Pittendreigh/Pittendrigh/Pittendrich

[JAP]

Hi yet again Kate,

A free search on SP for the death of an Ann WHYTE, other name PITTENDR* gets just 1 match.

Refining the parameters within the free search gives:
WHYTE Ann
Other name: PITTENDRICH
Death year: 1877
Age: 65

JAP

[KateW]

Hi Pam,
No marriage certificate, just copy of entry in Old Machar marriage register, so no father's name.

Thankyou for looking up the census details for Pittendreighs (and alternate spellings!)  It was worth the search - 1881 census shows George Pittendreigh aged 32 living at 2 Oval Place, Oval Terrace, Croydon.  I have John Ross Whyte (son of Donald Whyte and Ann Pittendreigh living at 5 Oval Place, Oval Terrace, Croydon.  Can I assume this is a cousin?  Is he son of Christian/a and brother of William, Arthur and Alexander?   Was Christian/a married to Ann's brother?  Now how confused am I?  The family connection is undoubtable, I just have to work out who is who!!

Thanks again for your support, time and interest.
Kate

[KateW]

JAP,
Thanks for the SP look up and details of Ann's death. I will record it NOW so it doesn't go into the pile of info & get lost!

Kate.

[KateW]

Pam,
All your census results are brilliant but can you tell me how I can print them off without using too many trees?  Is there a simple way on this site or should I cut & paste & save them?
 
On close inspection, I have found in one you sent me yesterday afternoon, a Margaret P living with her brother in law Peter Davidson and sister Helen at 28 Sumner Road. 
There was a family called Millen living at 49 & 50 Sumner Road, Croydon and their daughter Olive married Sydney Ross Whyte, grandson of Donald and Ann Pittendreigh, which
acts as further conformation, so thanks once again.

Kate.

[JAP]

Hi Kate,

You can register on ScotlandsPeople for free.

The minimum purchase of credits is 30 credits for 6 pounds - pretty reasonable, eh!

Once you've done that you can download the death cert of Ann immediately - it will cost you 1 credit to download the search result (this has to be done first even though you know the answer) and 5 credits to download the actual image of the certificate.

So, in a matter of minutes, you might know the names of Ann's parents!

That, I think, would be well worth doing.

But if you wish to keep on searching, it will be worth your while to read the thread on Optimise ScotlandsPeople Searches (it's all too easy to get carried away and spend and spend ... !) at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,43916.0.html

Have fun,

JAP

[KateW]

Thanks JAP,
I have just registered with Scotlandspeople but had not discovered how much it cost for downloads.   30 credits for £6 sounds good.
Can you tell me why I seem to have 2 different pages for my Pittendriegh queries?  Seem to have posted twice at different places.  What did I do wrong?
Anyway, whatever I did the response has been really good, thanks to you kind people I now have a lot of info to work on and I will try to get Ann's marriage certificate.

Kate.

[JAP]

Hi Kate,

You didn't do anything wrong at all.

You posted on the Sutherland-shire board (where Donald came from and Ann went after the marriage) and on the Aberdeen-shire board (where they were married and where Ann was born).

But the information on the two threads has overlapped which is why there have been cross-references.

Looking forward to hearing whether Ann's parents are listed on her death cert.

Helpful RootsChatters are so keen that it's easy to end up suffering from severe information overload.

JAP

[KateW]

Hi Jap,

I have just found that I have Donald Whyte's death certificate (sent by a cousin) and he died in 1877 on January 8th at Old Machar aged 66 from Tetanus (that's what it looks like!) , so it looks as if Ann must have died soon after.
I see that death certificates had more detail than marriage certs.

Kate.

[JAP]

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I see that death certificates had more detail than marriage certs.

Kate.

No,  Scottish marriage certificates would also have the name and occupation of the father, and the name and maiden surname of the mother, of each of the bride and groom.

But Donald & Ann were married before the start of Statutory Registration in Scotland (1855) so you would not get a marriage certificate - just an entry in a church register.

That is why, for people who were born and married before the start of Statutory Registration, it is great is they survived into the time of Stat Reg and so you can get an actual death certificate with all the info which is on such a certificate.

Looking forward to hearing what is on Ann's death cert re her parents.

JAP