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Title: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 13:33 GMT (UK)

Can anyone help? I am trying to find out the date of birth of my gtgt grandmother Mary Marr Pickard and also would like to find out where she is buried.

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: momo22 on Tuesday 15 February 11 13:39 GMT (UK)

hi
There is a Mary Marr Pickard born abt 1876 in Durris Aberdeen

You don't say if that is her married or maiden name, this is an unmarried girl of 5

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 13:50 GMT (UK)

Hi,

Thanks for the information. I think Pickard was her maiden name and I think she died around 1923 so this could be her..

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: momo22 on Tuesday 15 February 11 13:56 GMT (UK)

Hi again :)

What was her married name? I can try and check her death date
 

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 15:48 GMT (UK)

Hi again,

Thanks for your help.. I think her married name was Duncan.

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: momo22 on Tuesday 15 February 11 15:56 GMT (UK)

Had a quick look I can't find a Mary M Duncan dying at the right date which matches her birth date.  :(
There are lots of Mary Duncans but without an approx place of death it's difficult to choose the right one

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 16:07 GMT (UK)

Hi there,

I can imagine it is a very common name. I know she died in Aberdeen if that is of any help. Can I ask where you get all this information? Is it something I could be checking out myself....

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: momo22 on Tuesday 15 February 11 16:13 GMT (UK)

Hi

I'm using the death index on Ancestry but lots of it is on Free BMD for England and Wales

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: momo22 on Tuesday 15 February 11 16:20 GMT (UK)

As the death was in Scotland it wont be on Free BMD.

Have you looked at Scotlandspeople.gov.uk? It has a free surname search

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 17:09 GMT (UK)

Hi,

No haven't checked that website, will go and do that now.

Thanks for your help.

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: anne50 on Tuesday 06 December 11 00:17 GMT (UK)

Hi Jill,

I Have just noticed your post. Mary Marr Pickard was my Gt Grandmother.  I have done a lot of research on the Pickard family. I can send you the info i have on her if you are still researching her.

Anne

Title: Re: Mary Marr Pickard
Post by: anne50 on Tuesday 06 December 11 00:29 GMT (UK)

Hi Jill, i forgot to say that Mary is buried at Grove Cemetery in Aberdeen. I went there in the summer to see if she had a gravestone, but unfortunately she is in common ground. Her name was written down wrongly as well. They had her as Martha instead of Mary.

Her married name was Duncan, she eventually married George Leiper Duncan i think in 1918 (i would have to check the certificate), and she died in 1925 in Aberdeen from a heart attack.

 Mary had a daughter Georgina, who was my granny, but she died suddenly when my dad was only 2/3 years old. My dad was living with Mary until her death in 1925.

What side of the family are you from? . Hope to hear from you


Anne