** Stone 262 in the Peterculter M.I. book (compiled by me, sold by ANESFHS) says: To the memory of Alexander Ritchie shoemaker died Culter 2 Dec 1891 aged 80; son Alex. died 1858 aged 21; dau. Helen died 1862 aged 26; dau. Agnes died 1864 aged 24; son James died 1866 aged 20; son William died 1867 aged 25; his first wife Margaret Adam died 1868 aged 54; 2nd wife Joan Grant died 1932 aged 92; their son John died 1934 aged 59, both buried in New Zealand; son Robert died 1950 aged 74 buried in New Zealand. Erected by his widow and surviving sons. There are several other Ritchies mentioned on stones, including a Margaret Ritchie who married a David Ross, and mention on the same stone of James and Margaret Lindsay. Gordon Johnson. > From: Thomaswaskett@aol.com > Subject: [ABERDEEN] LINDSAY, ROSS, RITCHIE of Peterculter and Aberdeen > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c94.544e3c26.38220285@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > My research interest is James Lindsay 1853-1933 a tailor who married > Margaret Adams Ross 1853-1904. > I have found the family in the censuses and bmd records. Where else can I > look for more about them and to try and trace their descendants? Margaret > Adams Ross's grandfather was Alexander Ritchie 1811-1891 a shoemaker in > Peterculter.