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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Ayrshire => Topic started by: barbatalice on Sunday 17 April 11 12:22 BST (UK)
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Two requests for assistance:
1.
Are Patrick DUFF and Peter DUFF the same person?
This is what I have:
1816 Helen HOUSTON married Patrick DUFF St Quivox
Helen HOUSTON & Patrick DUFF had three children George 1816, Margaret 1817 & William 1823 (OPR St Quivox)
Helen HOUSTON & Peter DUFF had three children James 1819, Agnes 1821, Robert 1827 ( OPR St Quivox)
1841 & 1851 census Helen & Peter DUFF living with George, James & Agnes
1861 census Helen widow of Peter DUFF
1867 death of Helen DUFF wife of Peter DUFF
1870 death of William DUFF son of Peter DUFF - William's birth registration says Patrick
It looks to me as if Peter DUFF & Patrick DUFF are the same person
Does anyone have any leads that might shed light on this
2. Peter DUFF/Patrick DUFF died between the 1851 and 1861 census, possibly in St Quivox area, but I can't find his death in OPR or Stat deaths.
Can anyone find a record of his death?
In 1851 Peter DUFF, 70, was living in Newton on Ayr, pauper formerly stonebreaker.
Thanks
barbatalice
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Hi there
"Patrick" often became "Peter" in Scotland , especially in the earlier records; they were quite interchangeable - though in my experience, once an individual started using "Peter", he tended to stick with it, rather than chop n' change. Have come across this quite a bit.
http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/padraig.shtml
"In modern Scottish Gaelic, Patrick exists in several forms: Pádruig, Páruig, Para, and Pádair or Pátair. This last form led to confusion with English Peter, and the two names were often treated as equivalent in the 18th and 19th centuries "
Cheers
AMBLY
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Thanks Ambly
Now the two apparently unrelated sets of info can be joined together
Yee Ha!
Barb
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This is a great bit of info! I too have a Peter/Patrick conundrum from an Irish great great grandfather and was beginning to wonder if it was two brothers who married the same woman!! Thanks.