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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: St. Pancras Marriage 1803/Birth 1804/5
« on: Tuesday 16 November 10 03:53 GMT (UK) »
Sorry that was recorded in the OPR as Jean MacRitchie (not Janet as previously reported)
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: St. Pancras Marriage 1803/Birth 1804/5
« on: Tuesday 16 November 10 03:52 GMT (UK) »
PS just found this in the Dunkeld OPR marriages:
Nov'r 25th [1794] James Shade, baker in Dundee, and Jean MacRitchie.
Nov'r 25th [1794] James Shade, baker in Dundee, and Jean MacRitchie.
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: St. Pancras Marriage 1803/Birth 1804/5
« on: Tuesday 16 November 10 03:40 GMT (UK) »
Sorry I have been offline handling other family matters 
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I have the marriage of George McRitchie and Janet Reid (Reed, Read) from the OPRs as follows:
[1773] Novr 6th George McRichie, baker, and Janet Read. (OPR Marriages DUNKELD 349/00 0010 0423). The date is pretty close to that in your handwritten account.
Yes, I have Mary McRitchie as well. She appears in the OPRs as follows: "March 19, [1776], George MacRitchie, baker, had a daughter born and baptized 26th, named Mary" (Dunkeld, 349/00 0010 0220). There is also this note: OPR Marriage Banns Dunkeld 1798: Proclamations:
"Dougal McPhail, private in the 2nd fencible regiment and Mary McRichie of this town" Feb 11, 1798. 349/00 0010 0452. There is no confirmation that the ceremony actually took place, although the banns were read. I have not had much success chasing down Dougal McPhail. But it is interesting that you have her marrying another military man, George Stewart. What is the documentation for that marriage, and where did it occur? I will see if that name leads me anywhere.
RE: John McRitchie, brother of Mary, Margaret and George. I do have the documentation of his birth on 5 October 1784 in Dunkeld (OPR, Dunkeld 349/00 0010 0226). Not much other information though. Where did you run across him?
RE: sister Jean who married George Shed. This is very interesting. I thought it logical to search for a sister named Jean or Jane or Janet, but have not been able to find a definitive OPR documentation of birth. There is only one Jean MacRitchie in the OPR births for Dunkeld, she is listed as born 25th Aug and baptized 27th Aug 1774, (OPR, Dunkeld 349/00 0010 0226) dau of George MacRitchie _____ (illegible) to his grace the Duke of Atholl. It is not clear that this is our same George McRitchie, baker and husband of Janet Reid. There is also a George MacRitchie who is a gamekeeper for the Duke of Atholl and this entry may pertain to him.
I am very encouraged that our information seems to overlap.
Thanks
Gener8or
. I have the marriage of George McRitchie and Janet Reid (Reed, Read) from the OPRs as follows:
[1773] Novr 6th George McRichie, baker, and Janet Read. (OPR Marriages DUNKELD 349/00 0010 0423). The date is pretty close to that in your handwritten account.
Yes, I have Mary McRitchie as well. She appears in the OPRs as follows: "March 19, [1776], George MacRitchie, baker, had a daughter born and baptized 26th, named Mary" (Dunkeld, 349/00 0010 0220). There is also this note: OPR Marriage Banns Dunkeld 1798: Proclamations:
"Dougal McPhail, private in the 2nd fencible regiment and Mary McRichie of this town" Feb 11, 1798. 349/00 0010 0452. There is no confirmation that the ceremony actually took place, although the banns were read. I have not had much success chasing down Dougal McPhail. But it is interesting that you have her marrying another military man, George Stewart. What is the documentation for that marriage, and where did it occur? I will see if that name leads me anywhere.
RE: John McRitchie, brother of Mary, Margaret and George. I do have the documentation of his birth on 5 October 1784 in Dunkeld (OPR, Dunkeld 349/00 0010 0226). Not much other information though. Where did you run across him?
RE: sister Jean who married George Shed. This is very interesting. I thought it logical to search for a sister named Jean or Jane or Janet, but have not been able to find a definitive OPR documentation of birth. There is only one Jean MacRitchie in the OPR births for Dunkeld, she is listed as born 25th Aug and baptized 27th Aug 1774, (OPR, Dunkeld 349/00 0010 0226) dau of George MacRitchie _____ (illegible) to his grace the Duke of Atholl. It is not clear that this is our same George McRitchie, baker and husband of Janet Reid. There is also a George MacRitchie who is a gamekeeper for the Duke of Atholl and this entry may pertain to him.
I am very encouraged that our information seems to overlap.
Thanks
Gener8or
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: St. Pancras Marriage 1803/Birth 1804/5
« on: Friday 29 October 10 09:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Ian55,
I have been chasing down McRitchies in Perthshire for a short time, looking for antecedents of my 4th great grandfather, George McRitchie (abt 1781-1863) who was a baker at Strathallan Castle, Blackford Parish. The record of his death in the statutory registers gives his birth as Dunkeld and parents as John McRitchie, baker (dec) and Janet Reid (dec) (329/00 0025 Auchterader) Interestingly, George was also married to his first wife Martha Trench or French, in London in 1803 -- this marriage occurred at St Saviours, Southwark, London.
When I noticed the similarities with your Constable/McRitchie marriage, I began to look at the OPR births for Margaret McRitchie Constable's children... the Dundee parish births at this time often record the namesake of the child... no disappointment there, William and Margaret Constable's daughter Janet b 21 Oct 1807, was named after "J.Reid, grandmother". ( 282/00 0090 0283 Dundee)
So it is possible that your Margaret McRitchie Constable was a sister of my George McRitchie, and that they were both in London at the same time.
George McRitchie and his wife Martha also moved back to Scotland by December of 1812, when the birth of their daughter Mary is recorded in the Muthill Episcopal Records, and their address is given as North Gate Strathallen House, Blackford Parish, Perthshire. My 3x great grandmother, Margaret McRitchie, and at least 4 other children were born there as well, before Martha died (between 1820 and 1822). George then remarried to Ann Sorley, and he is listed in the statutory deaths as widower of Ann.
I should mention that Georgina Constable is recorded as being named after her maternal grandfather in the OPR births (082/00 0090 0523 Dundee), whereas the father's name as recorded on the statutory death register for my George McRitchie, the baker, is John. It is possible that two McRitchies could have married two J. Reids and had children in Dunkeld. However, it is also possible that the name John was reported incorrectly. William McRitchie, the son who reported George's death, was born about 1817, when his own father was nearing 40, and may never have known his grandparents personally.
Although I suspect kinship, I have not been able to locate records to positively identify the name of the father and siblings of George McRitchie, the baker. My research is conducted from afar, which complicates matters! I will let you know if anything develops, and please let me know if anything turns up on your end.
Thanks-
Gener8or
I have been chasing down McRitchies in Perthshire for a short time, looking for antecedents of my 4th great grandfather, George McRitchie (abt 1781-1863) who was a baker at Strathallan Castle, Blackford Parish. The record of his death in the statutory registers gives his birth as Dunkeld and parents as John McRitchie, baker (dec) and Janet Reid (dec) (329/00 0025 Auchterader) Interestingly, George was also married to his first wife Martha Trench or French, in London in 1803 -- this marriage occurred at St Saviours, Southwark, London.
When I noticed the similarities with your Constable/McRitchie marriage, I began to look at the OPR births for Margaret McRitchie Constable's children... the Dundee parish births at this time often record the namesake of the child... no disappointment there, William and Margaret Constable's daughter Janet b 21 Oct 1807, was named after "J.Reid, grandmother". ( 282/00 0090 0283 Dundee)
So it is possible that your Margaret McRitchie Constable was a sister of my George McRitchie, and that they were both in London at the same time.
George McRitchie and his wife Martha also moved back to Scotland by December of 1812, when the birth of their daughter Mary is recorded in the Muthill Episcopal Records, and their address is given as North Gate Strathallen House, Blackford Parish, Perthshire. My 3x great grandmother, Margaret McRitchie, and at least 4 other children were born there as well, before Martha died (between 1820 and 1822). George then remarried to Ann Sorley, and he is listed in the statutory deaths as widower of Ann.
I should mention that Georgina Constable is recorded as being named after her maternal grandfather in the OPR births (082/00 0090 0523 Dundee), whereas the father's name as recorded on the statutory death register for my George McRitchie, the baker, is John. It is possible that two McRitchies could have married two J. Reids and had children in Dunkeld. However, it is also possible that the name John was reported incorrectly. William McRitchie, the son who reported George's death, was born about 1817, when his own father was nearing 40, and may never have known his grandparents personally.
Although I suspect kinship, I have not been able to locate records to positively identify the name of the father and siblings of George McRitchie, the baker. My research is conducted from afar, which complicates matters! I will let you know if anything develops, and please let me know if anything turns up on your end.
Thanks-
Gener8or
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