Dear Frank and Jamie, I have the 1881 census on CD and have the following:- 21 Arthur Street, Dundee James Petrie age 33 b. Dundee, carter Isabella Petrie age 38 b. Arbroath wife David Craig, age 20 b. Dundee - Bill poster - son Margaret Paris age 12 b. Dundee - daughter James Petrie age 10 b. Dundee - son Mary age 7 b. Dundee - daughter Isabella Paris age 3 b. Dundee - daughter. Hope this helps. - Morag Crossley. Frank & Jamie D'Angelo wrote: > Hello all, > You may remember my Mary Petrie Smith Mystery (see below). I recently found > this info in the IGI. I am quite sure it is not my Mary as the Birth date > doesn't jive. But it may be a cousin etc. If anyone has any connections to > this info please contact me. My FHC centre is closed until the 8th of Jan. > Can anyone do a lookup on the 1881/1891 census?? Thanks in advance! > > Mary Petrie SMITH > Birth: 2 Jun 1874 > Dundee, Angus, Scotland Parents: > Father: Alexander SMITH > Mother: Isabella PARIS > > James PETRIE > Birth: 19 Feb 1871 > Dundee, Angus, Scotland Parents: > Father: Alexander SMITH > Mother: Isabella PARIS > > Best Regards, > Jamie LEES > Windsor Ontario Canada > > Researching LEES, MC/MACDONALD, THOM, MATHEWSON, PETRIE SMITH, CLARK, > KENNEDY In Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar ANGUS SCOTLAND,CANADA and USA > (MI, PA). > > MY MYSTERY > I am researching Mary PETRIE Smith, my GGrandmother and she was a character. > She immigrated to Canada in the early 1900's. She always said she was an > orphan with no brothers or sisters and a gypsy. She said she was from > Arbroath (her obit would have her born in 1888). She met my GGrandfather in > Kingston Ontario Canada, Andrew LEES born in Forfar, Angus Scotland in > 1878. They were married there Apr 11, 1912. I have recently sent for this > marriage certificate. Birth info has been more challenging as Mary SMITH and > Mary CLARK is a needle in a hay stack. And I did not see any Mary PETRIE > Smith's in the Scottish birth indexes. > > The mystery is that on the Ontario marriage index her name is Mary CLARK. I > wondered if she had been married before my GGrandfather. But my grandmother > recently said she thinks the CLARK's were peple she worked for as a servant > and she took their name on because they were so kind to her. Mary's youngest > son has a middle name of CLARK. After my GGrandfather died Mary went back to > Arbroath, her obit reads > > LEES-At Arbroath, Angus Scotland at Arbroath Infirmary on Feb 19, 1971, MARY > PETRIE SMITH, age 83 years of 21 Clova Avenue (The home of her sister Mrs. > Kennedy), beloved wife of the late Andrew LEES, Funeral services in David > Mackay's Funeral Home. Gowan Street, Arbroath on Feb. 23 at 2pm thereafter > to Dundee Creamatorium arriving 3pm. All friends invited. No flowers please. > > ==== SCOTLAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The archives for the list are located here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/scotland-roots > and > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland-roots