Hi again Norma I found this Ann PETRIE in my search and I don't think she's on the Database - Ann PETRIE c. 27 FEB 1745 Kirkmichael, f. John PETRIE m. Isabel MACKENZIE (my granny was a MACKENZIE :o) Also had these entries from my previous searches which show that there were Blairs in the area in the 1800s William REID m Margaret BLAIR 13 JAN 1828 Blairgowrie William REID m Margaret BLAIR 20 JAN 1828 Rattray Janet REID m James BLAIR 5 JUN 1842 Blairgowrie Jannet REID m James BLAIR 4 JUN 1842 Rattray Perhaps you won't be an orphan for long Jill! Hazel

Hi Norma, Hope you have the wine handy! Children of Alexander REID and Annie PETRIE are listed on the Scottish Church Records disc as follows:- - John REID c. 10 JUN 1791 Kirkmichael - Robert REID c. 24 FEB 1793 Kirkmichael - James REID c. 13 MAR 1795 Kirkmichael - Janet REID c. 21 APR 1798 Kirkmichael - Alexander REID c. 15 JUN 1800 Kirkmichael - William REID c. 25 OCT 1803 Kirkmichael I looked for possible birth/christening records in Perthshire for Alexander & Annie and came up with - Alexander REID c. 14 MAY 1769 Kirkmichael, f. Alexander REID m. Jannet MORISON Alexander REID c. 27 MAR 1768 Rattray, f. James REID m. Hellen SANDERS Alexander REID c. 26 APR 1767 Kirkmichael, f. Patrick REID m. Margaret C. Alexander REID c. 18 MAY 1761 Kirkmichael, f. James REID m. Janet STEWART and the only possible Annie Anne PETRIE c. 13 MAY 1761 Kirkmichael, f. John PETRIE m. Elisabeth REID!!!!!!! So, if Alexander c. 18 MAY 1761 married Anne c. 13 MAY 1761 they would both be 28 years old when they married. This seems to tie in with other marriage ages (mid to late twenties). Now, in reply to your query about John PETRIE (spouse Betty ROBERTSON) and Annie PETRIE (spouse Alexander REID) possibly being brother and sister, I found the following children of John PETRIE & Elisabeth REID - - Anne PETRIE c. 13 MAY 1761 Kirkmichael * - John PETRIE c. 2 JAN 1765 Kirkmichael * - Robertus c. 12 FEB 1767 Kirkmichael - Jannet c. 14FEB 1770 Kirkmichael Looks like I may have another brother and sister in the line! Hope that's all clearer than mud. Now something else to confuse you. If Alexander's parents were James REID and Janet STEWART that would mean that my 5th great grandmother on my grandfather's mother's side was a STEWART, well........... my 5th great grandfather on my granfather's father's side was also a STEWART (AAAAAAAGH! NOT ANOTHER TWO!) I can feel the hair growing on the palms of my hands as I type (my father used to tell me that was the first sign of madness). I think I'll give up genealogy for a while, my head can't cope, and I still don't know where Heather and Karen's Alexander fits it. Byeeeeee, Hazel :o)

Hi Karen, Have come across a couple of Marriage Certificates for you .... Marriage Certificate Ref: 1869 INVERKEILLOR Page 3 Entry 6 (source Scottish Records Office) On 21 September 1869 at Burnside of Boysack (after banns of the Original Secession Church) JOHN PETRIE Farmer Bachelor age 38 of Douglasmuir, Parish of Inverkeillor Parents: WILLIAM PETRIE - Master Baker - deceased MARGARET PETRIE ms STARK - deceased JANE BEATTIE Farmer Daughter (at home) Spinster age 33 of Burnside, Parish of Inverkeillor Parents: DAVID BEATTIE - Farmer - deceased AGNES BEATTIE ms SUTTIE - deceased Witnesses: JOHN D.W. BLACK JAMES BEATTIE ********** Marriage Certificate Ref: 1855 Tradeston, GLASGOW (644-9) Entry 123 (source Scottish Records Office) On 5th June 1855 at 35 Paterson Street, Kingston, Glasgow (after banns of Established Church of Scotland) JAMES STARK JOPP Mate in the Merchant Service of 35 Paterson Street, Kingston, Glasgow age 21 born & registered 28 December 1833 at Greenock Parents: JAMES JOPP - Ship Master M.S. MARY JOPP ms McGOUN AGNES PETRIE of 35 Paterson Street, Kingston, Glasgow age 17 Spinster born & registered on 17 April 1838 at St. Marys, Newington, England Parents: WILLIAM PETRIE - Baker - deceased MARGARET PETRIE ms STARK Witnesses: D. MacALPIN JAMES JOPP ************* We have been unable to find evidence to prove that William Petrie (spouse Margaret Stark) was son of your William Petrie & Helen Shepherd, However from the gravestone inscription in Newmonthill, Forfar we know that 2 of John Petrie & Jane Beattie's children are buried with your William Petrie & Helen Shepherd, which would infer a family connection.... Details from the other certificates of William Petrie (spouse Margaret Stark) children...note that William Petrie was a Baker in Forfar and then in London, England and the discovery of the above previously unknown daughter AGNES and her birth details, would appear to confirm this further.... Hope it's of interest.... Cheerio Norma

Bob Rix has given me his "Petrie" information and would be delighted to hear from anyone who can recognise "Jean Petrie" from the limited data he can supply. "Jean Petrie married William Armit on 9 November, 1744. William was born on 24 July, 1720 at Kilconouhar, Fife. They had 4 known children, David, Andrew, William and Euphame, all born at Dunino, Fife between 1749 & 1755." As Bob is not on e-mail, please direct any replies to me and I will send them to him via "snail mail". Greetings to you all. Bruce . Cornubia, Queensland, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Yuke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 3 February 2001 7:32 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Re: Researchers in Australia > Hello Norma & everyone, > > In a recent Aust. Family Tree Connections Journal a Mr R. Rix, 51 Sydney St, Redcliffe, Qld. 4020, Aust was searching for PETRIE - 1700+ All Fife, some other names in Mr Rix's research are:- > ARMIT - Inverkeith, Fife > MELVILLE - " " > COOPER - All Fife > COUPER " " > LAUCHLAN - Pt Glasgow > MARSHALL " " > PEARMAN Qld Aust > POWELL 1820 Brisbane, Qld > ROSS Pt Glasgow > ROSS All Qld. Aust. > SLATER Leith MLN, Sct > I hope someone will be helped by the above. > ********************************************************** > > Regards from Colleen in wet & windy Queensland > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > Checkout the Petrie Querie Board & Petrie Resource Page on the WWW > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pet/Petrie Bruce & Murielle TAYLOR

Hi Hazel, Many thanks for this new information which brings yet another Petrie connection into your family !! :o) ....I had a look on the database and to date all I have on ANNIE PETRIE & ALEXANDER REID at the moment is their marriage date from IGI......15 August 1789 @ Kirkmichael, Perth. Cannot get onto the on-line IGI to get a list of their known children ....do you have them ?? Although I do find I have death details for one of their sons.... Death Cert Ref: 1864 KIRKMICHAEL (page3 entry 7) JOHN REID married to BETSY MORRISON Farmer of Croftmire, Kirkmichael died 19 APRIL 1864 age 73 YEARS parents ANNE PETRIE/ALEXANDER REID Died at 3.45 pm of Disease of Bladder (some years) his death was registered by his son Alexander Reid ********** >From info we have already found, the above John Reid was brother to Alexander Reid (spouse Ann McDonald) and Uncle to John Reid who married your Elisabeth Petrie in 1860, (whose respective sister & brother George Petrie & Margaret Reid had also married in 1858....) and since John & Elisabeth's marriage certificate stated they were 2nd cousins (as were then George & Margaret !!) Does this then suggest (if the 2nd cousin connection was through the Petrie line) that their grandparents John Petrie (spouse Betty Robertson) and Annie Petrie (spouse Alexander Reid) ...were brother & sister ?? Or am I barking up the wrong "tree" altogether ?? :o) Phew !! It took two large glasses of wine to work that out !!! :o) Can you tell ?? :o) You'll have to persuade your cousin from Alyth to come join us.... out of curiosity I had a quick look in the database for Petrie/Long connections, and find the only one I know of at the moment in this area.....is from my own Petrie tree !! :o) I have William Petrie married Agnes Burgess Long in 1936.. Cheerio the noo Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: Hazel Harris Garside <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] REID, PETRIE, MCDONALD Connections > Hi Norma and Heather (Richardson) > > I've managed to go another generation back with my family tree which may > link me in to other people by another name as well as PETRIE. > Already had Alexander REID m. Annie MCDONALD 20 NOV 1825 and now have their > parents - > Alexander REID and Annie PETRIE (does anyone have any further info on this > Annie?), James MCDONALD and Marjery MCINTOSH. > > Heather, do you have a note of the parents of your Thomas MCDONALD, he could > be Annie's brother? > I see Caroline also has MCINTOSH in her line. > > I'm getting more and more confused! > Bye for now, > Hazel > > P.S. I'd love to get my cousin from Alyth to subscribe to the list, it > would really baffle her. Her PETRIE line is the same as mine, but she > married a local MCDONALD (I've yet to check for connections, really looking > forward to finding some so I can wind them up) and her maiden name is LONG > which also has PETRIE connections! > > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > The Petrie of Scotland database, currently stands at just over 14,000 > scots born Petrie's....look ups & searches available, all information freely given and gratefully received [email protected] > >

Hi Norma and Heather (Richardson) I've managed to go another generation back with my family tree which may link me in to other people by another name as well as PETRIE. Already had Alexander REID m. Annie MCDONALD 20 NOV 1825 and now have their parents - Alexander REID and Annie PETRIE (does anyone have any further info on this Annie?), James MCDONALD and Marjery MCINTOSH. Heather, do you have a note of the parents of your Thomas MCDONALD, he could be Annie's brother? I see Caroline also has MCINTOSH in her line. I'm getting more and more confused! Bye for now, Hazel P.S. I'd love to get my cousin from Alyth to subscribe to the list, it would really baffle her. Her PETRIE line is the same as mine, but she married a local MCDONALD (I've yet to check for connections, really looking forward to finding some so I can wind them up) and her maiden name is LONG which also has PETRIE connections!

Hello all Petrie listmembers. My aunt and I are presently researching our family tree. My great-great-grandmother, Catherine Petrie, born abt 1850 to George Petrie and Elizabeth Campbell. They were all born in Wick, Caithness Scotland. Catherine married Andrew Moyes/Moise in Ketlle, Fife, Scotland. I have not found any siblings of Catherine, or dates for her parents. This is all the Petrie information i have at the moment, hoping to find some connections to other descendants of George and Elizabeth. I'm also wondering if there is an archive of previously posted messages. Best of luck to all Stephanie D'Avolio (nee Miles)

Dear Norna and friends I have the following in my ancestry and so far have been unable to trace the Petrie connection. I would be most grateful for any help. William Pertie Austin born March 27 1861 in Aberdeen. His parents were Robert Austin and Mary Ann Ford William a House Painter living in Ballater married Jane Gillanders on November 6 1889 in Aberdeen. He married a second time to Maggie Gillanders. William died on September 18 at the home of his niece Jane Pirie in Aberdeen. William Petrie Austin was born March 8 1885 in Aberdeen. William was a mate on a Trawler out of Aberdeen. He never married and died on February 15 1972 in Aberdeen. Charles Ewen East Kilbride, Scotland.

Thanks to all regarding the where abouts of "Old Machar".. Brian

Sorry Norma forgot to give you the children of Jean Petrie (dau of William Petrie and Ann Dick) and James Reid. Found on the LDS IGI site. Parents Jean Petrie and James Reid (Jean also listed as Jane on two of the births) William Reid brn 2 Dec 1855 St Nicholas. Alexander Oggston Reid brn 1 Feb 1865 Ann Reid brn 13 Jul 1860 Old Machar George Reid 19 Aug 1862 St Nicholas Agnes Jane 1 Feb 1865 St Nicholas Robert brn 1 Jun 1867 St Nicholas. Katherine

A great big thank you Norma for finding the marriage cert for me. By using the information of the witnesses names here is more information not sure how they connect though.(Ramsay could be a cousins husband ??) >From the marriage cert of Jean PETRIE and James REID 17th February 1855. St. Nicholas Aberdeen. Witnesses WILLIAM RAMSAY and Samuel Wood. William RAMSAY married JANET PETRIE 18th Jan 1847 in Auchterhouse Angus Scotland. children of William Ramsay and Janet PETRIE JAMES RAMSAY brn 15th April 1847 Auchterhouse George Howie Ramsay 4th March 1859 Lasswade Midlothian Scotland Helen Georgina Wetherburn Ramsay 1st dec 1853 Lasswade Midlothian Scotland. Parents of JANET (PETRIE )Ramsay found on LDS IGI search; JAMES PETRIE( brn 27th August 1785) wife Elizabeth DUNCAN their children:- EUPHAN ARCHER Petrie brn10 OCT 1820 Auchterhouse Angus ANDREW Petrie brn 12 Feb 1822 Auchterhouse Angus JANET HELEN ESTON Petrie brn 23 Jan 1825 Auchterhouse Angus MARY OGILVY Petrie brn 14 JUL 1828 Tealing Angus William Petrie brn 14 Jul 1828 Tealing Angus Elizabeth Petrie brn 18 Jan 1836 Tealing Angus Going by places of birth and the eldest daughters fist name, James Petrie brn 27th August 1785 parents: Andrew Petrie and Euphan Archer. also found daughter Elspat Petrie brn 1 March 1804 at Auchterhouse Angus. Did not find any Petrie connection with Samuel Wood the other witness at Jean Petrie`s marriage to James Reid. But I did find this: James Reids` mother was a BARNETT so I checked it out: There is a marriage for James Petrie and Isabella Barnett 15th Dec 1839 Cluny Aberdeen. James and Isabella had the following children: now these dates came from the IGI search at the LDS (so could be christenings as well as birth even though it just said born) all born in Old Machar Aberdeen ISOBEL Petrie 24th Jan 1843 MARY 18th Jan 1849 ISOBEL 24th Jul 1843(must be a double entry?) JAMES 18April 1846 MARY 18Jun 1849 (another double entry?) JOHN 30th Dec 1851 ELSPET 15 JUL 1853 Sorry it is so long but thought I would pass on this information in case it helps some one else. Thank you once again Norma for finding Jean`s marriage cert. it is much appreciated could not have got as far as I am without your help. Katherine

Norma, I cannot find any death records for Mary Anne PETRIE in Rhode Island, where her daughter settled in the United States. The mystery continues! Pam Greenway Dallas, Texas, USA Searching: Petrie, McLaren, Ferguson, Peebles: Scotland Smith and Jane: England Schupp, Riesterer, Metzner, and Dohrman: Germany Winters: Ireland Lambe, Greenway, Metz, Lehardy: ?

Hi Katherine, I had a looked out this marriage certificate for you today, and your efforts at searching for matches using marriage witnesses has been well worthwhile !!! She is a previously unknown daughter of your William Petrie & Ann Dick..... :o) Marriage Certificate Ref: 1855 Saint Nicholas, ABERDEEN Entry 41 (source Scottish Records Office) On 17 February 1855 at Aberdeen (after banns of Free Church of Scotland) JAMES REID Saddler of 6 Carmelite Lane age 25 years Bachelor born Alford Parents: WILLIAM REID - Farmer ANN REID ms BARNETT JEAN PETRIE of 6 Carmelite Lane age 26 years Spinster born Aberdeen Parents: WILLIAM PETRIE - Copper Plate Printer ANN PETRIE ms DICK Witnesses: WILLIAM RAMSAY SAMUEL WOOD ********* Many thanks too for the Petrie/Sutherland birth info.... Cheerio Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: k.blake <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 9:51 AM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] PETRIE---SUTHERLAND > > > Norma thank you for the marriage information on Agnes PETRIE`s marriage to William Sutherland. > > I did a search on the I.G.I and found one son for them so far: > JAMES LAING SUTHERLAND brn 15th February 1861 St. Nicholas Parish. > > James Laing was one of the witnesses for the > marriage of Agnes Petrie and William Sutherland. > Also found that James Mitchell Laing married a Jane Reid which is also related to the other witness James Reid. > > found this marriage; > > JEAN PETRIE married JAMES REID > 17th February 1855 St Nicholas Aberdeen > > > Also found this birth which may help someone else on the list. > > mother: ELIZABETH PETRIE > father: PETER JAMES SUTHERLAND > son: JOHN SINCLAIR SUTHERLAND > Brn; 8TH DEC 1866 > St. Nicholas Aberdeen. > Batch C111681 1855-1867 Source 6035516. > > Wondered if anyone on the list have these people in their family tree to help me find a connection between Agnes Petrie and Jean Petrie > or Reid and Sutherland lines. > > > Thank you once again Norma for all the information and assistance you have given me. > > Katherine > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > Need Assistance.... > your Petrie-Scotland List Administrator is Norma Thain... > contact her at [email protected] > >

Hi Brian I have a copy of The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers which contains the pre-1832 parish maps for England, Scotland and Wales. The map for County Aberdeen shows the parish of Old Machar at the very bottom right hand corner of the County. The southern boundary of the parish seems to have followed the River Dee so according to my reckoning, Old Machar ran along the northern bank of the Dee for 3-4 miles and northwards up the coast for another 4 miles. It bulges inland a little at the top lefthand side to join the parish of New Machar. It's difficult to align these old maps with a current road atlas of the area but a rough guide of the boundaries (according to Allan !) could be the following present day locations. Bottom RH - mouth of the Dee Bottom LH - Town/village of Peterculter Top LH - Town/village of Newmachar Top RH - Town/village of Belhelvie I don't have a book copier but am about to buy a scanner so will be able to send you a copy shortly. Regards Allan Top LH - New Machar ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian.S.Leighton <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Old Machar > David Petrie married Margaret Porteous in Old Machar on Friday 17,Nov,1815 by Mr Rob Milne, Elder. could anyone tell me where "Old Machar" is (was) ??. I found New Machar in the county of Aberdeen but cant find Old Machar.. Brian > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > If you need to Unsubscribe from this list please send an e.mail to our utility address at [email protected] and type the one word unsubscribe in the message box. (Mail mode users only) >

Hi Caroline, I kindly received the following 1851 census details on your Robert Petrie & Janet Stewart of Kirkmichael, from a researcher who was listing some 1851 census info on another mailing list. Cheerio Norma > 1851 Census - Kirkmichael, Perthshire > BALINTOMB > PETRIE ROBERT HEAD M 54 SAWYER PER KIRKMICHAEL > PETRIE JANNET W M 50 MOR ABERNETHY > PETRIE ELISABETH DAUG U 25 HOUSE SERVANT PER KIRKMICHAEL > PETRIE ROBT SON U 23 AG LABOURER PER KIRKMICHAEL > PETRIE CHRISTIAN DAUG U 11 SCHOLAR PER KIRKMICHAEL > PETRIE MARGARET DAUG U 8 SCHOLAR PER KIRKMICHAEL > NICOLL JESSIE NIECE U 1 PER KIRKMICHAEL > > My pleasure to help Norma. > Slainte! > Liz > -- > (From Lanarkshire, Scotland living in California) > http://www.geocities.com/~druidprincess/ >

Hello Pam, Many thanks for this additional information, your 1881 census details for the McLAREN family certainly seem to have helped you find new info. With regard to the MARY ANN PETRIE who you found in the 1881 census at Arbroath, through her address and age I believe this may be MARY ANN SMALL widow of WILLIAM PETRIE from Arbroath, they married in 1851...although I need to find further info to prove for sure that this is her. We know from details on your Mary Ann Petrie's marriage certificate to John McLaren in 1864 that her father WILLIAM PETRIE was deceased and her mother MARY ANN FERGUSON was apparently still alive. I checked back my wee note book for my SRO visits and find that I have tried a search for you using the surname cross reference facility for married women for a Petrie/Ferguson death in Scotland through from 1855 till 1930... with no death found. This may indicate that she has died outside Scotland or she has re-married and her Petrie marriage has not been recorded on her death certificate, so does not show up in the index. Since you know the McLaren family returned to America, could her Mother have gone with them ?? Cheerio Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:30 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Some New Wee Bits of Information > Norma, > > For your files, I have located another child to the John McLAREN/Mary Ann > PETRIE marriage and some small tidbits of information: > > Found on the 1881 Census that a kind soul looked up for me via the Angus > GenWeb site: > Dwelling: 14 N Ersking Street, Dundee, Forfar, Scotland > (Name, marital status, age, sex, birthplace) > Mary Ann McLAREN W 38 F Broty Ferry, Forfar, Scotland Head, Occ: Jute > Weaver **I know she was not a widow as other children were born to this > marriage up to 1888 - maybe John was in America at the time of the census. > Thomas McLAREN U 15 M Dundee, Forfar, Scotland Son, Occ: Rivetter > Robert McLAREN 8 America Son, Occ: Scholar > Mary Ann McLAREN 2 F Dundee, Forfar, Scotland Daughter > > New bits of information: > 1) Birthplace for Mary Ann McLAREN ms PETRIE > 2) Found Robert! My Aunt remembers an "Uncle Robert" but I could never find > him. With him listed as 8 his approximate birth year would be 1873 - > interesting that it was in America. That means that they were in America in > 1873 for his birth and back in Dundee in October of 1874 for the birth of > Martha Beattie. > 3) Mary ANN McLAREN, instead of Mary Petrie McLAREN as we knew her. Also, > records of birth, death, etc. in Providence list her as Mary P. McLaren. > Maybe the census person picked up Mary Ann as that was her mothers name.... > Also, we now know she was born in Dundee! > 4) My Aunts' and grandmothers' recollection of the family was two boys, > Mary, and two other boys. Given this 1881 census all the other children born > prior to 1879, besides Thomas and Robert, must have died -- which fits the > recollection. > > ONE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION > > Also in the 1881 census, a Mary Ann PETRIE was found - this could be the wife > of William PETRIE, but I don't know how to go about figuring it out. > > The information: > Dwelling: 12 Dishland Street, St Vigeans, Forfar, Scotland > Mary Ann PETRIE W 56 F Arbroath, Forfar, Scotland Head, Occ: Pauper > > > Maybe Mary Ann Petrie McLAREN returned to Scotland because her mother was in > ill health? The next child born to John and Mary Ann Petrie McLAREN was John > in 1883 in Providence. That would give me a narrower window to look for > death records for this Mary Ann PETRIE. Do the death records in this time > period give spouse's name or children's names so that we can tie them back? > > Any suggestions as to where I can look next? > > Pam Greenway > Dallas, Texas, USA > > Searching: > Petrie, McLaren, Ferguson, Peebles: Scotland > Smith and Jane: England > Schupp, Riesterer, Metzner, and Dohrman: Germany > Winters: Ireland > Lambe, Greenway, Metz, Lehardy: ? > > > > Dallas, Texas, USA > > Searching: > Petrie, McLaren, Ferguson, Peebles: Scotland > Smith and Jane: England > Schupp, Riesterer, Metzner, and Dohrman: Germany > Winters: Ireland > Lambe, Greenway, Metz, Lehardy: ? > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > Need Assistance.... > your Petrie-Scotland List Administrator is Norma Thain...contact her at [email protected] > >

Hi there Brian Old Machar is part of Aberdeen, for full details of all places in Scotland go to the Scots ORIGINS site at http://www.origins.net/GRO/ and click on places, Aberdeenshire this site is free it also gives lots of other good infornation regards George Invercargill NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian.S.Leighton <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 2:19 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Old Machar > David Petrie married Margaret Porteous in Old Machar on Friday 17,Nov,1815 by Mr Rob Milne, Elder. could anyone tell me where "Old Machar" is (was) ??. I found New Machar in the county of Aberdeen but cant find Old Machar.. Brian >

Hi Trevor Welcome to the list. This a very friendly list and I'm sure you will get all the assistance possible. Yes, Norma is a great help to us all. Unfortunately I'm unable to offer any assistance at this stage, but you never know. Cheers for now Gavin Trevor Cameron wrote: > > Hello All > > My name is Trevor Petrie and I have just started a search for family history > and came across the Petrie's list. I am very grateful to Norma Thain for the > opportunity to share some information and hopefully glean some for my own > use. :0) > > > > -- Gavin W Petrie 64 Sunnyhills Ave. Glenview Hamilton 2001 New Zealand - - - - - - - - - If you are interested in 'Immigrant Shipping to New Zealand' between 1835 and 1910, pay my web site a visit at:- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Forest/2925/shipstonz.htm

Hi to all of you out in the land of researching, I am trying to gather information on my Mother's family My mother's father was Josephus Matthew Deane. Her mother was Emma Maria Deane (nee Clark). My G'father's profession was a Copper Plate Printer. My G'mother Emma lived at 24 Britannia Gardens, Hoxton Old Town. This information came from my Mother's Bith Certificate. My Mother's name was Mary Ann Deane b. 21 May 1895 in Shoreditch Hoxton Old Town the County of London. Her birth was registered 4 July 1895. E.T. Pearce was the Registrar. If anyone has any information, I would appreciate your comments. James Petrie Aldergrove B.C. Canada.

Hello All My name is Trevor Petrie and I have just started a search for family history and came across the Petrie's list. I am very grateful to Norma Thain for the opportunity to share some information and hopefully glean some for my own use. :0) As I am working back from my own birth this the very basic information that I have at the moment so it will appear sketchy in the extreme. I am eldest son of Andrew Cameron Petrie and Elizabeth Murray Hynd Petrie nee Webster. They were married in Dunfermline 0n 15th June 1957. My father was born 11th November 1934 in Cowdenbeath,Fife, youngest son of Johnathan Petrie and Helen Petrie nee Cameron. He had a brother, Frank (Frances) who became an electrician in Kelty, two sisters, Reta who emigrated to Australia, married and settled in Melbourne(?) and Anna who married a plumber, Jim Grieg and lived in North Queensferry until his death but is currently in Rosyth. The family used to live at 146 Moss side Road in Cowdenbeath. Johnathan died in the mid 1970s but during his life he had been a variety of jobs. As colourful local character, he was known as 'Chum' Petrie, was fond of his beer and he used to do the laundry for the Cowdenbeath football club, drying the kit in the ovens of the bakery he worked in, Helen had been in service during her early years and died in mid 1990s. I have a number of photographs which have been supplied but dates are lacking in a number of cases. However if anyone can use the information I am supplying please do so and I would appreciate any background links with this as well. Just for the record Andrew and Betty Petrie are living in Zimbabwe now having managed to get all offspring to leave home at last! I am trying to get a copy of my grandparents marriage certificate and othere related details and hopefully this should help further down the line? I would also appreciate any hints as I am a new boy at this sort of thing. Thank you Trevor Cameron Petrie _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.