William Craigie   Cruar

F. William Craigie

Died 1865 aged 83

M. Cecilia Harrold

m. Betty Leonard in 1804

Issue

Betty Craigie

b. 17.6.1805

d. 1882

William Craigie

b. 14.11.1807

Hugh Craigie   Skaill, Westside

F. NK

M. NK

m. Janet Craigie (1770 - 1856)

Issue

Jean Craigie

b. 14.1.1789

Mary Craigie

b. 28.7.1794

At Lerkquoy

Janet Craigie

b. 1.5.1797

At Saviskaill

Janet Craigie   Saviskaill

F. Hugh Craigie

b. 1797

M. Janet Craigie

m. Hugh Gibson,  Sketquoy in 1825

John Gibson   Sourin

F. NK

M. NK

m. Christy Mainland

Issue

John Gibson

b. c1771

James Gibson

b. c1781

At Bigland.

James Gibson   Brendale

F. John Gibson

c1781-1866

M. Christy Mainland

m. Christian Harcus in 1807.   Died 1864 aged 78

Issue

John Gibson

b. 12.12.1808

At Breck.

William Gibson

b. 25.4.1811

At Trumland

Jean Gibson

b. 30.5.1813

At Trumland

Ann Gibson

b. 29.10.1815

At Brendale

Margaret Gibson

b. 2.4.1818

At Brendale

Christian Gibson

b. 14.6.1820

At Brendale

Isabel Gibson

b. 21.6.1822

At Brendale   d.1856

James Gibson

b. 9.5.1825

At Brendale

James Gibson

b. 6.3.1828

At Brendale

James Gibson

b. 21.7.1829

At Brendale

Mary Craigie   Saviskaill

F. Hugh Craigie

b. 1794   Mary died at Blackhammer in 1873

M. Janet Craigie

m. Henry Craigie, Quoygray in 1815

Henry Craigie   Greystane

F. Hugh Craigie

1811-1878

M. Isabel Craigie

m. Jane Craigie at Innister in 1842   

Issue

Jane Craigie

b. 4.4.1843

At Mid Quandale   d. 1866.  Unmarried.

James Craigie

b. 20.10.1844

At Mid Quandale

Janet Craigie

b. 13.12.1847

At Mid Quandale

Mary Craigie

b. 16.1.1850

At Greystane

Samuel Seatter Craigie

b. 20.5.1852

At Greystane

David Craigie

b. 12.11.1854

At Greystane

Margaret Inkster Craigie

b. 24.8.1857

At Greystane

Peter Craigie

b. 21.9.1859

At Greystane

Neil Patrick Rose Craigie

b. 23.11.1862

At Greystane

William Mainland     b. c1782   Cott, Egilsay

F. William Mainland

Died 1858 aged 76   

M. Marjory Rendall

m. Elspeth Grieve in 1808

Issue

William Mainland

b. 4.5.1809

Janet Mainland

b. 10.10.1810

 d. 1863

James Mainland

b. 30.7.1812

Hugh Mainland

b. 14.3.1816

David Craigie   Hammer, now part of Innister

F. William Craigie

d. 1863, age 87

M. NK

m. Mary Ann Craigie on 17.4.1801 in Rousay

Issue

Janet Craigie

b. 4.2.1802

Betty Craigie

b. 8.10.1804

m. James Craigie in 1829

James Craigie

b. 1.3.1807

Mary Craigie

b. 3.4.1809

David Craigie

b. 24.2.1812

Isabel Craigie

b. 12.2.1815

William Craigie

b. 20.8.1817

Hugh Craigie

b. 7.7.1819

James m. Margaret  Alexander in 1838.   See

James Mainland   Cott, Egilsay

F. William Mainland

b. 30.7.1812           d. 15.9.1878, Age 66

M. Elspeth Grieve

m. Betsy Grieve on 14.2.1840 in Egilsay    

Issue

James Mainland

b.21.8.1841

d. 1867, Age 26            Unmarried

Janet Mainland

b. 31.2.1843

William Mainland

b. 25.2.1845

m. Helen Costie

Elizabeth Mainland

b. 15.2.1847

m. Hugh Costie

Mary Mainland

b. 18.5.1849

Alexander Mainland

b. 13.2.1852

 Went to NZ in 1876

     (b. 3.4.1858 in Nenthorn, Berwickshire) 

James Mainland   Cotafea

F. NK

M. NK

m. Christian Louttit in 1799

Issue

Nicol Mainland

b. 9.6.1800

Alexander Mainland

b. 14.3.1802

James Mainland

b. 28.3.1804

Betsy Mainland

b.25.6.1806

Isabel Mainland

b. 24.6.1811

John Craigie   Philiehall, Egilsay

F. NK

M. NK

m. Katherine Work

Issue

William Baikie Craigie

b. 27.9.1798

John Craigie

b. c1797

John Craigie   Upper Cornquoy, Egilsay

F. John Craigie

1797-1883

M. Katherine Work.

m. Barbara Barnet,  d. 1887, age 85     Parents - Alexander Barnet and Isabella Banks

Issue

John Craigie

b. 22.10.1821

William Craigie

b. 26.2.1827

At South Tofts

Isabel Craigie

b. 21.2.1824

Grace Craigie

b. 12.12.1829

At South Tofts

Ann Craigie

b.  25.4.1832

At South Tofts

Ann Craigie

b. 29.4.1835

At South Tofts

Mary Craigie

b. 13.8.1838

At Tellyhall (Philiehall)

Alexander Craigie

b. 1.6.1841

At Tellyhall (Philiehall)  m. Betsy Craigie

Robert Craigie

b. 25.6.1844

At Tellyhall (Philiehall)

James Gibson   Stenisgorn, Wabister

F. NK

b. c. 1760 at Scockness

M. NK

m.Katherine Inkster

Issue

Alexander Gibson

b. 1789

Rousay

Isabel Gibson

b. 29.3.1803

Rousay

Giving evidence in a court case in 1817 James Gibson stated that his father, grandfather and great grandfather had been tenants in Scockness. This was before the Marwicks went there in 1783.  Dr. Hugh Marwick held that these were the same Gibsons that were later in Langskaill.

Isabel Gibson    b. 1803

F. James Gibson

Stenisgorn,now part of Sketquoy

M. Katherine Inkster

m. James Flaws of Hammerfield,  b. c1800

Issue

John Flaws

b. 26.2.1829

James Flaws

b. 27.2.1828

d. 1904

David Flaws

b. 1841

Magnus Flaws

b. 1843

Margaret Flaws

b. 1847

d. 1928

William Flaws

b. 1839

James Flaws’s father had also been a tenant in Hammerfield.

Andrew Mainland     b. 1745 in Shapinsay 

F. NK

M. NK

m. Marion Laughton on 16.2.1765 in Shapinsay 

Thomas Mainland     Knarston. 

F. Andrew Mainland

 b. 23.8.1767 in Shapinsay

M. Marion Laughton

m. Margaret  Chalmers 

Issue

Leslie Mainland

b. 6.2.1788

Rousay  

Leslie Mainland   Avalsay    b. 6.2.1788

F. Thomas Mainland

M. Margaret Chalmers

m. Jean Mainland at Avalsay on 29.12.1809.   Jean d.1873 aged 83. 

Issue

William Mainland

b. 9.3.1811

 Avalsay, Rousay

Betty Mainland

b. 8.4.1813

 Avalsay, Rousay

Chalmers Mainland

b. 3.4.1815

 Avalsay, Rousay

James Mainland

b. 1.4.1820

 Avalsay, Rousay

Leslie Mainland

b. 10.11.1823

 Avalsay, Rousay

John Mainland

b. 2.3.1828

 Avalsay, Rousay

Martha Mainland

b. 16.6.1830

 Avalsay, Rousay

James Flaws   Hammerfield

F. NK

b. 1800

M. NK

m. Isabel Gibson at Stenisgorn.

David Flaws    Hammerfield

F. James Flaws

b. 1841 in Rousay     Drowned in in 1904 in Egilsay Sound 

M.Isabel Gibson

m.1)  Margaret Louttit, Lower Blackhammer on 13.2.1861 in Rousay

Issue

Williamina Flaws

b. 6.9.1862

Rousay               

David Flaws

b. 23.11.1865

Rousay

James Flaws

b. 38.3.1868

Rousay

Alexander Flaws

b. 6.10.1873

Rousay

m.2)  Ellen Mainland (ms Costie) in 1896 in Rousay

Magnus Flaws   Hammerfield, later Wyre.

F. James Flaws

1843-1916

M.Isabel Gibson

m. Anne Scott,  d. 1910

Issue

Annabina Flaws

b. 1870

d. 1942

Isabel Flaws

b. 1874

d. 1973, age 76

James Flaws

Magnus Flaws

James Flaws              Hammerfield              Stonemason

F. David Flaws

b. 28.3.1868 in Rousay    

M. Margaret Louttit,

d. 1935 (age 67) in Rousay

m. Mary Catherine Marwick  Furse in 1895 in Rousay

Margaret Flaws   Hammerfield

F.David Flaws

1872-1954

M. Margaret Louttit,

m. Robert Sinclair, Sketquoy

Isabel S Flaws

F. Magnus Flaws

b. 1874  d. 1967

M. Anne Scott

m. William Craigie, Rusness in 1902.  Her second marriage.

James Flaws   Hawn

F. Magnus Flaws

d. 1948 aged 65

M. Anne Scott

m. Mary Ann Muir,  d. 1941 aged 56

Issue

Mary Flaws

Annabella Flaws

Magnus Flaws   Wyre

F. Magnus Flaws

M. Anne Scott

m.1)   Williamina McKenzie, d 1916,  age 33.

Magnus Flaws

Neil’s first wife was Sarah Smith, Frotoft. She died in 1942 aged 26.

m.2) Sarah Muir. No issue.

Magnus Flaws   Ferryman for many years.

F.Magnus Flaws

M. Williamina McKenzie

m. Mary Flaws

Issue

James Edwin Flaws

m. Itha Shearer - 3 children

Ian Flaws

m. Margaret Arthur - 3 children

Marion Flaws

Dorothy Flaws

m. Lawrence Morrison - 3 children

Alison Flaws

m. A. Spence - 2 children

Mary Flaws  

F. James Flaws

M. Mary Ann Muir

m. Magnus Flaws

Annabella Flaws     Wyre

F. James Flaws

M. Mary Ann Muir

m. Thomas Sinclair, Banks, Frotoft

Magnus Flaws

F. James Flaws

M. Mary Ann Muir

m. Marie Shearer

Issue

Raymond Flaws

Maureen Flaws

m. Norman Drever

John Kirkness   Pliverha’, later Quoyostray

F. John Kirkness

M.Christy Inkster

m. Barbara Craigie. Died 1859.

Issue

John Kirkness

b. 26.4.1817

Isabel Kirkness

b. 12.2.1819

James Kirkness

b.  9.10.1820

Janet Kirkness

b. 16.1.1823

Mary Kirkness

b.  9.11.1824

All except Mary were born before the move to Quoyostray.  Barbara’s parents were George Craigie and Janet Brand. They also had a daughter Helen who died in 1861 aged 84.  Mary b.1824 married William Craigie, West Crey. She died in 1887.

John Kirkness   Quoyostray

F. John Kirkness

1817-1885

M. Barbara Craigie

m. Mary Alexander of Breckan. Died in 1862 aged 47

Issue

Magnus Kirkness

b. 1840

Frederick Kirkness

b. 1854

Isabella Kirkness

b. 1839

Eliza Robson Kirkness

b. 1850

Mary Kirkness

b. 1849

James Kirkness

b. 1856

John Kirkness

b. 1844

Margaret Kirkness

b. 1848

Jemima Kirkness

b. 1859

d. age 3 weeks.

Magnus Kirkness   Blacksmith at Quoyostray.

F. John Kirkness

1840-1905

M. Mary Alexander

m. Isabella Gibson, Vacquoy in 1869.

Frederick Kirkness   Quoyostray

F. John Kirkness

1853-1896

M. Mary Alexander

m. Betsy Mckay,  d. 1935, age 82

Issue

Frederick Kirkness

b. 1878

Died 1898

Mark Kirkness

b. 1879

James Kirkness

b. 1880

No issue

Mary Kirkness

b. 1876

Died 1894

John Kirkness

b. 1887

No issue

Earlier Betsy Mckay was housekeeper to her brother William Mckay, the schoolmaster at Wasbister.

Isabella Kirkness    Quoyostray

F. James Kirkness

1846-1915

M. Grace Craigie

m. James Craigie, Claybank, later Corse, in 1868

Eliza R Kirkness    Quoyostray

F. John Kirkness

1850-1927

M. Mary Alexander

m. Hugh Inkster in 1878.     Drowned at sea in 1879

Issue

David James Inkster

b. 1879

d. 1944   Unmarried.

William Mainland   Cavit, Wyre.

F. Magnus Mainland

M. Janet Mainland

m. Jane Gibson, Knarston in 1878

Issue

Mary Ann Mainland

b. 9.3.1879

William Mainland

b. 3.11.1888

John Mainland

b. 3.5.1893

William Mainland (Senior) later moved to Farewell, South Ronaldsay.   Jane Gibson’s descendants still in Farewell in 1985.  Marilyn Siperek of New York, a grand-daughter of Mary Ann, emailed me about this family in 1998 (RCM).

Mary Kirkness   Quoyostray

F. John Kirkness

b. 1849 in Rousay

M. Mary Alexander

d. 1925 (age 79) in Stromness

m. Peter Yorston, Oldman, Sourin in 1870 in Rousay

Issue

Jemima Yorston

d. age 5

Elizabeth (Lilla) Yorston

b. 1878

Rousay

Peter Yorston

b. 1871

Rousay

John Alexander Yorston

b. 1883

Mark Kirkness   Quoyostray

F. Frederick Kirkness

b. 1879

M. Betsy McKay

m. Mattie Wards, Longhope in 1913

Issue

Frederick Kirkness

Thora Kirkness

Mattie Wards came to Rousay as a teacher.  She died in 1962

Mary Inkster   Westness

F. Hugh Inkster

1880 -1966

M. Isabella Kirkness

m. Thomas Sinclair, Banks, Frotoft.  d. 1967, age 91

James Yorston  

F. Peter Yorston

b. 1880 in Rousay

M. Mary Kirkness

m. Isabella Craigie, Post Office, Frotoft in 1914 in Rousay

John Alexander Yorston

F. Peter Yorston

M. Mary Kirkness

m. James Linklater in 1939 in Stromness

m. John Sinclair in 1943 in Stromness

John Yorston

m. Isobel Logie in 1950 in Stromness

Frederick Kirkness   Quoyostray, later Fraserburgh

F. Mark Kirkness

M. Mattie Wards

m. Maisie Mainland, Westness in 1946

Issue

See entry for Maisie Mainland

Fred, who was an engineer on the Fraserburgh lifeboat, was drowned when the lifeboat was lost at sea in 1970.

Thora Kirkness      Quoyostray

F. Mark Kirkness

M. Mattie Wards

m. Alfred Gibson, Dounby in 1941   See

Issue

Hilary Gibson

Helen Gibson

Alfred had a draper’s business in Dounby.

Peter Yorston   Oldman, Sourin

F. NK

M. NK

m. Rebecca Craigie, Hullion in 1813 in Rousay

Issue

See entry for Rebecca Craigie

Peter was a brother of Magnus below.

Magnus Yorston   Oldman.

F. NK

M. NK

m. Janet Marwick, Corse in 1805

Issue

Alexander Yorston

b. 17.3.1806

James Yorston

b. 16.3.1809

Betty Yorston

b. 19.2.1812

Hugh Yorston

b. 1816

Magnus was a brother of Peter above.

Peter Yorston                Oldman

F. Peter Yorston

b. 8.5.1814 in Rousay

M. Rebecca Craigie,

d. 1883 (age 71) in Evie & Rendall

m. Lydia Turnbull on 20.12.1838 in Evie & Rendall

Issue

May Yorston

b. 1841

Rousay

John Yorston

b. 13.8.1843

Rousay           Went to NZ c1870

Peter Yorston

b. 15.5.1848

Rousay

Harriet Yorston

b. 15.8.1851

Rousay