Mary Ann (Pirie) Fyvie (1865 - 1921)

Born 29 Dec 1865 in Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Peter Fyvie — married 1885 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1921 at age 55 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

My great grandfather had stated to my aunt Jane Fyvie (Watson) during a 1970s interview of his Scottish heritage that he came to Canada in approximately 1918/1919. The mystery which came to light was that John Fyvie stated that his paternal grandfather was Peter Fyvie and his maternal grandfather was a W.S Maitland and his mother he referred to as Mary Ann Maitland and believed this to be fact as he declared so in 1923 on his marriage license in Toronto Ontario. However records in Scotland (birth, marriage and gravestone of Mary Ann and Peter) list her as Mary Ann Pirie or Adams and not Maitland. John states also that his mother died of breast cancer in 1921 after he had already immigrated to Canada.

Research Notes

Possible birth Canongate is in Edinburgh

• Birth Registration: "Statutory Register of Births"
  National Records of Scotland, Ref: 685/3/569
  ScotlandsPeople (accessed 13 April 2023)
  Mary Ann Perry birth registered 1865 in Canongate, mother's maiden name Grant.

Sources

• Ancestry.ca/marriage, death & census records. Also notes that Mary Ann Pirie is listed on a 1871 Scotland Census record at the age of 5 years old living with her maternal grandmother at the time Jane/Jean Thomson (nee Greig).