Hi Jay, Yes, the birth places are from English census returns. They are well worth looking at as they can give you a lot of information. By the way, "Sidcaret" is how Ancestry transcribed "Sidewick", which in itself is presumably a misspelling of Sedgwick. I am not at all a PETRIE descendant (although I feel a certain affinity because of the similarity to my first name!). Petra -----Original Message----- From: J.M. "Jay" Ingalls [mailto:jay_ingalls@pipeline.com] Sent: 27 January 2016 19:52 To: Petra Mitchinson <petra.mitchinson@doctors.org.uk> Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Petrie in Westmorland Petra, Thank you. Did the birth places come from census records? I have not looked for or used census records from that time period in England. Are you a Petrie descendant? Collect Petrie data? Have your data in a genealogy program? I have data in my Legacy genealogy program on some of the descendants of Robert Petrie and Ann Mitton, will share. Jay On 1/27/2016 5:38 AM, Petra Mitchinson wrote: > The IGI has the baptism on 06 Jul 1818 at Kendal of a Robert PETRIE, son of Robert & Mary. > > His birth place in 1851 is given as Sidewick, in 1861 as Sedgwick, and in 1871 as Kendale or Kendaw, all in Westmorland. > > Sedgwick is only about 3 miles south of Kendal, although in Crosscrake parish. > > There was a marriage on 28 May 1817 in Kendal of Robert PETRIE and Mary ATKINSON, presumably the parents. So if baby Robert was > their first child, they may have been living in Sedgwick but Mary went back to her parents in Kendal to have the baby, which may > have been the cause of confusion about the birth place. > > Petra > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J.M. "Jay" Ingalls via > Sent: 27 January 2016 01:57 > To: ENG-WESTMORLAND@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Petrie in Westmorland > > Looking for any info on Petrie family members in Westmorland. Especially > a Robert Petrie born abt 1819, in Sidcaret?, , Westmorland, England, > died 17 Apr 1874 at Peel Park, Salford, Lancashire, England. May have > committed suicide or was possibly hung by his feet from a tree over a > pond by drunken soldiers who were "having fun", and he died. He married > Ann Mitton, who was born abt 1814 in Horton, , Yorkshire, England. We do > not have a death date or place for her. Robert's father was named Robert > Petrie also, according to the marriage record of Robert and Ann. We have > quite a few ancestors for Ann. > > >