Our Pirie Family Website
Welcome to the website of Neil Pirie at its new location: www.pirieonline.uk
I now live on east coast of the county of Kent in England, although previously I lived in Hampshire.
What do I do? Well, I am Civil Servant: Business Manager in the Transformation Division at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in London. I have a background in Programme Management and enabling business change.
You can find out more on my LinkedIn profile.
In my spare time I run for health and fitness. I may not be the fastest but I hold my own and enjoy participating in races.
You can find out more on my Running page.
For several years I have been helping Bohunt School, Liphook, with their Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Bronze and Silver Award expeditions. This prompted me to bag some mountains and generally explore more.
You can see my photos of various trips and expeditions on my Expeditions page.
Margaret Helen Pirie née Cheyne, with
Ian, William and Rachel Pirie
Research on our family history was initiated by my brother, Cameron, in 1998; well before the BBC TV series 'Who do you think you are?' started the national craze for researching your roots.
With plenty of leave to take from work I was able join in and spend time in archives in Scotland and Norfolk searching out documentary evidence.
We've also been contacted by many researching their family history, including a number of cousins who have then made contributions to the site.
Have a look at the Family History pages to see the fruits of many hours of research.
Any comments or suggestions you might have are welcomed.
You can use the 'Contact us' link at the foot of this and other pages, or the 'Neil Pirie' link at the foot of the Family History pages.
New feature added: View recent updates that have been made to Person Pages on this site in the last 3 months. See the links provided at the bottom of the 'Family History' and 'Getting started' pages.
Family History database updates, including family of John Pirie "Priest" (b.1872) and Ann Stephen McDonald (b.1871), and of Joseph Wood "Park" (b.1873) and Annie Ritchie (b. c1872).
Family History database updates, including family of John Pirie (b. c1841) and Mary Bruce (b.1838), and of Alexander Legg (b. c1819) and Isabella Fordyce (b. c1821).
Family History database updates, including family of James Pirie (b.1860) and Mary Ann Fisher (b. c1871), and of Margaret Pirie (b. c1770) and John Wiseman (b. c1770).
Family History database updates, including descendants of John Wood "Deacon" (b.c1845) and May Lorimer (b.c1837) kindly provided by Maggie Symon of Spey Bay, Moray, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including the birth of Alexander Mair "Bobbin" (b.1887) kindly provided by Bob Mair of Durham, England.
Family History database updates, including family of James Imlach "Boats" (b.1813) and Mary Garden (b.1818) kindly provided by Keith Innes of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including details of Jean Mair "Johns" (b.1838) kindly provided by Anne Illingworth of Portknockie, Moray, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including family of George Donaldson (b.1863) and Amelia Jane Cordiner (b.1866) kindly provided by James C Donaldson of Overton, Lancashire, England.
Running page updated, including photos of the British Beer Run Windsor Half Marathon.
Family History database updates, including family of John Mair "Bids" (b.1827), who perished with the Portknockie fishing boat 'Vigilant', and Jean Innes (b.1826) kindly provided by Keith Innes of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including details of twins Alexander Campbell Sutherland and Ann McKenzie Sutherland (b.1884) kindly provided by Carolyn Hatt of Broadstairs, England.
Running page updated, including photos of the Great North Run, from Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, for the British Heart Foundation.
Family History database updates, including details of the steam drifter 'Celosia' BF 1056 co-owned by William Pirie "Buxer" (b. 1853) and John Wood "Post" (b.1858) kindly provided by John Wood of Findochty, Moray, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including information on marriage of Helen Morling née Pirie "Priest" (b.1893) and Alexander Pirie "Priest" (b.1901) kindly provided by Bob Mair of Durham, England.
Family History database updates, including family of James Benjamin William Morling (b. c1892) and Helen Pirie "Priest" (b.1893) kindly provided by Marion Johnston of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including family of William Mair "Sailor" (b. c1790) and Katharine Innes (b.1781) kindly provided by Keith Innes of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including family of William Innes (b.1751) and Helen Bruce (b.1755) kindly provided by Keith Innes of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Family History database updates, including information on William George Mair "Shavie" (b.1889) and Barbara Dickson Gowans (b.1893) kindly provided by Bob Mair of Durham, England.
Running page updated, including photos of the Cheddar Gorge 6k and Cheddar Gorge Half Marathon in Somerset.
Running page updated, including photos of the Shrewsbury Half Marathon in Shropshire.
Family History database updates, including family of George Pirie (b. c1811) and Elspet Priest (b.1811).
Family History database updates, including more information on family of John Mair "Cock" (b.1796) and Ann Strachan (b.1824) kindly provided by Stuart King of Norwich, England, and Bob Mair of Durham, England.
Family History database updates, including family of Margaret Pirie "Skipper" (b.1865) and Robert Innes (b.1865).
Running page updated, including photos from the London 10 Mile in Richmond Park, London, and the CSSC Capital Challenge 10k in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
Family History database updates, including family of William Mair "Cock" (b.1864) and Mary Jessie Rannie Lee (b.1868).
Family History database updates, including details of the family of Jane Pirie "Buxer" (b.1887) and David Ritchie (b.1884) kindly provided by Kerry Thomson of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Family History database updates, including more details of Alexander Pirie "Buxer" (b.1844) and Jessie Cowie (b.c1846), and of Jane Pirie "Buxer" (b.1887) and David Ritchie (b.1884).
Family History database updates, including details of Jane Pirie "Buxer" (b.1887) and husband David Ritchie (b.1884) kindly provided by Kerry Thomson of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Gallery page updated with photos from sightseeing in Paris.
Family History database updates, including the fate of William Mair "Shavie" (b.1899) in the sinking of the SS Lisbon Maru in 1942 kindly provided by Norman McKay of Havant, England.
Running page updated, including photos from the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon.
Family History database updates, including photo of new (2016) monument in Hillhead Cemetery, Portknockie, to Alexander Pirie (1884-1940), Rhoda Pirie (1907-1909), John Pirie (1910-1910), Margaret Pirie née Mair (1883-1922), Margaret Helen Pirie née Cheyne (1888-1943), Margaret Pirie (1914-1961) and James Clarence Alexander Pirie (1922-1999).
Family History database updates, including family of Ann Pirie (b.c1858) and George Redford (b.c1855).
Family History database updates, including family of John Sutherland (b.1750) and Jean Cormack (b.c1755).
Expeditions page updated to add the belated Great Yarmouth and Peak District Expedition, 2016.
Family History database updates, including family of James Flett "Yankie" (b.1849) and Janet Campbell (b.1849).
Family History database updates, including a new article Buckie and District Directory 1926 for Portknockie.
Family History database updates, including family of George Pirie "Dodie" or "Dodle" (b.1821), skipper of the fishing boat 'Vigilant', and Margaret Mair "Cock" (b.1821).
Running page updated, including photos from the Cancer Research UK London Winter Run.
Our Pirie Family Website migrated to its new location at: www.pirieonline.uk
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Family History database updates, including descendants of Alexander Wood and Ann Runcie who married in 1757, and more details of David Wood "King" (b. c1854) skipper of the 'Evangeline'.
Running page updated, including photo from the Tadworth 10 Mile Race.
Running page updated, including photos from the Hogs Back Road Race.
Family History database updates, including more details of David Wood "King" (b. c1854) skipper of the 'Evangeline'.
Family History database updates, including 'Man's Foot Found on the Beach at Cullen' in 1889, concerning Alexander Pirie "Buxer" (b.1863) and Jessie Ann Bruce (b.1862).
Running page updated, including photos from the Thanet 10 (Alan Green Memorial 10 Mile) Race.
Running page updated, including photos from the Virgin Sport Oxford Half Marathon.
Running page updated, including photos from the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon.
Family History database updates, including more family of James Galt (b.1799) and Margaret McIntosh (b.1800), and of Alexander Gardiner Mair "Cock" (b.1894) and Catherine Wood "Doo" (b.1894).
Running page updated, including photos from the Kent Coastal Half Marathon.
Running page updated, including photos from the Draycote Water 10k.
Family History database updates, including more information on family of James Mair "Shavie" (b.1876) and Beatrice Grant Innes (b.1878) kindly provided by Bob Mair of Durham, England.
This page was last updated on 25 May 2019.