George Weaver RITCHIE & Janet REID
Father: George Weaver RITCHIE, (son of John RITCHIE), b. 25 Sep 1799, Forfar Angus
Additional notes for George Ritchie under census . Piece: SCT1841/288 Place: Forfar-Angus Enumeration District: 3 Civil Parish: Forfar Second Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Forfar Second Folio: 3 Page: 6 Address: Duke's Wood
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks RITCHIE George M 40 Linnen Hand Loom Weaver Angus RITCHIE Jannet F 42 Angus RITCHIE Helen F 12 Angus RITCHIE John M 6 Angus RITCHIE Thomas M 4 Angus RITCHIE Peter M 2 Angus THOM William M 18 Linnen Hand Loom Weaver Angus
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The birth record for George shows his mother as Mary Marnoe and father as John Ritchie. . However, due to the time frame, place and his daughter's name there is no denying his relationship to the John Ritchie whose mother is Mary Marnie and whose father is also a John Ritchie.The couple is probably one in the same. This is Thomas Ritchie's brother. . . One of George Ritchie's daughters is listed as Catherine Carnegie Ritchie on a family search file. . Catherine Carnegie would have been his brother's wife or his sister in law. He names this child three years after John Ritchie and Catherine Carnegie are married in 1827 so he must have thought a lot of her.Also naming after in laws is not unusual in Scottish society. In law relationships were often as close as regular brother and sister. There are at least two instances in this family alone where children are named after in laws. The other is Peter Croll McDonald named after Isabel Malcolm McDonalds brother in law Peter Croll who marries her sister Helen Malcolm. Also the Weaver as a middle name for George Ritchie comes from one of his children's birth records, however it must be said that this could be a genuine middle name but it also could have been a misread birth record instead indicating his occupation as most of the Ritchies in this family were linen weavers.
Mother: Janet REID
Married unknown
Children:
- Alexander RITCHIE, b. 18 Jan 1820, Forfar Angus
- Janet RITCHIE, b. 19 Apr 1824, Forfar Angus
- Ann RITCHIE, b. 23 Apr 1826, Forfar Angus, d. 15 Feb 1835
- Margaret RITCHIE, b. 1827
- Helen RITCHIE, b. 10 May 1828, Forfar Angus
- Catherine Carnegie RITCHIE, b. 19 Oct 1830, Forfar Angus
- George RITCHIE, b. 14 May 1833, Forfar Angus, d. 6 Mar 1835
- John RITCHIE, b. 20 Feb 1836, Forfar Angus
- Thomas RITCHIE, b. 28 Aug 1837, Forfar Angus
- Peter McGlashan RITCHIE, b. 9 Oct 1839, Forfar Angus