Helen Watt Pryde - McFlannel

[joelparks]

Kindly seeking info on Helen W Pryde, writer of the radio play and seven books entitled "The McFlannels" which were the kind and funny stories of a Glasgow family. The radio play apparently started in 1939, books were written after WWII.
It is rumored that she lived in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire/Aberdeenshire. There appears to be references to a Mrs Helen W Pryde in the time period on Ancestry.Co.UK in old phone books but I don't have a subscription.
The objective is Biographical info on Helen, as nothing published seems to be out there... Don't know if she is still around.
 
Thank you taking the time to read this!

[Piglet01]

Hello

A free search of www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk brings up only one Helen Watt Pryde death in Scotland from 1855 to 2006. 

I did the SP search following finding an obituary on Google from Jan 25 1955 in the Glasgow Herald for a Helen Watt Renfrew - wife of Walter Pryde.  (If you search using G for Helen Watt Pryde - using 'web' the 5th result will give you the info below).

Possibly the lady you're looking for.  It used to be and still is as far as I know, common for a married lady to have her maiden name on either an obituary or gravestone. 

I've png'd the image, but it's too big to upload.  If you pm me your e-mail address or do the same search as me. 

Regards,  Steve 


The obituary reads:

" PRYDE. -  At 11 Gloucester Place, Edinburgh, on 23rd January, 1955.  Helen Watt Renfrew, dear wife of Walter Pryde  and beloved sister of Catherine Renfrew. - Funeral to-morrow (Wednesday) to Liberton cemetery, Edinburgh; friends desiring to attend please meet at cemetery gate at 3.15 p.m."
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A free search on the ppv site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk brings up only one birth in Scotlands between 1855 and 2006 for a Helen Watt Renfrew.  Born in 1902.  Married in 1931

Her birth entry - available to download for £1.20 from Scotlands People  (min spend £6.00) will give her full d.o.b, place of birth, parents names and occupations and mothers maiden name - and date and place of parents marriage.

Marriage entry - will give both occupations and addresses and parents names.   £.1.20 to download

[joelparks]

Steve,
Thanks for the clue!

[Piglet01]

Looks as though our e-mails crossed there Joel,

I was in the process of amending my original post.

Good luck with your search for info.  Regards,   Steve

[joelparks]

Respectfully, the Ancestry Phone Book listings have been studied.
The listing, as Helen W Pryde is a resident of Forfar, Angus.

[Piglet01]

Hopefully your posting will prompt further responses.  You'll have to wait until next year until the 1911 census for Scotland is out.

As an aside, the are no records of a Helen Watt Pryde birth in Scotland between 1855 and 2006, so it'd appear that she was born Renfrew.

Regards,   Steve 

[kernak7]

 Helen Watt Renfrew was born 9 July 1902 at 30 Centre St, Springburn, Glasgow to William Renfrew, iron moulder and Jessie Gordon Chisholm.  She married Walter Pryde 4 Jun 1931 at 7 Grayton Pl, Glasgow, and was shown as a civil service clerk.
 Walter Pryde was b. 2 May 1897 Alloa to William Walker Pryde and Annie Robertson Dawson.
 Hope this is of use to you, I research Prydes worldwide, and have Hasty and Gatherum in my trees.