Dear Lafrowda (and respondent Rosinish)
As promised a week or so ago, here are the family details for the senior Elizabeth Stirling Comrie, the mother of Bessie (Elizabeth) Stirling Comrie who died in Perth in 1997. She belongs to JC-G Comrie Family Tree 47 (JC-G card 1527). I have transcriptions of her birth certificate in 1884 and of her death certificate in 1967.
Ref. 383 (Monzievaird), entry 6. Year 1884.
Elizabeth Stirling Comrie was born on 17 April 1884 at 15.00 hours at Glentarf, a farm 3¼ km SE of the centre of Comrie, Perthshire.
Her father was not identified. Her mother was Christina Comrie, housekeeper. The certificate was signed by Christina Comrie at Monzievaird on 31 May 1884.
Ref. 453 (St. Andrews), entry 134. Year 1967.
Elizabeth Stirling Comrie died aged 83 on 21 November 1967 at 04.10 hours at the Memorial Hospital, St Andrews. She was a “farm worker (retired)” and single. The cause of death was senile arteriosclerosis. Her father was not identified. Her mother was given as Christina Comrie, housekeeper, deceased. Elizabeth’s usual residence was given as South Lambieletham Cottages, St Andrews. Her death certificate was signed by Bessie Comrie (daughter) on 21 November 1967 at St Andrews.
Elizabeth Stirling Comrie’s mother was Christina Comrie who belongs to JC-G Comrie Family Tree 47, card 1697.
Christina Comrie was born or baptised on 19 September 1841 according to Scotland’s People. Her name was recorded as “Christian” which was a form of “Christina” often (or occasionally?) used before the mid-1800s in Scotland. Her father was given correctly as Duncan Comrie and her mother as “Lilias” Stirling. The name “Lilias” is apparently an alternative pet name for “Elizabeth” used in some Scottish families. Certainly “Elizabeth” is given as the mother’s name in Christina’s death certificate (see below).
Ref. 386(A) (Muthill) entry 5. Year 1917.
Christins Comrie died aged 75 on 13 March 1917 at 4 a.m. at Coilcambus farm, parish of Muthill. She was a housekeeper and was single. The cause of death was given as pulmonary congestion. Her father was Duncan Comrie, farmer, deceased, and her mother was Elizabeth Comrie née Stirling, deceased. Her death certicate was signed by John Carmichael (intimate friend) of Mayfair, Comrie. Coilcambus is a farm at the junction of the B827 distributor road between Comrie and Braco and of the unclassified road that runs eastwards from the village of Muthill to lower Glen Artney at Trian and Wester Meiggar. Christina’s brother Alexander, a retired farmer, died at Coilcambus in 1916 and his death certificate was also signed by John Carmichael of Mayfair in Comrie. Perhaps he was the farmer of Coilcambus? The farmhouse is 2⅔ kilometres south-west of Glentarf.
Duncan Comrie, the tenant farmer of Glentarf in the mid-19th century, is recorded on JC-G Comrie Family Tree 47, card 464.
Duncan Comrie was born or baptised on 30 August 1801 in the parish of Monzievaird and Strowan (fide Scotland’s People). He was the son of John Comrie, farmer, and his wife Mary Comrie née McInnes. Duncan Comrie was married to Elizabeth Stirling on 16 April 1835 in the parish of Comrie (fide Scotland’s People).
Ref. 383 (Monzievaird) entry 3. Year 1867.
Duncan Comrie died aged 65 on 23 February 1867 at 5 p.m. at Glentarf. He was described as a farmer and widower of Elizaberth Stirling. The cause of death was “after fall from a stack … about 6 weeks”. I presume the stack would have been of hay or straw. His parents were given as John Comrie, farmer, and Mary Comrie née McInnes and the death certificate was signed by his son Alexander Comrie on 2 March 1867 at Monzievaird.
Dunan Comrie’s parents were John Comrie, “late farmer in Glascorry”, and his wife Mary McInnes, according to a gravestone inscription in Monzievaird kirkyard.
The farm Glascorry (now spelt “Glascorrie”) lies about 1¼ kilometres east-north-east of Glentarf.
Kind regards
John Comrie-Greig
