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Lena da5 Pirie home duties1,2

F, #18541, b. 1902
Last Edited: 27 May 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
  • (Child) Birth*: Lena da5 Pirie home duties was born in 1902 at Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, .3
  • She was the daughter of John Wood Pirie gardener and Betsy Cairncross.1
  • (Bride) Marriage*: Lena da5 Pirie home duties married Hugh Wilson gardener on 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.2,4
  • Married Name: As of 14 October 1926, her married name was Wilson.2

Census & Directory Entries

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. [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].
  3. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Births, Turriff ; 1902 ref 247/32; no 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].