Elspet Cruickshank

Brief Life History of Elspet

When Elspet Cruickshank was born in 1761, in Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her father, John Cruickshank, was 25 and her mother, Elspet Milne, was 24. She had at least 6 sons and 5 daughters with Alexander Pyper. She lived in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 4 September 1846, in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 85, and was buried in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Pyper
1753–1825
Elspet Cruickshank
1761–1846
Alexander Cruickshank Pyper
1780–1836
John Pyper
1782–
William Pyper
1794–1880
Catherine Pyper
1800–1867
Sophia Pyper
1802–1867
Mary Pyper
–1856
Mary Pyper
Thomas Pyper
1786–1822
John Pyper
1788–
James Pyper
1792–1851
Isabel Pyper
1798–1874

Sources (5)

  • Elspet Cruickshank, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Elspet Crookshank, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Elspet Cruickshank Pyper, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (5)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1811 · The Tron Riot

The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname for a man with a crooked leg or legs, from older Scots cruik ‘(something) bent’ (from Old Norse krókr or Old English crōc + shank(e), Old English sceanca ‘shank, leg’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Elspet Occupation

After Alexander's death (1825), Elspet continued to live here with her two unmarried daughters, Isabel and Catherine. In the census of 1841, Elspet listed her occupation as "crofter", which means a fa …

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