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Proudfoot family
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 18:12 GMT (UK) »
Is there anyone out there researching a Proudfoot family who originated
in Perth, then moved to Edinburgh.
My great grandad was David Crawford Proudfoot.  His wife was Euphemia
Stewart.  They had seven children.
They were in Edinburgh around 1864 for a number of years.
He was city surveyor/engineer and he died in Braemar in 1909.
I have a lot of info on the children and other branches of this family,
but have found very little about David.
I know he has his name on some bridges in Edinburgh, and did have a patent
at some stage for a road surface product.
I am really seeking some photographs of this family, which, I know is a tall
order, but, one never knows.
His position must have been quite important yet I can find no images
 of him.
At this stage I am only seeking information on David.
Here's hoping.
Ian

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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #1 on: Friday 31 January 25 21:08 GMT (UK) »
Hi you don't have an Elizabeth proudfoot as one of the children do you? I'm just starting to search for my grandmother, and great grandmother/grandfather - Proudfoot family from Gleneagles. Have very limited info so trying all angles.

Thankyou


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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 February 25 15:39 GMT (UK) »
There's a photograph of David Crawford Proudfoot in the Edinburgh Evening News, 7 August 1909, page 3.
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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 February 25 15:41 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat, angpr.

Can you be a bit more specific with your query? For example do you have any dates for your Elizabeth Proudfoot? Whom did she marry, where and when?
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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 February 25 17:58 GMT (UK) »
I have very limited information, all I know is my grandmother was Elizabeth from Proudfoot family in Gleneagles. died age 36, approx 1950.
She had married a Ken Bawden who who both lived in Joh'burg South Africa had daughter (my mum)born 1946 who moved back to U.K as a teenager.

So I'm looking for any help to trace my
Great grandmother Proudfoot and grandfather in Gleneagles, who had daughter elizabeth proudfoot born around 1914. So I'm guessing my great grandmother/father proudfoot marriage approx 1900 - 1914.
 Births approx 1875 -1895

Any help, be grateful. As such limited info. I didn't know my grandparents and all I have is grandmother's name and that she came from proudfoot family in Gleneagles.

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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 05 February 25 21:11 GMT (UK) »
Thanks. It always helps to know roughly which century to look in.

Gleneagles is in the parish of Blackford.

See the screenshot, which lists all the El*bet* Proudfoots born between 1910 and 1920. None of these places is in Blackford or indeed in Perthshire. There are in fact no births or marriages of any Proudfoots in Blackford at any time from 1855, and only one death, a 79-year-old Elizabeth Proudfoot or Bayne in 1900; but the only Proudfoot/Bayne marriage is Thomas Proudfoot to Catherine Bayne in Methven in 1868.

There are no El*bet* Proudfoots in the 1921 census anywhere in Perthshire, and no Proudfoots in Blackford in any census from 1841 to 1921. There are four Proudfoot children in 1921 in Auchterarder: Robert A, 12; Margaret, 11; Archibald, 10; and Jessie A, 6; but no adult Proudfoots.

The three younger ones match the births of three children with mother's maiden surname Anderson: Margaret, 1910, in Forgandenny; Archibald, 1911, in Kinnoull; Jessie Anderson, 1914, in Forgandenny. The most likely marriage is Archibald Proudfoot to Jessie Anderson, 1909, in Forgandenny. I think Robert was probably born before his parents' marriage as there is a birth of Robert Anderson, mother's name not indexed, in Forgandenny in 1908.

Archibald Proudfoot, native of Forgandenny, son of William and Jemima Proudfoot of Auchterarder and husband of the late Jessie Anderson, was killed in France on 26 July 1918. Jessie Anderson or Proudfoot, 35, died in Forgandenny in 1914.

I also looked at the Valuation rolls. There are no Proudfoots in Blackford in 1920, 1930 or 1940. The closest matches are a Robert A Proudfoot in Aberuthven and a Lindsay A Proudfoot in Lennox Cottage in 1940. Both of these places are in the parish of Auchterarder, not the parish of Blackford.

Lindsay Allan Proudfoot married Annie Morrison Alexander in Perth in 1901 and they had two daughters, Mary and Christina, born 1902 and 1905 in Perth. So he can be discounted.

The earliest marriage of a Robert A Proudfoot is in 1937.

So I have to admit to being stumped so far.

Unless .... there is no death in Scotland of Jessie Anderson Proudfoot, born 1914. Maybe your Elizabeth is Jessie, who has slightly adjusted her name and where she came from? Gleneagles is generally thought of as being near Auchterarder, so it's not a huge adjustment.
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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 05 February 25 21:31 GMT (UK) »
I have very limited information, all I know is my grandmother was Elizabeth from Proudfoot family in Gleneagles. died age 36, approx 1950.

She had married a Ken Bawden who who both lived in Joh'burg South Africa had daughter (my mum)born 1946 who moved back to U.K as a teenager.


There is this Bawden marriage  in SA to Anna Catharina Proudfoot born 1917
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCM-59TC?lang=en

I don’t know how accurate this information is there’s a family tree on familysearch
gives Anna Catharina death 18 May 1951 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/portrait/GG8K-1YJ

You can view details of her burial registration in SA died age 35
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J4S-NR46?lang=en

Edit - her d/c
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQQV-W6T2?lang=en

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Anna Catharina Proudfoot age 2 named on her father William Peter Proudfoot death cert in 1918, along with her siblings, their mother Francine Johanna Susanna nee Van der Walt
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZC-FJVC?lang=en

1903 Marriage of Willem & Francina
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH5-64XD?lang=en



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Re: Proudfoot family
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 06 February 25 21:50 GMT (UK) »
For info. received a PM from Angpr to say thank you for info. above and they were going to investigate further
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