Hello Karen & Stephen, I'm not seeing any obvious links to your part of the Petrie line but here are some references to my Petries with a Perthshire connection for future reference. Let me know if you come across possible links. David Petrie Arden Hills, Minnesota ================================================================= Alexander Petrie b. 22 Sep 1825 ch. 20 Oct 1825 Haughend of Marykirk, St. Cyrus Parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland m(1). Janet (Jessie) Logie 9 Dec 1854 Parish Church, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 2 Dec 1901 Pitcairngreen, Parish of Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland. Occupation: agricultural labouror, farm foreman, roadman. Janet b. Abt. 1833 Perthshire d. 11 Apr 1866 Hilton, Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Parents: James Logie & Jane Strachan. “Dear Bob [Robert Petrie b. 1946], I was delighted to find your detailed research on the Petrie family on Ancestry.com and to discover that we have a mutual ancestor. Your gggf David (b 1804) was brother to my gggf Alexander (b 1825). Alexander married Jessie Logie and they had Jane, James, Helen and Alexander. James Petrie married Sarah Ellen Edgar, they had three daughters, Frances, Jessie and Margaret. Jessie Petrie married John Lockhart, my paternal grandfather. My maiden name is Lockhart and my middle name is Petrie, named for my grandmother Jessie. Alexander's branch of the family stayed in UK and although I was born in Scotland (Hamilton), my father was in the Royal Air Force and we moved to England when I was about 4. You have made a wonderful family tree and my father (Robert, now 82) is very excited to know so much about his forebears, particularly to know that there are so many now in the USA. Thank you for all your efforts and kind regards from a UK ‘cousin’!” [Christine Petrie (Lockhart) Galley; Bedford, England] =========================================================================== Alexander Petrie b. 3 Feb 1865 Hilton, Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland =========================================================================== Isabella Petrie ch. 1816/17 Parish of Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland m. Alexander Paton 19 Oct 1860 Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Alexander was a "letter carrier"). Marriage certificate: Montrose 1860 page 39 entry 78 Alexander Paton (age 51) widower home address: Carnoustie, Barry, Angus parents: Alexander Paton (handloom weaver) Jane Ross (deceased) Isabella Peatrie (age 43) spinster home address: St.Cyrus, Kincardine parents: James Petrie (farm servant) deceased Isabella Greig (deceased) d. 1 Nov 1865 Hilton, Parish of Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Cause of death: phthisis. Occupation: female servant. Alexander: b. 9 May 1809 Panbride, Angus, Scotland d. 30 Jun 1899 Dundee Street, Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Parents: Alexander Paton & Jean Ross. 1851 St. Cyrus Census District 2 Book 1 Page 4 Entry 24: ISOBEL PETRIE Servant um 34 House Servant, Born Fettercairn. (She was a servant in the house of a James Mather.) ================================================================== Jessie Ann Petrie b. 23 Mar 1886 Leys of Boysack, Inverkeillor Parish, Angus, Scotland m. George Robert Hill 2 Jun 1911 Forresters Hall, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland d. 29 May 1969 11 Muirhall Road, Perth, Scotland Abodes: Angus & Perthshire (various); Kirkton Mill cottar houses at the time of the 1901 Inverkeilor census. "Arbroath 293 - Book 3 - Page 1 Kirkton Mill cottar houses Edward Petrie head widower 48 years agricultural labourer cattle born Kincardine St Cyrus, Jessie Petrie daughter single 15 years born Inverkeillor, James J. Petrie son 12 years scholar born Inverkeillor." [1901 Census - Inverkeilor, Scotland] George b. 14 Oct 1887 Pert Farm, Logie Pert, Angus, Scotland d. 4 Aug 1944 Guildtown, Perthshire, Scotland. Parents: William Hill & Margaret Brown Occupation: farming, ploughman. ==================================================================