RUSSELL, Peter White ^{2 3}

   Other names for Peter were RUSSEL, Peter ⁶ and RUSSELL, Peter.^{1 3 4 7 8}

  General Notes:

The 1851 census recorded Peter Russel [sic] and his family, including his twin brother Alexander, living at Greenrigg in the parish of Whitburn, West Lothian:
"Peter Russel 23 Head Male born Shotts, Lanark
Parish Number 673 Civil parish Whitburn West Lothian Address Greenrigg Occupation Engine Keeper At Coal Pits
Margaret Russel 28
William Russel 4
John Russel 3
James Russel 1
Alexander Russel 23

"Peter Russell, Old Stane, Cambusnethan, Son", was the informant of his father's death before the registrar in Shotts parish on 14 February 1861. ^{5 6}

Peter married Margaret THORNTON on 8 February 1847 in Whitburn parish, West Lothian, Scotland.¹ (Margaret THORNTON was born about 1823 in West Lothian, Scotland ^{4 6 9 10}.)