marriage of David McGregor and Janet Sinclair, 6 December 1834 in Dunfermline.
- Parochial Registers, County of Fife, Dunfermline, Scotland, B. 1834-1854, Vol. 424-14, Page 79; microfilm 1040105, available at Family History Library, Annandale, Virginia; birth of Margaret and William McGregor (twins) on 28 December 1835; the record names their parents, David McGregor and his wife Janet Sinclair.