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Betsy da4 Pirie1,2

F, #18540, b. 1899
Last Edited: 7 Apr 2024

Parents:

Father*: John Wood Pirie gardener1 b. 1864, d. 9 Mar 1927
Mother*: Betsy Cairncross1 b. c 1866
Relationship:
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson
  • (Witness) Marriage: Betsy da4 Pirie witnessed the marriage of Hugh Wilson gardener and Lena da5 Pirie home duties on Thursday, 14 October 1926 at Surreyvale, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ; 1926 on the fourteenth day of October at Surreyvale Turriff after banns according to the formnms of the Established Church of Scotlland, signed Hugh Willson gardener bachelor aged 29 residing Ardmiddle Gardens Turriff, parents Hugh Wilson retired blacksmith and Elizabeth Ann Wilson ms Shepherd; and signed Lena Pirie spinster aged 24 residing Ardmiddle gardens Turriff, parents John Pirie gardener and Betsy Pirie ms Cairncross; signed WAR Selkirk minister of King Edward, signed J Stuart, Craigling Carnoustie Turriff witness, signed Bessie Pirie Ardmiddle Gardens Turriff witness; registered 1926 October 15th at Turriff signed Alex Kindness registrar

    Wilson Pirie - on the 14th October, 1926, at Surreyvale, Turriff, by the Rev Mr Selkirk, Hugh, elder son of Mr and Mrs Wilson, 20 Balmellie Street, Turriff, to Lena, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Pirie, Ardmiddle Gardens, Turriff.3,4

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household31 March 1901They was listed as a member of the household of John Wood Pirie gardener and Betsy Cairncross 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.2
Member of Household31 March 1911They was listed as a member of the household of John Wood Pirie gardener and Betsy Cairncross 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.5

Citations

  1. [S40] Email from MT [Apr 2024].
  2. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) John Pirie in 1901
    1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
    Gardners Cottage Ardmiddle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [Apr 2024].
  3. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage Aberdeenshire Turriff; ref 247/19; image held [Apr 2024].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Wilson in 1926
    Scotland, NewspaperMarriage Notices
    Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [Apr 2024].
  5. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Census, Turriff ; 1911 ref ??; image held [Apr 2024].