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Anne Mainland          Tratland 

F.  James Mainland

b. 11.3.1847 in Rousay

M. Margaret Sinclair

d. 1923 (age 76) in Kirkwall

m. David Gibson of Sunnyside, St. Ola on 15.10.1868 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for David Gibson

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Sarah Sinclair  Mainland        Tratland       

F.  James Mainland

b. 20.7.1850 in Rousay 

M. Margaret Sinclair

d. 1922 (age 72) in Rousay
 

m. John Reid of Wasdale in 1875 in Rousay

     Drowned when the post boat was lost in Evie Sound in 1893

 

Issue

John Reid

b. 22.8.1876

Rousay

 

Margaret Reid

b. 13.1.1878

Rousay

 

George Reid

b. 13.7.1880

Rousay

 

Anna Gibson Reid

b. 29.9.1884

Rousay              Unmarried

       
  Mary Mainland Reid b. 1.7.1887  

 

 

d. 1947 (age 60)

Kirkwall              Unmarried

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John Inkster Craigie        Hullion        

F.  John Craigie

b. 1.7.1853 in Rousay

M. Sarah Sinclair

d. 1935 (age79) in Orphir
Postmaster 
 

m. Mary Sinclair of Stenisgorn in 1879 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Mary Sinclair  

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Anne Marwick Craigie              Hullion 

F.  John Craigie

b. 27.3.1855 in Rousay

M. Sarah Sinclair

d. 1922 (age 66) in Rousay
 

m. John Logie of Rose Cottage, Rousay Pier in 1882 in Rousay                  No issue.

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James Mainland Craigie            Hullion     

F.  John Craigie

b. 19.7.1858 in Rousay

M. Sarah Sinclair

d. 1916 (age 57) in Firth
Postman in Rousay & Firth
 

m. Margaret Mainland of Bu, Wyre in 1884 in Rousay

 
Issue See entry for  Margaret Mainland

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Sarah Craigie              Hulllion        

F. John Craigie

b. 29.9.1861 in Rousay

M. Sarah Sinclair

d. 1916 (age 54) in Greenock

m. Hugh Sinclair of Stenisgorn in 1882 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Hugh Sinclair  

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Christina Craigie                   Fa’doon      

F.  John Craigie

b. 26.3.1862 in Rousay

M. Betsy Sinclair

d. 1954 (age 92) in Rousay

m. William Leonard Grieve of Whiteha’ on 6.8.1886 in Rousay

 

Issue

William Grieve

b. 1887

Rousay

John David Grieve b. 28.2.1889 Rousay 
d. 20.11.1917 (age 28) Killed in WW1

 

Robert Grieve

b. 15.11.1891

Rousay

 

Mary Ann Grieve

b. 29.12.1897

Rousay

Isabella Grieve b.  23.6.1900 Rousay   
d. 25.10.1932 (age 32) Rousay               Unmarried

 

Hugh Grieve

b. 23.8.1908

Rousay

 

Hannah Grieve

b. 16.10.1903

Rousay

 

James Grieve

b. 08.4.1906

Rousay

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Elizabeth Craigie           Fa’doon

F.  John Craigie

b. 7.2.1871 in Rousay

M. Betsy Sinclair

d. 1958 (age 87) in Rousay
 

m. Hugh Harold Craigie of Swandale in 1897 in Rousay               His second marriage

 

Issue

Elizabeth Craigie

b. 25.11.1898

Rousay       

    d. 1935 (age 36) South Ronaldsay     Unmarried
       

 

Mary Ann Craigie

b. 26.9.1903

Rousay

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Jane Sinclair    

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 11.9.1873 in Rousay

M. Mary Gibson

d. 1958 (age 84) in Edinburgh
 

m.  Alexander Swanson of SS Hoy Head in 1916 in Stromness

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Thomas Sinclair               Banks, Frotoft  

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 28.12.1876 in Rousay

M. Mary Gibson

d. 1967 (age 90) in Rousay 
Ran the post-boat between Rousay and Evie  - and his son Thomas after him - for many years 
 

m. Mary Margaret Inkster of Westness on  23.11.1905 in Rousay

 

Issue

Thomas Sinclair

b. 9.4.1907

Rousay

  Ann (Cissie) Sinclair b. 1908 Rousay

 

Mary Isabel (Mabel) Sinclair

b. 1910

Rousay

  Lily Sinclair b. 1918 Rousay

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John Gibson               Broland   

F.  John Gibson

b. 1771 in Rousay

M. Christy Mainland

d. between 1841 & 1851 in Rousay
m.  Giles (Julia) Grieve of Hurtiso on 20.12.1799 in Rousay.
      b. c1771 in Rousay
      d.  8.9.1861 (age 90) in Rousay        

      P: John Grieve (b. 1741) and Ann Grieve who came to Rousay in 1791

Issue

Ann Gibson

b. 29.11.1800

Rousay

 

John Gibson

b. 17.10.1802

Rousay

 

William Gibson

b. 11.5.1805

Rousay

 

Margaret Gibson

b. 18.2.1807

Rousay

 

James Gibson

b. 21.9.1808

Rousay

 

Robert Gibson

b. 20.5.1811

Rousay

 

Thomas Gibson

b. 21.6.1814

Rousay

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John Gibson                  Broland    

F.  Thomas Gibson

b. 14.12.1843 in Rousay

M. Jane Grieve

d. 1934 (age 90) in Rousay
 

m. Janet (Jessie) Skethaway of Knarston in 1877 in Rousay

 

Issue

Margaret Jane Gibson

b. 13.6.1877

Rousay

 

Thomas Gibson

b. 6.6.1880

Rousay

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Thomas Gibson          Broland   

F.  Thomas Gibson

b. 21.6.1814 in Rousay

M. Giles (Julia) Grieve

d. 31.7.1900 (age 86) in Rousay
 

m. Jane Grieve of Outerdykes on 14.1.1842 in Rousay

 

Issue

John Gibson

b. 14.12.1843  (twin)

Rousay

 

Anne Gibson

b. 14.12.1843  (twin)

Rousay

 

 

b. 8.6.1845

Rousay

 

Robert Gibson

b. 11.11.1847

Rousay

 

Mary Gibson

b. 27.12.1848

Rousay

 

Margaret Gibson

b. 27.12.1851

Rousay

       

 

Jane Gibson

b. 14.6.1855

Rousay

    d. 1899 (age 43) Rousay
       

 

Isabella Gibson

b. 23.4.1859

Rousay

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Thomas Gibson            Broland  

F.  John Gibson

b. 6.6.1880 in Rousay

M. Janet Skethaway

d. 1958 (age 78) in Rousay
Had a daughter with Annie Jane Harrold
Ethel Gibson   b. 1916 Rousay
d. 1987 (age 71) Stromness
m. John Donaldson in 1934 in Rousay
 

m. Mary Alexina Wylie of Grindlesbreck in 1932 in Kirkwall

 

Issue Margaret Jane (Peggy) Gibson b. 1932 Rousay
d. 1986 (age 53) Firth
Marion Agnes Gibson b. 1939 Rousay
m.Ian Craigie in 1959 in Rousay

Thomas Gibson

b. 16.9.1944

Rousay    

 

m. Isobel Swanney in 1985 in Stronsay    

 

Joan Evelyn Gibson

b. 1946

 Rousay

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Mary Gibson             Broland    

F.  Thomas Gibson

b. 27.12.1848 in Rousay 

M. Jane Grieve

d. 1920 (age 71) in Walls 
 

m. Thomas Sinclair of Swandale on 6.6.1873 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Thomas Sinclair  

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William Corsie               Nears

F.  Malcolm Corsie

 b. 24.8.1830 in Rousay

M. Isabella Louttit

 d. 31.7.1917 (age 86) in Rousay 
 

m. Ann Leonard of Digro on 16.2 1853 in Rousay

 

Issue

Margaret Mainland Corsie

b. 23.3.1854

Rousay

       

 

Annie Corsie

b. 7.8.1855

Rousay

    d. 1936 (age 81) Kirkwall
    m. William Mowat on 9.3.1880 in Rousay  4 daurs
       

 

William Corsie

b. 16.3.1857

Rousay

    d. 13.9.1882 (age 25) Rousay
       

 

Malcolm Corsie

b. 31.10.1858

Rousay

       

 

James Corsie

b. 25.8.1859

Rousay

    d. 1932  
       

 

Peter Leonard Corsie

b. 23.7.1862

Rousay

 

George Corsie

b. 22.8.1864

Rousay

 

John Corsie

b. 2.11.1866

Rousay

       

 

Charles Corsie

b. 11.10.1868

Rousay

    d. South Africa
       

 

Frederick Corsie

b. 19.12.1870

Rousay

       

 

Jemima Corsie

b. 29.8.1873

Rousay

    d. 1916 (age 42) Edinburgh
       

 

Jessie Corsie

b. 15.5.1875

Rousay

    d. 1951 (age 76) Edinburgh
       
  Isabella (Belle) Corsie b. 4.6.1877 Rousay

 

 

d. 1959 (age 81)

Ringwood, VIC, Australia

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James Sinclair             Newhouse   

F.  James Hugh Sinclair

b. 13.4.1885 in Rousay 

M. Margaret McKinlay

 

m. Mary Sutherland (May) Cromarty in 1912 in Lanark

 

Issue

Mary Sinclair

 

 

 

Muriel Sinclair

 

 

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Harry Hourston Sinclair                 Newhouse

F.  James Hugh Sinclair

b. 6.10.1889 in Rousay

M. Margaret McKinlay

d. 1952 (age 62) in Rousay
 

m. Janet Corsie of Knarston in 1911 in Kirkwall

 

Issue

Gordon Sinclair

b. 1912

Rousay       

    d. 1990 (age 78) Rousay          Unmarried
       

 

Harry Hourston Sinclair

b. 1914

Rousay

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Alexander Sinclair Johnston           

F.  James Johnston

b. 5.12.1878 in Rousay

M. Isabel Corsie

d. 1960 (age 81) in Orphir
Merchant in Orphir

m. Maggie Miller of Helzigatha, Wyre in 1900 in Stenness        See

 

Issue

Edith Miller Johnston

b. 1901

Stenness

 

Isabella Sinclair (Ella) Johnston

b. 1903

Stenness

d. 1975 (age 75) Orphir
Janet Wood Johnston b. 1905 Stenness

 

d. 1992 (age 86)

Kirkwall

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Agnes Elizabeth (Aggie) Johnston              Breek

F.  James Johnston

b. 30.9.1892 in Rousay

M. Isabel Corsie

d. 23.6. 1963 (age 70) in Dounby
Had a daughter - 
Annie Johnston b. 1910 Rousay
d. 1986 (age 76) Rousay
m. William Marwick Craigie in 1935 in Rousay

m.John Marwick on 11.6.1913 in Rousay

 Issue

See entry for John Marwick

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Adelaide Craigie     

F.  James Mainland Craigie

b. 28.12.1884 in Rousay

M. Margaret Mainland

d. 1952 (age 67) in Firth
 

m. John Learmonth in 1912 in Firth

 

Issue

Robert Learmonth

b. 1917

Firth

 

Stella Learmonth

b. 1912

Firth

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Helen Richan Logie

F.  John Logie

b. 1896 in St Ola, Kirkwall

M. Maggie Gibson

d. 1972 (age 76) in Kirkwall
 

m. Alexander Morgan, Jeweller of Kirkwall in 1923 in Kirkwall

 

Issue

Hilary Morgan

b. 1925

Kirkwall

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David Fraser Benston                      Eday

F.  James Benston

b. 1921 in Eday

M. Ida Gibson

d. 1972 (age 51) in Birsay
 

m. Margaret Helen Sinclair of Creya, Evie in 1947 in Evie

     b. 1917 in Firth
     d. 1979 (age 61) in Firth

 

Issue

Hamish Sinclair Benston

b. 1952

Birsay

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George Reid               Tratland    

F.  John Reid

b. 13.7.1880 in Rousay

M. Sarah Sinclair Mainland

d. 1949 (age 69) in Rousay
Crewed the Rousay to Evie post-boat for many years with Tom Sinclair
 

m. Minna Mary Jane Gibson of Avalsay in 1911 in Rousay

 
Issue See entry for Minna Mary Jane  Gibson  

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John Forrest Petrie               Onzibist, Wyre.

F.  John Petrie

b. 1907 in Rousay

M. Jemima (Mymie) Sinclair

d. 1991 (age 83) in Kirkwall
 

m. Anna Gibson (Annie) Reid of Tratland in 1942 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Anna Gibson (Annie) Reid  

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George William Petrie                  Onzibist, Wyre

F.  John Petrie

b. 1909 in Rousay M. Jemima (Mymie) Sinclair
d. 1993 (age 83) in Sandwick  

 

 

m. Minna Mary (Minnie) Reid  of Tratland in 1940 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Minna Mary (Minnie) Reid  

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William Grieve                Fa’doon   

F.  William Grieve

b. 1887 in Rousay

M. Christina Craigie

d. 1951 (age 64) in Kirkwall

m. Ann Corsie of Knarston in 1914 in Rousay

 

Issue Ann Elizabeth Grieve b. 1914 Rousay

William Grieve

b. 1915

Rousay

 

John David Grieve

b. 1923

Rousay

 

Thomas Archibald Grieve

b. 1927 

Rousay

     d. 1932 (age 5) Rousay

 

 Margaret Christine (Chrissie) Grieve

b. 1929

Rousay

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Robert Grieve                 Cruannie                 

F.  William Grieve

b. 15.11.1891 in Rousay

M. Christina Craigie

d. 31.10.1979 (age 87) in Sandwick
Blacksmith 
 

m. Catherine Lyon of Ervadale on 12.2.1920 in Rousay

     b. 1897 in Stromness
     d. 24.2.1988 (age 90) in Stromness

 

Issue

Kathleen Christine Grieve

b. 1921

Kirkwall

 

Mabel Leonard Grieve

b. 19.11.1922

Kirkwall

 

Robert William Grieve

b. 1924

Rousay

 

James Arnold Grieve

b 1926

Rousay

 

George Lyon Grieve

b. 1928 

Rousay

 

John Denis Grieve

b. 1941

Rousay

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Mary Ann Grieve                Fa’doon      

F.   William Grieve

b. 29.12.1897 in Rousay 

M. Christina Craigie

d. 1957 (age 59) in Rousay
 

m. James William Taylor of Swandale on 16.2.1923 in Rousay

     b. 1892 in Stromness
     d. 1967 (age 74) in Rousay

 

Issue

James Gordon Taylor

b. 1926

Rousay

 

Mabel Isobel Taylor

b. 1933

Rousay               Unmarried

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Hugh Grieve                    Fa’doon 

F.  William Grieve

b. 23.8.1908 in Rousay

M. Christina Craigie

d. 1998 (age 90) in Rousay
 

m. Janet Sinclair Mainland of Hurtiso in 1933 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for Janet Sinclair Mainland  

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Hannah Grieve              Fa’doon   F.  William Grieve
b. 16.10. 1903 in Rousay M. Christina Craigie
d. 28.6.1990 (age 86) in Kirkwall

Had a son with James Invine - Leonard Irvine

b. 1922 Rousay
d. 2002 (age 80) Wick, Caithness

m. Harry Gibson of Kirkwall in 1934 in Rousay            See

 

Issue

Vera Gorn Gibson

b. 1935

Rousay

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James Grieve               Fa’doon            

F.  William Grieve

b. 8.4.1906 in Rousay M. Christina Craigie
d. 1997, (age 91) in Larbert, Forth Valley
Joiner  

 

m. Isabella Godsman Craigie of Unst, Shetland, on 6.4.1934 in Rousay  

     Schoolteacher

 

 Issue Inga Mary Grieve b. 16.2.1935 Rousay

Alan Craigie Grieve

b. 26.4.1937

Rousay

 

William Leonard Grieve

b. 23.8.1941

Rousay  

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Mary Ann Craigie                Blossom

F. Hugh Craigie

b. 26.9.1903 in Rousay

M. Elizabeth Craigie

d. 1974 (age 70) in Kirkwall
 

m. George William Morrison of Kirkwall in 1938 in Kirkwall

 

Issue

Hazel Morrison

b. 1940

Kirkwall

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Thomas Sinclair                  Banks, Frotoft  

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 9.4.1907 in Rousay

M. Mary Inkster

d. 15.4.1997 (age 90) in Stromness
Like his father before him, Thomas Sinclair ran the Rousay to Evie post-boat for many years
 

m. Annabella Flaws of Wyre in 1934 in Rousay

 

Issue

Thomas Sinclair

b. 1938

Rousay

 

Muriel Sinclair

b. 1943

Rousay

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Annie Inkster (Cissie) Sinclair               Banks. Frotoft.  

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 1908 in Rousay

M. Mary Inkster

d. 1965 (age 56) in Aberdeen
 

m. James William Moar of Saviskaill in 1939 in Rousay

 

Issue See entry for James William Moar  

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Mary Isabella (Mabel) Sinclair            Banks, Frotoft      

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 1910 in Rousay 

M. Mary Inkster

d. 1995 (age 84) in Kirkwall
 

m. William Flaws of Hammerfield in 1938 in Rousay.                     No Issue

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Lily Sinclair               Banks, Frotoft   

F.  Thomas Sinclair

b. 1918 in Rousay

M. Mary Inkster

d. 12.6.1995 (age 76) in Aberdeen
Teacher at Wasbister from 1943 until the school closed down in 1960

m. David William Miller of Hestival, Evie in 1941 in Evie

 

Issue See entry  for David William Miller

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John Corsie                 Brendale

F.  William Corsie

b. 2.11.1866 in Rousay

M. Ann Leonard

d. 1943 (age 77) in Rousay

m. Margaret Jane Skethaway of Knarston in 1885 in Rousay

       

Issue

Margaret Jean Corsie

b. 1886

Rousay
m. John Nicholson in 1909 in Kirkwall         Went to NZ

 

Agnes Pirie Corsie

b. 1887

Rousay

 

John Gibson Corsie

b. 1889

Rousay

 

Janet Corsie

b. 1890 

Rousay

 

Ann Leonard Corsie

b. 1893

Rousay

 

William Simpson Corsie

b. 1895

Rousay

 

Thomas Corsie

b. 1897

Rousay         Police Inspector in Canada

 

Elizabeth Robertson Corsie

b. 1898

Rousay

 

Malcolmina (Minnie) Corsie

b. 1900

Rousay
d. 1993 (age 92) Kirkwall
m. William Mcfarlane in 1933 in Glasgow

 

Peter Leonard Corsie

b. 1902

Rousay
d. 1984 Canada

 

Cicilia (Cilla) Corsie

b. 1904

Rousay

 

George Gibson Corsie

b. 1906

Rousay             Went to Canada

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Harry Hourston Sinclair                 Knarston

F. Harry Hourston Sinclair

b. 1914 in Rousay M. Janet Corsie

d. 1984 (age 69) in Rousay

 

m. Margaret Elizabeth Donaldson of, Watten, Egilsay in 1942 in Rousay

 

Issue Arlene Margaret Sinclair b. 1944 Rousay
d. 1945 (age 0) Rousay

Janette Mary Sinclair

b. 1954                             

Rousay
m. Philip Sabiston of Birsay in 1977 in Rousay
       

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