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The surname Pirie was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Pirie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pirie, Pirry, Pire and others.

Pirie Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pirie research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the year 1550 is included under the topic Early Pirie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pirie Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pirie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alexander Pirie, aged 27, who landed in Missouri in 1841 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Margaret A. Pirie, aged 70, who landed in America, in 1897

Pirie Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Christina Pirie, aged 24, who landed in America from Liverpool, in 1904
Lily Pirie, aged 3, who emigrated to the United States from Liverpool, in 1904
Pirie, aged 27, who landed in America from Glasgow, in 1905
Alexander Pirie, aged 27, who emigrated to the United States from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1907
Alexander Pirie, aged 66, who landed in America from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1907
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Pirie Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Henry Pirie, aged 49, who settled in Dundas, Ontario Canada, in 1914
Margaret Pirie, aged 51, who settled in Hamilton, Canada, in 1914
Charles G. Pirie, aged 13, who settled in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, in 1919
Charles Pirie, aged 46, who emigrated to Montreal, Canada, in 1923
Ethel Pirie, aged 49, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1924

Pirie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Pirie, a cooper, who arrived in New South Wales, Australia sometime between 1825 and 1832

Contemporary Notables of the name Pirie (post 1700)

James Moir Pirie (1853-1934), American Major League Baseball shortstop
Robert B Pirie (1905-1990), Vice Admiral in the United States Navy
Duncan Vernon Pirie (1858-1931), Scottish Liberal politician
Jacqueline Pirie (b. 1975), Scottish actress
Peter J. Pirie (1916-1997), English musicologist and critic prominent in the music journalism of the mid-twentieth century
George Clark Pirie (1896-1980), British senior commander in the Royal Air Force
Julia Pirie (1918-2008), British spy
Frederick William Pirie (1893-1956), Canadian industrialist and political figure in New Brunswick
Robert Charles Pirie (b. 1916), champion Canadian swimmer from Toronto

Pirie Historic Events

Halifax Explosion

Miss Sadie Pirie (1910-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion on 6th December 1917 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance
Ms. Laura Pirie (1886-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion on 6th December 1917 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance
Mr. Walter Pirie (1902-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion on 6th December 1917 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance

RMS Lusitania

Mr. Robinson Pirie, Canadian 1st Class Passenger from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania and survived the sinking by escaping on a box then a collapsible ^[3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 7) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/
Mrs. Annie Pirie, Scottish 2nd Class passenger residing in Lynn, USA, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania and died in the sinking ^[4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/
Miss Margaret Pirie, Scottish 2nd Class passenger residing in Lynn, USA, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania and died in the sinking ^[4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/
Master Arthur Pirie, Scottish 2nd Class passenger residing in Lynn, USA, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania and died in the sinking ^[4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/

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Citations

^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
^ Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance
^ Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 7) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/
^ Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/

Other References

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Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
Bell, Robert. The Book of Ulster Surnames. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1988. Print. (ISBN 10-0856404160).
Barrow, G.W.S Ed. The Charters of David I The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53 and of His Son Henry, Earl of Northumerland, 1139-52. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Print.
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The Pirie Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Pirie Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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