Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Surname/tag: Buchan, Duthie

Contents 1 Two Couples named Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie 1.1 Marriage 1.2 1841 census 1.3 1851 Census 1.4 Deaths 2 Sources

Two Couples named Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie

There were two couples named Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie recorded at St Combs, Aberdeenshire on the 1841 census.

On the transcribed 1841 census on the now archived St Combs site, The Village Of St.Combs History Page,^[1] the couples were noted as:

• "Peter Buchan... (Peter Balones Peter)" and "Elizabeth Buchan... nee Duthie (Betty Crackie) Inverallochy"
• "Peter Buchan... Parks (Pet)" and "Elizabeth Buchan... nee Duthie Inverallochy"

Marriage

Which couple married at Rathen in 1823?

Only one marriage record has been located - 25 October 1823 at Rathen.^[2][3]

It is unclear which couple this record belongs to but most likely attributable to 'Peter Balone's Peter' and 'Betty Crackie', as their first child John was born abt 1825. The first child of 'Park's Pet' and Elizabeth was born abt 1821 (according to 1841 census).

1841 census

There were two Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie couples in St Combs at the time of the 1841 census :

Page 5: ^[4]

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Peter Buchan [Peter Balones Peter]	M	40	Fisherman	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Buchan [Betty Crackie]	F	35		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
John Buchan	M	15		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alexander Buchan	M	14		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Charles Buchan	M	12		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Isabella Buchan	F	9		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Peter Buchan	M	5		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ann Buchan	F	1		Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Peter Buchan [Parks Pet]	M	40	Fisherman	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Buchan	F	40		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret Buchan	F	20		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Peter Buchan	M	15		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
William Buchan	M	12		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean Buchan	F	4		Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Buchan	F	1		Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Jean Smith Buchan, who married William Watt, appears as the daughter of 'Parks Pet' in the 1841 census. Her death record gives her parents names as Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie.

1851 Census

Page 8^[6]

Hillhead, Charleston, Rathen, Aberdeenshire

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Peter Buchan [Peter Balones Peter]	Head		M	53	Fisherman	Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Elizabeth Buchan [Betty Crackie]	Wife		F	48		Rathen, Aberdeenshire
Peter Buchan	Son		M	16	Fisherman	Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Elspet Buchan	Daughter		F	19		Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Ann Buchan	Daughter		F	12		Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Elisabeth Buchan	Daughter		F	9	Scholar	Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
William Buchan	Son		M	6	Scholar	Lonmay, Aberdeenshire

Deaths

Which Peter died in 1858?

He has been attached as the spouse of both Elizabeth Duthie's

Peter Buchan, Fisherman, (Married);
1858 July Second, 1.50 A.M., Charleston of Inverallochy;
Sex: M;
Age: 60 years;
Parents: Peter Buchan, Fisherman ([Dd?]), Isabella Buchan maiden name Strachan;
Cause of Death: Bronchitis six weeks as certified by William Bruce Physician & Surgeon [Crimond?] who saw deceased on 30th July;
Buried: Churchyard of St Combs, Lonmay as certified by George Buchan Nephew of deceased ^[7]

Potential Clues/Leads:

• Jean Smith Buchan's father was deceased when she married in 1865; mother still alive when Jean died in 1880.
• Which Peter had a nephew named George Buchan?

Which Elizabeth died in 1886?

Elizabeth Buchan died (age 83) 23 July 1886 at 30 North Street, Peterhead, daughter of Robert Duthie and Christian Stephen (both deceased). Informant was 'Chas Buchan Son'.^[8]

This is likely to be 'Betty Crackie' since the informant was her son Charles Buchan - there is no evidence the other couple had a child named Charles.

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 census page
2. ↑ Church registers - Old Parish Registers Banns and marriages via ScotlandsPeople; Peter Buchan and Elizabeth Duthie (FR959); Date: 25/10/1823; Parish Number: 235/ ; Ref: 40 217; Parish: Rathen (record image seen)
3. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJZ-CJM : 11 February 2020), Peter Buchan, 1823.
4. ↑ "1841 Scotland Census", Parish: Lonmay; ED: 1; Page: 5; Line: 400; Year: 1841, Ancestry uk Record 1004 #1423222 (accessed 29 July 2022), Elizabeth Buchan (35) in St Combs, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire. Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
5. ↑ "1841 Scotland Census", Parish: Lonmay; ED: 1; Page: 5; Line: 400; Year: 1841, Ancestry uk Record 1004 #1423222 (accessed 29 July 2022), Elizabeth Buchan (35) in St Combs, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire. Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
6. ↑ "1851 Scotland Census", Parish: Rathen; ED: 5; Page: 8; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_51; Year: 1851; Household Schedule Number: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_51, Ancestry uk Record 1076 #774008 (accessed 19 August 2022), Peter Buchan (53), Fisherman, head of household in Hillhead, Charleston, Rathen, Aberdeenshire. Born in Lonmay, Aberdeenshire.
7. ↑ Statutory Register Deaths via ScotlandsPeople; BUCHAN, PETER, Age: 60, Mother's Maiden Name: STRACHAN, Year: 1858, Ref: 235/ 23, RD Name: Rathen (record image seen)
8. ↑ Statutory Register Deaths via ScotlandsPeople; BUCHAN, ELIZABETH, Age: 83, Mother's Maiden Name: STEPHEN, Year: 1886, Ref: 232/1 114, RD Name: Peterhead (record image seen)