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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: JILLH on Tuesday 15 February 11 13:33 GMT (UK)
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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.
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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
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Hi,
Thanks for the information. I think Pickard was her maiden name and I think she died around 1923 so this could be her..
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Hi again :)
What was her married name? I can try and check her death date
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Hi again,
Thanks for your help.. I think her married name was Duncan.
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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
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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....
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Hi
I'm using the death index on Ancestry but lots of it is on Free BMD for England and Wales
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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
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Hi,
No haven't checked that website, will go and do that now.
Thanks for your help.
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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
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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