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| Name and surname | When and where died | Sex | Age | Name, surname, and rank or profession of father
Name, and maiden surname of mother |
Cause of Death, Duration of Disease, and Medical Attendant by whom certified | Signature and qualification of informant, and residence, if out of the house in which the birth occurred | When and where registered and signature of registrar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella Durie | 1882, ninth February, 11h 10m pm | F | 76 years | John Blackie Ploughman |
(a) Old age. (b) Bronchitis. twenty days |
Peter Durie, son. | 1882 10th February at Whitekirk. |
| (Widowed) Married to John Durie, Ploughman | Scoughall, Whitekirk | Isabella Blackie MS Unknown |
as certified by John [illegible], North Berwick | 5 Caledonian Crescent, Edinburgh | [illegible], Registrar |
[Obtained online at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk on 9 November 2009.]
Research Notes
Although Peter Durie gave his mother’s parents names as John and Isabella, it is likely that he was mistaken or misinformed. We can find no record of a daughter born to parents of these names in or around 1806. Furthermore, these were the name of his own parents. Peter was one of Isabella’s youngest children and might never have met his grandparents or known their names.
There was, however, one Isable Blakie born in 1806 in Haddington, to parents Robert Blakie and Christian Beaton. Given the naming conventions of the time, the fact that our Isabella named her second son ‘Robert’ and her first daughter ‘Christian’ can be taken as strong evidence that we are looking at the same individual.
Further investigation on this subject is required.