Colin McKechnie
3x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #62, MMMMF)
✓ Sourced record
Born
23 May 1859, Govan, Lanarkshire
Died
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Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Marriage, 1881
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Colin McKechnie 1881 Marriage.pdf
Birth, 1881
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_B1881_692_01_0139Z.pdf
The page also holds entries 415 and 417, which are unrelated.
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of Colin McKechnie and Elizabeth Rennie, 1881
Statutory Marriages 692/02 0075 · South Leith district, County of Edinburgh, page 38, entry 75
Married
25 February 1881, St Thomas Manse, South Leith, after publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland
Groom
Colin McKechnie, 20, Labourer (Iron Shipbuilders), bachelor, 16 Sandport Street, Leith
Groom's parents
Daniel McKechnie, Blacksmith, and Christina McKechnie, maiden surname White (deceased)
Bride
Elizabeth Rennie, 17, spinster, same address
Bride's parents
John Rennie, Seaman (deceased), and Helen Rennie, maiden surname Dickson
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMDate, place and all four parents agree with the tree.
Birth of Helen Dickson McKechnie, 1881
Statutory Births 692/01 0416 · North Leith district, County of Edinburgh, 1881, page 139, entry 416
Born
22 June 1881, 4:30 am, at 20 Sandport Street, Leith
Name and sex
Helen Dickson McKechnie, girl
Father
Colin McKechnie, boilermaker (journeyman)
Mother
Elizabeth McKechnie, maiden surname Rennie
Parents married
25 February 1881, South Leith
Informant
Colin McKechnie, father, present
Registered
29 June 1881, North Leith (registrar signature not legible)
ℹ Born about four months after the weddingHer parents are given as married on 25 February 1881, which matches the date in the tree.
⚠ One Helen or two?The tree has Helen D McKechnie (about 1880) and a Helen McKechnie (about 1882) as separate daughters. This entry is the only Helen born to this couple that has turned up, so the two may be one child entered twice. Check the 1891 and 1901 census households.
ℹ Other entries on the pageEntries 415 (Mary Jane Ross) and 417 (Jane Milne) are unrelated.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 25 February 1881, St Thomas Manse, Leith. Edinburgh
Children