Thanks to all those that sent me tips on accessing information in Dundee and on car parking, etc. Inevitably, in a short visit, I only managed a fraction of what I had hoped to do, but it was productive and I have a lot of sources to follow up on future trips. The temporary, one way traffic system did play havoc with my timing. The City Archivist was very helpful and I had a good dig through the Kirk Session records for Murroes and Monifieth for the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As always, the holes in the information were at the key dates I was interested in, but I did pick up a scattering of Petrie tit-bits that add to the overall picture, mostly on my own line. There are one or two pieces outside that, for Murroes. >From mortcloth records, Henry Petrie, born 9/5/1733 died in July 1793. Again, from mortcloth records, Alexander Petrie had a child that died Nov 1790. There is no christening record for this child. Margaret Petrie, possibly the one born 1704, was on parish charity for a long period up to 1806 and would have needed it if she lived to 102 years! John Petrie, born 1779, was obviously quite a successful cap maker and paid for a pew over a period of time, including 14/- in 1825, quite a lot of money then. The money went to the poor. The Monifieth Kirk Session was particularly keen on detailed investigation and punishments for "ante nuptial fornication" - lots of juicy gossip there! Unfortunately, the period I was interested in was missing. Went to the Flinders Petrie exhibition at the Burrell which seems to follow his approach of making Egyptology accessible and popular. Have a catalogue which I will bring to the Gathering. Do we know anything about his branch of the family? Jim Petrie, Isle of Wight.

Hi Jim, Pleased to hear you had a nice trip to Dundee, and found a lot of useful information for your research, and that the City Archivist Department was helpful with the Kirk Session records. The Archive Department will be in attendance at our Petrie Gathering in August so we all know now not to miss having a word with them on the records they hold. Many thanks for passing on the bits & pieces of information you found in the Murroes Kirk Session records I was very interested to read the details you found on John Petrie - Cap Maker..... I am sure we have discussed him before....from his death certificate in 1855 it named his parents as David Petrie & Janet Bathie, since his death was registered by his son-in-law....(and son-in-law's are not renowned for getting important family details correct in my experience !!! :o) I have long suspected that this may have been an error and that his father's name should have read "Alexander Petrie"...he would therefore be of your Petrie line. I hope the Flinders Petrie exhibition at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow was interesting too.... I am already in touch with the exhibition organisers who have promised they will send brochures and posters for us to show at our Gathering, as I thought it would be of mutual benefit to both venues. They were very interested to hear of our Petrie Gathering and have since asked if we would be interested in doing a joint press release with them nearer the time !!! :o) Which of course we will do..... !! Unfortunately I and they have very little information on Matthew Flinders Petrie line other than his immediate family, I'll send the known information in a separate e.mail ... as perhaps someone on the list can help us further with this. Cheerio the noo Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Petrie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:38 AM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] ANGUS PETRIES > Thanks to all those that sent me tips on accessing information in Dundee and on car parking, etc. Inevitably, in a short visit, I only managed a fraction of what I had hoped to do, but it was productive and I have a lot of sources to follow up on future trips. The temporary, one way traffic system did play havoc with my timing. > The City Archivist was very helpful and I had a good dig through the Kirk Session records for Murroes and Monifieth for the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As always, the holes in the information were at the key dates I was interested in, but I did pick up a scattering of Petrie tit-bits that add to the overall picture, mostly on my own line. There are one or two pieces outside that, for Murroes. > >From mortcloth records, Henry Petrie, born 9/5/1733 died in July 1793. > Again, from mortcloth records, Alexander Petrie had a child that died Nov 1790. There is no christening record for this child. > Margaret Petrie, possibly the one born 1704, was on parish charity for a long period up to 1806 and would have needed it if she lived to 102 years! > John Petrie, born 1779, was obviously quite a successful cap maker and paid for a pew over a period of time, including 14/- in 1825, quite a lot of money then. The money went to the poor. > > The Monifieth Kirk Session was particularly keen on detailed investigation and punishments for "ante nuptial fornication" - lots of juicy gossip there! Unfortunately, the period I was interested in was missing. > > Went to the Flinders Petrie exhibition at the Burrell which seems to follow his approach of making Egyptology accessible and popular. Have a catalogue which I will bring to the Gathering. Do we know anything about his branch of the family? > > Jim Petrie, Isle of Wight. > > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > To send a message to everyone on this Petrie-Scotland List, our address is > [email protected] > >