Can you help? Costa Rican seeking Phillips family roots in Inverkeithing
20 January, 2012FROM INVERKEITHING TO COSTA RICA
Hello, my name is Marco Phillips and I’m writing to you from Costa Rica, a small spot in Central America, just a little north from Panama. In April I’ll be travelling to Scotland for the first time, with my wife and kids. The main reason for this trip is that, after a 23 years research, a cousin, who happens to be a genealogist, published the history of our family, tracing our roots back to our ancestors in Fife, Scotland. It was our dream to go there and visit the country, but we didn’t have any reliable information about our family until now. We finally have an specific place to visit, Inverkeithing, from there, more than a century and a half ago, the Philps, later changed to Phillips, departed with their children to América, in a 5300 miles journey, all the way to this country.
This is the most relevant data I have about my family in Scotland:
Husband: Andrew Philp
Birth: August 07, 1790, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Christianization (baptism): August 21, 1790, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Marriage: July 27, 1814 Rosyth, Fife, Scotland
Wife Isabel Hoey (Hoy)
Birth: June 24, 1792, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland
Marriage: July 27, 1814, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland
Sons:
David Philp
Birth: 1823 Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Death: 1885, Scotland
Andreu Philp
Birth: January 29, 1824, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland,
Married to
Ann Low Taylor
Birth: November 26, 1835, Lochlee, Angus, Scotland
Robert Philp
Birth: April 22, 1829, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Magdalin Philp
Birth: November 27, 1831Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Andreu and his wife, Ann, came to Costa Rica in 1862. Andreu changed his name to Andres Phillips giving origin to our family, now there’s more than five hundred Phillips living in Costa Rica. These are the photographs of Andreu and Ann:
I know it’s almost impossible but we really appreciate if somebody could give some information about any relatives still living in this area, or any information about the town or just if you want to meet us there. It’s strange but in some way we fell like we’re going back home.
Thank you
Blessings
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