Betsy Cairncross¹

Parents:

• (Child) Birth*: Betsy Cairncross was born circa 1866 at Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, .^2,3
• She was the daughter of Alexander Cairncross farm servant and Jessie Mcdonald.¹
• Marriage*: Betsy Cairncross married John Wood Pirie gardener, son of William Pirie farm overseer, on Wednesday, 20 March 1889 at Fordoun, Kincardinshire, Scotland, ; ref 3, 1889 on the Twentieth day of March at Cookieden parish of Fordoun after Banns according to the Forms if the Established Church of Scotland, signed John Wood Pirie gardener journeyman bachelor age 24 residing Newburgh Foveran, parents William Pirie labourer (dec) and Jane Marnoch Pirie ms Wood; and Betsy Cairncross spinster aged 23 residing Cookieden Fordoun, parents Alex Cairncrosss farmer and Jessie Caithness ms McDonald; signed William Anderson minister of Fettercairn, signe William Pirie witness, signed Margaret Cairncross witness, registered 1899 March 22nd at Auchenblae signed Alexander Crammond registrar.^1,3

• Married Name: As of 1889, her married name was Pirie.^1,4
• (Spouse) Death: Her spouse John Wood Pirie gardener died on 9 March 1927 at Ardmiddle Gardens, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ; First name(s)     John Wood
  Last name     Pirie
  Sex     Male
  Death year     1927
  Death date     09 Mar 1927
  Publication title     Aberdeen Press And Journal
  Publication year     1927
  Publication date     11 Mar 1927
  Page     6
  Spouse's first name(s)     Betsy
  Spouse's last name     Cairncross Pirie
  Place     Aberdeen
  County     Aberdeenshire
  Country     Scotland
  Event type     Obituary
  Record set     Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Parish Burials
  Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.⁵
  

Census & Directory Entries

Spouse	5 April 1891	She was listed in the household of John Wood Pirie gardener in the 1891 census at Gardeners Cottage, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, . First name(s)     Last name     Relationship     Marital status     Sex     Age     Birth year     Occupation     Birth place John     Pirie     Head     Married     Male     26     1865     Gardener serv domestic     Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Betsy     Pirie     Wife     Married     Female     25     1866     Wife     Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland Lily     Pirie     Daughter     -     Female     1     1890     -     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland William     Pirie     Son     -     Male     0     1891     -     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland First name(s)     John Last name     Pirie Relationship     Head Marital status     Married Sex     Male Age     26 Age as transcribed     26 Birth year     1865 Birth town     Longside Birth county     Aberdeenshire Birth county as transcribed     ABERDENSHIRE Birth place     Scotland Occupation     Gardener serv domestic Full address     Gardener's Cottage, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland House name     Gardener's Cottage House number     - Street     - Parish     Turriff County     Aberdeenshire Country     Scotland Registration district     Turriff Enumeration district     8 Archive reference     - Piece number     - Folio     - Page     - Schedule     15 Record set     1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Category     Census, land & surveys Subcategory     Census Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland . Lily Jane Wood da1 Pirie and William Cairncross Pirie were also listed in the household.6
Spouse	31 March 1901	She was listed in the household of John Wood Pirie gardener in the 1901 census at Gardeners Cottage Ardmiddle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, . First name(s)     Last name     Relationship     Marital status     Sex     Age     Birth year     Occupation     Birth place John     Pirie     Head     Married     Male     36     1865     Gardener (domestic)     Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Betsy     Pirie     Wife     Married     Female     35     1866     -     Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland Lily     Pirie     Daughter     -     Female     11     1890     Scholar     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland William     Pirie     Son     -     Male     10     1891     Scholar     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Nettie     Pirie     Daughter     -     Female     8     1893     Scholar     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Edith     Pirie     Daughter     -     Female     5     1896     Scholar     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Betsy     Pirie     Daughter     -     Female     2     1899     -     Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland First name(s)     John Last name     Pirie Relationship     Head Marital status     Married Sex     Male Age     36 Age as transcribed     36 Birth year     1865 Birth town     Longside Birth town as transcribed     LONGSIDE Birth place     Scotland Birth place other as transcribed     SCOTLAND Birth county     Aberdeenshire Birth county as transcribed     ABERDEENSHIRE Occupation     Gardener (domestic) Full address     Gardners Cottage Ardmiddle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland House name     Gardners Cottage Ardmiddle Street     - Parish     Turriff County     Aberdeenshire Country     Scotland Registration district     Turriff Ecclesiastical parish or district     Turriff Other household member first name(s)     Betsy, Edith, Lily, Nettie, William Other household member last name     Pirie Archive reference     RG13 Piece number     - Folio     - Page     - Schedule     12 Record set     1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Category     Census, land & surveys Subcategory     Census Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland. Lily Jane Wood da1 Pirie, William Cairncross Pirie, Nettie da2 Pirie, Edith da3 Pirie and Betsy da4 Pirie were also listed in the household.7
Spouse	31 March 1911	She was listed in the household of John Wood Pirie gardener in the 1911 census at Gardens, Ardmiddle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, . 9 rooms with one or more windows, 6 people in household John W Pirie, head, 46, mar, gardener domestic, worker, b Aberdeenshire, Longside Betsy, wife, 45, mar 22 yrs, 6 children born, 6 alive, b Kincardineshire, Fordoun Lily Jane, dau, 21, single, assistant teacher, school board, worker, b Aberdeenshire, Turriff Edith, dau, 15, b Aberdeenshire, Turriff Betsy, dau, 12, at school b Aberdeenshire, Turriff Lena, dau, 9, at school b Aberdeenshire, Turriff. Lily Jane Wood da1 Pirie, Edith da3 Pirie, Betsy da4 Pirie and Lena da5 Pirie home duties were also listed in the household.8