can u link these names?

[kimhulme]

Instructions were given to a Glasgow jeweller to send  items/small amounts of money? to Mrs P. c. Peebles; miss K A Peebles; Mrs Drysdale; Mrs Passmore; on the instructions of James Boyd, early 1910. Possibly in a will following a death?

 Can anybody link theses names please? Cheers.

[Forfarian]

I recommend you to go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and then 'Search our Records > Advanced People Search > Legal Records > Wills and Testaments and then search for a James Boyd who died shortly before 1910, and see if any of them ring a bell with you.

There are no recorded births in Scotland before 1910 of a female K* A* Peebles.

[CaroleW]

Where have you got that info from? 


 

[kimhulme]

The info is on a trade invoice in the Bill Headman collection. I thought the info might be interesting to a descendant but am interested in the possible family links.

[Forfarian]

In the light of that invoice I take back the suggestion of looking up a Boyd will.

The Post Office Directory 1909-1910 lists at 190 St Vincent Street J and J Boyd and Miller, writers, now Boyds Miller and Thompson.

So James Boyd must have been the solicitor (writer) dealing with someone's will.

The 1881 census lists in London Phillip C Peebles, 38, paper maker, born Scotland, with a family including daughters Violet A, 14; Kate A, 10; Dora F M, 13, plus a huge retinue of sons and servants. They are the family of Phillip Cadell Peebles and Dora Louisa Spark, who were married in Heavitree, Devon in 1865.

Violet Augusta Peebles married George Andrew Drysdale in London in 1890. Kate Alexandra Peebles died unmarried in 1956. Dora Frances Mary Peebles died unmarried in 1939, and probate was granted to Kate Alexander (sic) Peebles.

So it looks to me as if this is the family concerned, as it accounts for Mrs P C Peebles, Miss K A Peebles and Mrs Drysdale.

[Forfarian]

Philip Cadell Peebles was baptised in Old Kilpatrick on 23 April 1842, parents Alexander Marshell Peebles and Euphemia Ranken.

His eldest brother David and his sister Jean were baptised in Edinburgh in 1832 and 1834 respectively, and his elder brother Alexander in Old Kilpatrick in 1840.

He died in London on 25 November 1895 and his executors included his sons James and Howard, and Wilberforce Savery Pasmore accountant.

Wilberforce Savery Pas(s)more was baptised in Exeter on 8 December 1839. Parents James Pas(s)more and Harriet Ferris. He married Frances Anne Earle in 1900 and died in 1914.  She was born in Heavitree, Devon, the same parish where Philip and Dora were married. So it could be that Frances Anne is the Mrs Passmore on that list.

As for the connection? Dora Louisa Spark (Mrs P C Peebles) was also born in Exeter, parents John Spark and Frances, surname (so far) unknown.

[Forfarian]

Final link?

Frances Anne Spark, born Heavitree, Devon, married Henry Earle in St Thomas, Devon, in 1866.

So Mrs Passmore could have been the sister of Philip Cadell Peebles' wife Dora Louisa Spark.

[kimhulme]

That'a absolutely brilliant Forfarian; many, many thanks.  Cheers.