Elsie Pirrie/Perrie/Pirie 1852

[J.J.]

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9nq/c9pir001.htm
An Alexander F. in the 1891, Ont. may be brother Alexander Fyfe

[J.J.]

Oops, just found this to throw a wrench into my own works...
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/ndur76p2.htm...
A marriage for Elspet in 1876...although a little research may still find more
than one marriage...but then she'd have changed her name...
Guess a marriage cert will need to be sent for to settle the matter...

( I think it's only around $7.00 Canadian) but never any guarantees that parents are listed...

[J.J.]

Looking back into the 1871 for the Seymour district that Robert Pirie
was listed as FARMER & BLACKSMITH so it still is looking pretty good all around were it not for above wrench... haha... J.J.

[shearg]

Thanks JJ for all your imput. This will all be very helpful in tracing the family.

shearg

[jstaffor]

I have Elsie Perrie's marriage certificate before me.  She married Obediah Stafford on July 18, 1883.  The location is a farm in North Norfolk, Manitoba: Section 1, township 8, Range 10 but the meridian is not specified.  It may be meridian 1.  This is also her place of residence although the name Wakefield is included.  This may be the name of the farm owner or that of a nearby post office. 
She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.  The names of her parents are John Perrie and Margaret Anderson.  She is Presbyterian.  The groom is Episcopalian and the minister is Methodist.  The witnesses are John Walker of Gladstone and Eliza Towns of Treherne.
The groom is 41 years of age, living in Gladstone.  His occupation is farmer.  His parents are James Stafford and Susan Morgan.  He is listed as a bachelor, not a widower.  I have done some research on this line and I know that he married Elizabeth Booth in 1862 so he is either married or a widower.

[J.J.]

Location belongs to James Perrie who owned the NE (1884) part  of the section:
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e113/e002805864.jpg
& NW (1884 ) part  of the section:  http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e113/e002805839.jpg

also another, SW part of sect 33 / township7 / range9 W1 in 1888: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e119/e002958800.jpg
http://collectionscanada.ca/databases/western-land-grants/001007-100.01-e.php

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... but we are brave souls!  ( perhaps our brains have frozen)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/01/13/record-cold.html

[J.J.]

I see the extracted IGI entry for brother Peter b. March 11 1857 Enzie, Banff, Scot
and submission for a Margaret Pirie b. 1845 Enzie
So James is probably a brother?
so here is James ( born June 9, about 1849 / imm.c.1880 Scotland)  with his family in 1901:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=64288&highlight=37

  Oh, and welcome to rootschat jstaffor, just noticed that you are new to the site! J.J.