John Castel 1850 and Margaret Duncan Ritchie.

13/11/2006

Genealogy of John Castel and Margaret Duncan Ritchie.
Castel family tree.
Ritchie family tree.

	John Castel.	x	Margaret Duncan Ritchie.
Born	1850. *12 December 1849.		C 1865. *5 December 1854.
Place	Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.		Longside.
Died	*5 May 1913.		*3 April 1938.
Place	*Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.		*Peterhead.
Married	1 July 1880.		1 July 1880.
Place	*Flushing		*Flushing.
Ancestors	William Castel and Margaret Gordon Webster.		*Alexander Ritchie and Isabella Leslie.
Siblings	7 sisters, 2 brothers.		*2 brothers, 5 sisters.

Christening: 27 January 1850, Cruden.
1891/1901 census - at South Hayfarm.

Probably left South Hayfarm in 1911 when John's older brother Alexander and family emigrated to Canada.

In a letter* to her sister Isabella, dated 11 March (1914?), Margaret was living at 55 Marischal Street, Peterhead, in a flat above the Crown Inn.

Living with her were 'Jack, little Ella and Jeannie'.

Margaret mentions that John's older brother Alexander died (7 Jul 1913), 2 months and 2 days after John.

Children.

ref	Name	Born	Died	Biography.
	Isabella Gordon	28 Jan 1882		b. Whinnyfold, Cruden. m. (1) 1908, James Smith. (2) James Walker.
	Eliza Helen	1889	15 Oct 1907	d. Peterhead.
	Margaret	1890		m. Harold Simpson. Moved to New Zealand - early 1930's. * Lived at Dunedin.
	John			m. Eliza Jane Duguid Knox. dau. Margaret.
	Jane	23 Feb 1898	6 Aug 1936	b. South Hayfarm. d. Peterhead. m. Robert Cruickshank, 2 dau.

Page data from Valerie Campbell.
* from Alex R Thomson.