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  • Where is Peter?

    Peter LAURIE/LAWRIE was the father of Mary and Cathrine. He appears in the 1840 Census, minus his wife Mary McNEIL from Glencairn. Mary, his daughter, appears in a previous census as a servant to a family in Durisdeer, she was abt 13 years of age. She was in her mid thirties when she married Robert McMILLAN. It appears he most needed a baby sitter!! (His first wife died less than one year prior to his marriage to Mary -- he was widowed and had several children). He and Mary married and had Jane Laurie MacMillan DOUGAN in 1876 in Glasgow and later another daughter, who died at a young age. Mary died in 1882.

    Robert and Mary were both born in the Sanquhar area.

    Mary's sister Cathrine LAURIE (a few years older than Mary) was married to Robert GRIERSON, She died in childbirth,1871, in the Parrish of Langh??? in Ayr. Cathrine's marriage certificate showed her father, Peter, as deceased in 1844.

    Trying to find when Peter passed away and where he is buried…there was mention of Dalmakerran…but that’s also a mystery…seems like there could have been two Dalmakerran’s in Dumfries. There was also mention that the LAURIE’s were related to Anna LAURIE..she married in to wealth…Peter was a shepherd and
    possibly born near Tynron and the Shinnel Waters in Dumfriesshire.

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    i assume you've been using scotlandspeople. civil reg began in 1855 for scotland. before that you have parish records, which usually start around 1830. some 18th century registers do exist. it depends what part of scotland your interest is. burial records are mostly non existant before registration. you could look into local cemeteries where he was last seen to see if they have a record. if the death isnt on scotlandspeople, it is most likely that the parish didnt keep records. though, he may have been a non con or catholic, those registers arnt on scotlandspeople.

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    • #3
      Thanks for the info kylejustin - have you ever heard of Dalmakerran??

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      • #4
        googling says it is an actual place. there is thread on them on rootschat too: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index...c,80397.0.html
        must be small then, always in association with tynron.

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        • #5
          Thanks - I'll have a look..

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            mm

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            • #7
              Thanks mm

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