Is John Pringle a brick wall?

[ostler]

I can only apologise for not being any help and originally dashing your hopes. That was not my intention.

[Nennefer]

Scotland's People is a pay-per-view site, not a subscription site. 

You may wish to check out the following St Andrews records, all available to view on Scotland's People at a modest cost.
Death of James Pringle (Hairdresser) on 26 January 1832
Birth of James Pringle, son of John Pringle (Barber & Perriwig Maker) and Elizabeth Wright on 14 March 1764
Marriage of John Pringle and Elzabeth Wright in September 1760

Margow

Margow

Thank you so much for those, would you believe it i trained as a hairdresser at the age of 16 and made wigs at college in the traditional manner.  I was the best in class, maybe now i know why 
Jenny

[Nennefer]

I can only apologise for not being any help and originally dashing your hopes. That was not my intention.

Oh no don't worry, i was of the same mind as you. I didn't expect for one moment to find out all these wonderful details. I had no idea the Scottish records would be so detailed and complete.
i have been on the hunt for this family for 34 years and am in total disbelief.
The moral of this tale is never give up hope. 
Jenny

[Forfarian]

You are correct Ann was a widow by 1851 as John died on 5 Dec 1847 whilst on a trip attached to the above merchant seaman's ticket in my original post. I have not been able to decipher the place name of his death on the document, so can not discover where he may have been buried.

Could it possibly be Berbice? It's a region in Guyana, formerly British Guiana, on the northern coast of South America.

[Nennefer]

Thank you Forfarian

It certainly could be. There are the suggestions i've had so far:

Burtree (near Darlington)
Burtree, Wallonia, Belgium.
Kirkee
Berbice, British Guiana.
Buckie, Scotland.

Berbice seems to be the most popular choice so far, although, i must confess i had hoped it would be Buckie, at least there would have been a chance of tracing his burial or maybe a record of it if it had been on home ground.

If he died in foreign parts i fear there is no hope to be had of finding him.

I cannot even trace an official record that he died, where would i even begin to look?

They must have notified Ann, possibly paid her his wages and returned his effects, if any. I would have thought a record would be with the shipping company but without a ships name or a ships log somewhere.  I've no idea really.
jenny