Rannie or Rennie

[renard]

I have posted previously on this subject, but now have a little more information,so hope someone can help, or can point me where to try next

My grt. grt.grt. Grandmother Mary Brown Pickard married James Rannie or Rennie[Mary did have a child Alexander Webster prior to marrying James this child was brought up by Mary's parents]
James and Mary married November 16th 1848 St. Fergus Banffshire
OPR says both of this Parish, I know that Mary was born in Longside.

Son William born January 1849 not sure of exact birth date but baptised on the 7th January, William born in Longside .

1851 census Mary living at King Edward with son William Mary listed as head of the household also listed as married James is not present

Have not been able to find any member of this family on a census after 1851
Daughter Elizabeth born 6th August 1851 Fyvie 
 Mary Anne Dinnes Rennie born 15 February 1868 Millbrex, Jmes was not the father of this child as Mary is now described as a widow.

My problem is that I can find no trace of James can't find him on a census and have searched all the death records on Scotlands people for  James Rannie or Rennie from 1850 to 1868 and nothing seems to fit.

Hope that someone has some knowledge of this family, or can give me an idea of what to try next, as I seem to have come to a dead end.

Jim
 
 

[ev]

Hi Jim 

Looking at the 1861 census records there is a Mary Rannie age 35 with a William age 12 and an Elisabeth age 9 living Fyvie Aberdeenshire
Just looking at the index(SP) so I don't have any other details

ev

[higgsy]

Hi

Also with Mary on the 1861 are two further children John Mutch (7) and Joseph McKay (3) both born Fyvie and both described as Marys sons


Norma

[renard]

Hi Norma,
                 The plot thickens,I have never heard of them, will go and look now
and see if its my Mary.

Thanks
Jim

[higgsy]

Jim

On the 1871 census MAry Pritchard is living at Lethenty Parochial Lodging House with her daughter Elizabeth and daughter Mary Ann Davie (according to Ancestry) All are described as paupers No trace of the boys

On the 1881 census Mary Rennie is described as an ag lab and living at 5 Union Square Inverurie with daughters Elizabeth and Mary A D Rennie.

Norma

[GR2]

The Fyvie parochial board records are in the archives in Dunbar Street in Aberdeen. They could give you useful information about Mary and her family, including, perhaps, information about James Rennie. The Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire Archives website has their catalogue which will tell you whether the poor law books for Fyvie for that period survive. There is an index to the books at the archive.

Graham.

[renard]

Thanks for the info Graham

[ev]

The IGI has Joseph Rennie b. 8th Aug 1857 Fyvie Aberdeen
mother Mary Rennie or Pickard

ev

[renard]

Hi Ev,
             Yes  Joseph is Mary's son Mary is a widow by this time, can't find a birth for the other boy, neither as much Pickard Rannie or Rennie according to the 1861 census he was born in King Edward but can't find birth anywhere
if his age is correct on the census he would have been born around 1853 1854.
One would also presume that Mary was a widow by that time Can only find two deaths for a James Rannie in that time one in Slains in 1850 to soon to be correct one in Fyvie January 1851 just possible daughter Elisabeth was born in
August.
OPR of James Rannies death gives no details of his marital status age has been scored out and the figure 80 written along side.

 After his name what looks like the word fifty is written but its not clear either way quite an age difference from Mary.

OPR of Elizabeth's birth states  to James  Rannie of Gourdas a daughter by his wife Mary Pickard, this may not be the exact wording but is close

Would it not state if James had died prior to the birth.
Please excuse my ignorance, could someone put me right on this.

Thanks in advance

Jim