B165

Rousay Family Histories

Page B165

William Craigie Cruar			F. William Craigie
b. c1782 in Rousay			M. Cecilia Harrold
d. 1865 (age 83) in Kirkwall

m. Betty Leonard in 1804 in Rousay

Issue	Betty Craigie	b. 17.6.1805	Rousay
	William Craigie	b. 14.11.1807	Rousay

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Hugh Craigie Skaill, Westside			F. NK
			M. NK
m. Janet Craigie in Rousay
b. 1775 in Rousay
d. 1856 (age 81) in Rousay

Issue	Jean Craigie	b. 14.1.1789	Rousay
	Mary Craigie	b. 28.7.1794	Rousay
	Janet Craigie	b. 1.5.1797	Rousay

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Janet Craigie Saviskaill		F. Hugh Craigie
b. 1.5.1797 in Rousay		M. Janet Craigie
d. 1863 (age 63) in Rousay

m. Hugh Gibson of Sketquoy in 1825 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Hugh Gibson

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John Gibson Sourin			F. NK
			M. NK
m. Christy Mainland

Issue	John Gibson	b. 1771	Rousay
	James Gibson	b. 1781	Rousay

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James Gibson Brendale			F. John Gibson
b. 1781 in Rousay			M. Christy Mainland
d. 1865 (age 85) in Rousay

m. Christian Harcus on 9.1.1807 in Rousay
b. 1783 in Rousay
d. 1861 (age 78) in Rousay

Issue	John Gibson	b. 12.12.1808	Rousay
	William Gibson	b. 25.4.1811	Rousay
	Jean Gibson	b. 30.5.1813	Rousay

	Ann Gibson	b. 29.10.1815	Rousay
		d. 1905 (age 89)	Rousay

	Margaret Gibson	b. 2.4.1818	Rousay
	Christian Gibson	b. 14.6.1820	Rousay

	Isabel Gibson	b. 21.6.1822	Rousay
		d. 1856 (age 33)	Rousay

	James Gibson	b. 9.5.1825	Rousay d. young
	James Gibson	b. 6.3.1828	Rousay d. young
	James Gibson	b. 21.7.1829	Rousay d. young

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Mary Craigie Saviskaill		F. Hugh Craigie
b. 28.7.1794 in Rousay		M. Janet Craigie
d. 1873 (age 79) in Rousay

m. Henry Craigie of Quoygray in 1815 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Henry Craigie

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Henry Craigie Greystane			F. Hugh Craigie
b. 30.1.1811 in Rousay			M. Isabel Craigie
d. 1878 (age 67) in Rousay

m. Jane Craigie in 1842 in Rousay

Issue	Jane Craigie	b. 4.4.1843	Rousay
		d. 1866 (age 23)	Rousay Unmarried

	James Craigie	b. 20.10.1844	Rousay
	Janet Craigie	b. 13.12.1847	Rousay
	Mary Craigie	b. 16.1.1850	Rousay

	Samuel Seatter Craigie	b. 20.5.1852	Rousay
		d. 1939 (age 88)	Rousay

	David Craigie	b. 12.11.1854	Rousay
	Margaret Inkster Craigie	b. 24.8.1857	Rousay

	Peter Craigie	b. 21.9.1859	Rousay
		d. 1879 (age 19)	Rousay

	Neil Patrick Rose Craigie	b. 23.11.1862	Rousay

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William Mainland Cott, Egilsay			F. William Mainland
b. 1782 in Egilsay			M. Marjory Rendall
d. 17.3.1858 (age 76) in Egilsay

m. Elspeth Grieve on 3.7.1808 in Egilsay

Issue	William Mainland	b. 4.5.1809	Egilsay
	Janet Mainland	b. 10.10.1810	Egilsay
	James Mainland	b. 30.7.1812	Egilsay
	Hugh Mainland	b. 14.3.1816	Egilsay

	Robert Mainland	b. 23.3.1821	Egilsay
		d. 1894 (age 73)	Rousay

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David Craigie Hammer, now part of Innister			F. William Craigie
b. c1776 in Rousay			M. NK
d. 9.2.1863 (age 87) in Rousay

m. Mary Ann Craigie on 17.4.1801 in Rousay

Issue	Janet Craigie	b. 4.2.1802	Rousay
	Betty Craigie	b. 8.10.1804	Rousay

	James Craigie	b. 1.3.1807	Rousay
		m. Margaret Alexander in 1838. See

	Mary Craigie	b. 3.4.1809	Rousay
	David Craigie	b. 24.2.1812	Rousay
	Isabel Craigie	b. 12.2.1815	Rousay
	William Craigie	b. 20.8.1817	Rousay
	Hugh Craigie	b. 7.7.1819	Rousay

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James Mainland Cott, Egilsay			F. William Mainland
b. 30.7.1812 in Egilsay			M. Elspeth Grieve
d. 15.9.1878 (age 66) in Egilsay

m. Betsy Grieve on 14.2.1840 in Egilsay
b. 1813 in Rousay
d. 1882 (age 70) in Rousay
P: Alexander Grieve & Katherine Craigie

Issue	James Mainland	b. 21.8.1841	Rousay
		d. 1867 (age 26)	Rousay Unmarried

	Janet Mainland	b. 31.2.1843	Rousay
	William Mainland	b. 25.2.1845	Rousay
	Elizabeth Mainland	b. 15.2.1847	Rousay
	Mary Mainland	b. 18.5.1849	Rousay

	Alexander Mainland	b. 13.2.1852	Rousay
		Went to NZ in 1876
		m. Margaret Low

	Catherine Mainland	b. 27.1.1856	Rousay
		Went to NZ, probably with Alexander
		d. 6.4.1935 (age 79)	Quarry Hills, Southend, NZ
		m. John Lamb on 25.10. 1887 in NZ
		(b. 3.4.1858 in Nenthorn, Berwickshire)

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James Mainland Cotafea			F. NK
d. bef 1841 in Rousay			M. NK

m. Christian Louttit in 1799 in Rousay

Issue	Nicol Mainland	b. 9.6.1800	Rousay
	Alexander Mainland	b. 14.3.1802	Rousay
	James Mainland	b. 28.3.1804	Rousay
	Betsy Mainland	b.25.6.1806	Rousay
	Isabel Mainland	b. 24.6.1811	Rousay

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John Craigie Philiehall, Egilsay			F. NK
			M. NK
m. Katherine Work in Rousay

Issue	John Craigie	b. 1797	Rousay
	William Baikie Craigie	b. 27.9.1798	Rousay

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John Craigie Upper Cornquoy, Egilsay			F. John Craigie
b. 1797 in Rousay			M. Katherine Work.
d. 1883 (age 85) in Rousay

m. Barbara Barnet on 12.5.1820 in Rousay
b. 1802 in Egilsay
d. 1887 (age 85) in Rousay
P: Alexander Barnet and Isabella Banks

Issue	John Craigie	b. 22.10.1821	Rousay
		d. 1897 (age 75)	Stenness

	William Craigie	b. 26.2.1827	Rousay
	Isabel Craigie	b. 21.2.1824	Rousay
	Grace Craigie	b. 12.12.1829	Rousay

	Ann Craigie	b. 25.4.1832	Rousay
		d. bef 1835	Rousay

	Ann Craigie	b. 29.4.1835	Rousay
		d. 13.10.1899 (age 64)	Kirkwall
		m. William Garrioch on 3.12.1879 in Rousay

	Mary Craigie	b. 13.8.1838	Rousay
	Alexander Craigie	b. 1.6.1841	Rousay
	Robert Craigie	b. 25.6.1844	Rousay

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James Gibson Stenisgorn			F. NK
b. 1760 in Rousay			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.

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Isabella Gibson Stenisgorn			F. James Gibson
b. 29.3.1803 in Rousay			M. Katherine Inkster
d. 1887 (age 84) in Rousay

m. James Flaws of Hammerfield on 29.12.1826 in Rousay

Issue	James Gibson Flaws	b. 27.2.1828	Rousay
		d. 3.7.1904 (age 77)	Rousay

	John Flaws	b. 26.2.1829	Rousay
		d. 1885 (age 55)	Rousay

	William Flaws	b. 1839	Rousay
		d. 1850 (age 19)	Rousay

	David Flaws	b. 1841	Rousay
	Magnus Flaws	b. 1843	Rousay

	Margaret Flaws	b. 7.5.1846	Rousay
		d. 3.4.1928 (age 82)	Rousay

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Andrew Mainland			F. NK
b. 1745 in Shapinsay			M. NK

m. Marion Laughton on 16.2.1765 in Shapinsay

Issue	James Mainland	b. 6.1.1765	Shapinsay
	Thomas Mainland	b. 3.8.1767	Shapinsay
	William Mainland	b. 23.11.1769	Shapinsay
	Alexander Mainland	b. 7.4.1772	Shapinsay

	Andrew Mainland	b. 7.4.1772	Shapinsay
		m. Mary Banks on 10.7.1799 in Rousay

	Janet Mainland	b. 31.8.1777	Shapinsay

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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

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Leslie Mainland Avalsay			F. Thomas Mainland
b. 6.2.1788 in Rousay			M. Margaret Chalmers
d. bet 1851-1855 in Rousay

m. Jean Mainland of Avalsay on 29.12.1809 in Rousay
b. 1790 in Rousay
d. 1873 (age 83) in Rousay
P: William Mainland and Isabel Baikie.

Issue	William Mainland	b. 9.3.1811	Rousay
	Betty Mainland	b. 8.4.1813	Rousay
	Chalmers Mainland	b. 3.4.1815	Rousay
	James Mainland	b. 1.4.1820	Rousay
	Leslie Mainland	b. 10.11.1823	Rousay
	John Mainland	b. 2.3.1828	Rousay
	Martha Mainland	b. 16.6.1830	Rousay

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James Flaws Hammerfield		F. NK
b. 1800 in Rousay		M. NK

m. Isabel Gibson of Stenisgorn, on 29.12.1826 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Isabel Gibson

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David Flaws Hammerfield			F. James Flaws
b. 1841 in Rousay			M.Isabel Gibson
d. 1904 (age 63), drowned in Egilsay Sound

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

Issue	Williamina Flaws	b. 6.9.1862	Rousay
		d. 1965 (age 102)	Callander

	David Flaws	b. 23.11.1865	Rousay
	JamesFlaws	b. 38.3.1868	Rousay
	Margaret Flaws	b. 14.5.1871	Rousay

	Alexander Flaws	b. 6.10.1873	Rousay
		d. 1875 (age 2)	Rousay

m.2) Ellen Mainland (ms Costie) in 1896 in Rousay
b. 1844 in Egilsay
d. 1935 (age 91) in Kirkwall

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Magnus Craigie Flaws Hammerfield			F. James Flaws
b. 1843 in Rousay			M.Isabel Gibson
d. 15.4.1916 (age 73) in Rousay

m. Anne Scott on 4.2.1869 in Birsay

Issue	Annabina Scott Flaws	b. 1870	Rousay
		d. 1942 (age 72)	Rousay

	Isabella Scott Flaws	b. 10.6.1873	Rousay
	James William Flaws	b. 1882	Rousay
	Magnus Flett Flaws	b. 29.12.1886	Birsay

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James Flaws Hammerfield		F. David Flaws
b. 28.3.1868 in Rousay		M. Margaret Louttit,
d. 1935 (age 67) in Rousay
Stonemason

m. Mary Catherine Marwick of Furse in 1895 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Mary Catherine Marwick

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Margaret Flaws Hammerfield		F. David Flaws
b. 14.5.1871 in Rousay		M. Margaret Louttit,
d. 2.12.1954 (age 83) in Rousay

m. Robert Sinclair of Sketquoy in 1891 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Robert Sinclair

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Isabella Scott Flaws		F. Magnus Flaws
b. 10.6.1873 in Rousay		M. Anne Scott
d. 25.11.1967 (age 94) in Rousay

m. William Craigie of Rusness in 1902 in Rousay His second marriage.

Issue	See entry for William Craigie

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James William Flaws Hawn				F. Magnus Flaws
b. 1882 in Rousay				M. Anne Scott
d. 1948 (age 65) in Rousay

m. Mary Ann Muir in 1910 in Rousay

Issue	Annabella Flaws	b. 1910		Rousay
	Mary Flaws	b. 1.1.1911		Rousay

	Margaret Flaws	b. 1913		Rousay
		d. 1931 (age 17)	Rousay

	Sarah Helen Flaws	1915	Rousay
		d. 2006 (age 91)	Kirkwall

	Willamina (Minnie) Flaws	b. 1919	Rousay
		d. 2001 (age 82)	Kirkwall
		m. Hugh Russell See

	Magnus William Flaws	b. 1921	Rousay
		d. 1991 (age 70)	Kirkwall

	Annabina Flaws	b. 1923	Rousay
		d. 2014 age 90)	Kirkwall
		m. Archer Clouston See

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Magnus Flett Flaws Wyre			F. Magnus Flaws
b. 29.12.1886 in Birsay			M. Anne Scott
d. 18.1.1966 (age 79) in Rousay

m.1) Williamina McKenzie on 27.11.1908 in Lerwick, Shetland

Issue	Robina Ann Flaws	b. 1909	Rousay
		d. 1977 (age 67)	Rousay

	Williamina McKenzie Flaws	b. 1911	Rousay
		d. 1996 (age 83)	Kirkwall
		m. Robert Inkster on 21.11.1935 in Rousay

	Magnus McKenzie Flaws	b. 1.1.1912	Rousay

	Neil Flaws	b. 1914	Rousay
		d. 1993 (age 78)	Holm

m.2) Sarah Muir in 1923 in Kirkwall No issue.

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Magnus McKenzie Flaws			F. Magnus Flaws
b. 1.1.1912 in Rousay			M. Williamina McKenzie
d. 1996 (age 83) in Kirkwall
Ferryman between Tingwall & Rousay for many years.

m. Mary Flaws in 1935 in Rousay

Issue	James Edwin Flaws	b. 1936	Rousay
		d. 2018 (age 81)	Kirkwall

	Ian Flaws	b. 1938	Rousay
	Marion McKenzie Flaws	b. 1943	Rousay
	Dorothy Flaws	b. 1946	Rousay
	Alison Flaws	b. 1953	Rousay

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Mary Flaws		F. James Flaws
b. 1.1.1911 in Rousay		M. Mary Ann Muir
d. 2011 (age 90) in Rousay

m. Magnus Flaws in 1935 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Magnus Flaws

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Annabella Flaws Wyre		F. James Flaws
b. 1910 in Rousay		M. Mary Ann Muir
d. 1990 (age 79) in Stromness

m. Thomas Sinclair of Banks, Frotoft in 1934 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Thomas Sinclair

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John Kirkness Pliverha�, later Quoystray			F. John Kirkness
b. 1760 in Rousay			M. Christy Inkster
d. 13.10.1862 (age 102) in Rousay

m. Barbara Craigie on 29.7.1814 in Rousay
d. 30.4.1859 (age 80) in Rousay
P: George Craigie & Janet Brand

Issue	John Kirkness	b. 26.4.1817	Rousay
	Isabel Kirkness	b. 12.2.1819	Rousay
	James Kirkness	b. 9.10.1820	Rousay

	Janet Kirkness	b. 16.1.1823	Rousay
		d. 1880 (age 56)	Harray

	Mary Kirkness	b. 9.11.1824	Rousay
		d. 1887 (age 63)	Rousay

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John Kirkness Quoyostray			F. John Kirkness
b. 26.4.1817 in Rousay			M. Barbara Craigie
d. 1885 (age 68) in Rousay

m. Mary Alexander of Breckan on 20.3.1838 in Rousay

Issue	Isabella Kirkness	b. 19.12.1838	Rousay
	Magnus Alexander Kirkness	b. 11.4.1841	Rousay

	John Kirkness	b. 1844	Rousay
		d. 1871 (age 27)	Rousay

	Margaret Kirkness	b. 1848	Rousay
		d.1877 (age 28)	Edinburgh

	Mary Kirkness	b. 1849	Rousay
	Eliza Robson Kirkness	b. 1850	Rousay
	Frederick Kirkness	b. 1854	Rousay

	James Kirkness	b. 1856	Rousay
		d. 1935 (age 79)	Harray


	Jemima Kirkness	b. 1859	Rousay
		d. age 3 wks	Rousay

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Magnus Alexander Kirkness		F. John Kirkness
b. 11.4.1841 in Rousay		M. Mary Alexander
d. 1905 (age 64) in Rousay
Blacksmith at Quoyostray

m. Isabella Gibson of Vacquoy on 19.11.1869 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Isabella Gibson

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Frederick Burroughs Kirkness Quoyostray			F. John Kirkness
b. 1853 in Rousay			M. Mary Alexander
d. 1896 (age 42) in Rousay

m. Betsy Mckay on 11.12.1874 in Rousay
b. 1852 in Rousay
d. 1935 (age 83) in Rousay
Housekeeper, prior to her marriage, to her brother William Mackay, the schoolmaster at Wasbister.

Issue	Mary Elizabeth Kirkness	b. 1876	Rousay
		d. 1894 (age 19)	Rousay

	Frederick Kirkness	b. 1878	Rousay
		d. 24.12.1898 (age 20)	Rousay

	Mark Mckay Kirkness	b. 1879	Rousay

	James William Kirkness	b. 1880	Rousay
		d. 1922 (age 41)	Glasgow

	John Alexander Kirkness	b. 1887	Rousay
		d. 1940 (age 53)	Rousay

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Isabella Kirkness Quoyostray		F. James Kirkness
b. 25.9.1845 in Rousay		M. Grace Craigie
d. 1915 (age 69) in Rousay

m. James Craigie of Claybank in 1868 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for James Craigie

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Eliza Robson Kirkness Quoyostray			F. John Kirkness
b. 1850 in Rousay			M. Mary Alexander
d. 1927 (age 77) in Rousay

m. Hugh Inkster in 1878 in Rousay

Issue	David James Inkster	b. 1879	Rousay
		d. 1944 (age 65)	Kirkwall Unmarried.

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William Mainland Cavit, Wyre			F. Magnus Mainland
b. 1.10.1847 in Wyre			M. Janet Mainland
d. 31.10.1916 (age 68) in South Ronaldsay

m. Jane Gibson of Knarston in 1878 in Rousay

Issue	Mary Ann Mainland	b. 9.3.1879	South Ronaldsay

	William Mainland	b. 3.11.1888	South Ronaldsay
		d. 1954 (age 65)	South Ronaldsay

	John Mainland	b. 3.5.1893	South Ronaldsay
		d. 1966 (age 73)	South Ronaldsay

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Mary Kirkness Quoyostray			F. John Kirkness
b. 1849 in Rousay			M. Mary Alexander
d. 1925 (age 79) in Stromness

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

Issue	Peter Yorston	b. 1871	Rousay
		d. 1879 (age 8)	Rousay

	Jemima Mary Yorston	b. 1874	Rousay
		d. 1879 (age 5)	Rousay

	Elizabeth (Lilla) Yorston	b. 1878	Rousay
		d. 1960 (age 81)	Kirkwall
		m. Robert Knight in 1925 in Stromness

	James Yorston	b. 1880	Rousay
	John Alexander Yorston	b. 1883	Rousay

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Mark Mackay Kirkness Quoyostray			F. Frederick Kirkness
b. 1879 in Rousay			M. Betsy McKay
d. 1953 (age 74) in Stromness

m. Martha (Mattie) Wards of Longhope in 1913 in Rousay
Teacher in Rousay

Issue	Frederick Kirkness	b. 1914	Rousay
	Thora Kirkness	b. 1918	Rousay

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Mary Margaret Inkster Westness		F. Hugh Inkster
b. 12.3.1880 in Unst, Shetland		M. Isabella Kirkness
d. 21.12.1966 (age 86) in Rousay

m. Thomas Sinclair of Banks, Frotoft on 23.11.1905 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Thomas Sinclair

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James Yorston		F. Peter Yorston
b. 1880 in Rousay		M. Mary Kirkness
d. 1956 (age 75) in Kirkwall

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

Issue	See entry for Isabella Craigie

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Frederick Alexander Kirkness Quoyostray		F. Mark Kirkness
b. 1914 in Rousay		M. Mattie Wards
d. 1970 (age 56) at sea
Fred, who was an engineer on the Fraserburgh lifeboat, was drowned when the lifeboat was lost at sea. His body was never recovered.

m. Maisie Robina Mainland of Westness in 1946 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Maisie Robina Mainland

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Thora Kirkness Quoyostray			F. Mark Kirkness
b. 1918 in Rousay			M. Mattie Wards
d. 1985 (age 67) in Firth

m. Alfred Gibson of Dounby in 1941 in Rousay See
Draper�s business in Dounby

Issue	Hilary Marcia Gibson	b. 1942	Stromness
	Helen Wards Gibson	b. 1946	Stromness

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Peter Yorston Oldman		F. NK
b. 1788 in Rousay		M. NK

m. Rebecca Craigie of Hullion in 1813 in Rousay

Issue	See entry for Rebecca Craigie

Peter was a brother of Magnus below.

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Magnus Yorston Oldman.			F. NK
			M. NK
m. Janet Marwick of Corse in 1805 in Rousay

Issue	Alexander Yorston	b. 17.3.1806	Rousay
	James Yorston	b. 16.3.1809	Rousay
	Betty Yorston	b. 19.2.1812	Rousay
	Hugh Yorston	b. 1816	Rousay

Magnus was a brother of Peter above.

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Peter Yorston Oldman			F. Peter Yorston
b. 8.5.1814 in Rousay			M. Rebecca Craigie,
d. 1883 (age 71) in Evie

m. Lydia Turnbull on 20.12.1838 in Evie

Issue	May Yorston	b. 1841	Rousay
	John Yorston	b. 13.8.1843	Rousay Went to NZ c1870
	James Yorston	b. 1846	Rousay Went to NZ with John
	Peter Yorston	b. 15.5.1848	Rousay

	Harriet Yorston	b. 15.8.1851	Rousay
		d. 1933 (age 83)	Evie & Rendall

	Robert Yorston	b. 3.12.1854	Rousay


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