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Peter Leonard

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Helen Bews on 8.12.1832

 

Issue

Thomas Leonard

b.30.9.1833

 

 

Peter Leonard

b. 17.9.1835

 

 

Isabella Leonard

b. 1855

m. William Craigie

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William Low        Irso, later at Castlehill, Frotoft

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Barbara Marwick

 

Issue

James Low

b. 23.12.1816

At Grinnabreck, Westside

 

William Low

b. 18.2.1820

At Grinnabreck, Westside

 

Hugh Low

b. 21.10.1824

 

 

John Low

b. 28.2.1835

At Irso

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John Low

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Gibson

 

Issue

Peter Low

b. 22.8.1816

At Scar

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John Low

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Essen

 

Issue

Margaret Low

b. 11.8.1818

At Scar

 

David Low

b. 3.8.1820

At Scar

 

Ann Low

b. 3.8.1822

At Scar

 

Mary Yorston Low

b. 19.8.1824

At Magnus-hill

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William McKinlay        

F. NK

  In Egilsay from 1851 onwards.

M. NK

 

m. Mary Craigie

 

Issue

William McKinlay

b. 20.1.1824

Tou

 

Margaret McKinlay

b. 22.10.1825

Fa’doon

 

William McKinlay

b. 24.4.1828

Quoygray

 

John McKinlay

b. 3.4.1831

Quoygray

 

Mary McKinlay

b. 8.3.1834

Quoygray

 

Margaret b. 1825 married John Craigie. See

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Robert Mainland        Broland

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Isabella Irvine

 

Issue

David Mainland

b. 19.8.1797

 

 

Robert Mainland

b. 1.6.1799

 

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James Mainland

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Christian Craigie

 

Issue

Anne Mainland

b. 6.1.1801

 

 

George Mainland

b. 29.3.1802

 

 

James Mainland

b. 22.2.1804

 

 

Jean Mainland

b. 18.6.1806

 

 

Christian Mainland

b. 18.6.1806

Twin of Jean

 

Barbara Mainland

b. 28.5.1808

 

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Alexander Mainland          Banks, Frotoft

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Grieve of Hurtiso on 27.11.1804

 

Issue

William Mainland

b. 16.12.1804

 

 

John Mainland

b. 18.5.1807

 

 

Mary Mainland

b. 17.6.1809

 

 

Ann Mainland

b. 22.11.1811

 

 

Giles Mainland

b. 28.12.1813

 

 

Stewart Mainland

b. 24.11.1815

 

 

Alexander Mainland

b. 4.2.1819

 

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William  Mainland         Bow, Weir

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Katherine Craigie

 

Issue

David Mainland

b. 15.1.1805

 

 

William Mainland

b. 25.5.1809

 

Mary Mainland b.24.2.1803 Died 1878.
Mary married James Mainland in 1834.   Jack Merrill of California emailed me about this family after seeing my name on the internet.  (RCM)

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James Mainland              Trumland

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Mary Mainland

 

Issue

James Mainland

b. 15.2.1827

 

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Margaret Mainland               Onziebist, Egilsay

F. NK

 

M. NK

Partner – John Mainland of Weyland, Egilsay

 

Issue

Maggie Mainland

b. 5.5.1878

 

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Janet Mainland                  Onziebist, Egilsay

F. NK

 

M. NK

Partner not known

 

Issue

John Mainland

b. 9.12.1879

 

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Rowland Marwick               Skaill, Westside

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Marwick

 

Issue

Margaret Marwick

b. 17.1.1823

 

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John Mode (Mowat)             Deathe, Wasbyster

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Jean Inkster

 

Issue

John* Mowat

b. 25.8.1813

 

 

 * There is a possibility that this is John Mowat  and that this is his father’s first marriage.

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John Pearson

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Jean McKinlay

 

Issue

Mary Pearson

b. 5.8.1816

At Nether Quendale

 

Robert Pearson

b. 18.6.1822

At Sowran

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George Reid                      Scockness

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Jean Stevenson

 

Issue

Bakie

b. 16.4.1833

 

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Thomas R Reid         

F. NK

 Assembly Schoolmaster, Sowrine

M. NK

 

m. Betsy Thomson

 

Issue

Thomas Balfour Reid

b. 23.7.1843

 

 

William Reid

b. 14.9.1848

 

 

James Reid

b. 29.11.1851

 

 

George Reid

b. 30.12.1854

 

 

John Williamson Reid

b. 5.12.1859

 

 

Thomas R Reid was a grand-nephew of George Reid.

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George Sinclair                 Banks, Sourin

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Alison Craigie on 13.12.1799

 

Issue

James Sinclair

b. 9.9.1801

 

 

Archibald Sinclair

b. 10.12.1802

 

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James Sinclair                 Banks, Sourin

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. 1)  Margaret Inkster

 

Issue

Thomas Sinclair

13.6.1799

 

 

 

 

 

m. 2)  Margaret Hume

 

 

 

 

Issue

Margaret Sinclair

b. 17.9.1800

 

 

Barbara Sinclair

b. 21.3.1802

 

 

Ogilvie Sinclair

b. 18.3.1804

 

 

Betty Sinclair

b. 30.8.1805

 

 

William Sinclair

b. 6.4.1807

 

 

Isabel Sinclair

b. 26.5.1809

 

 

Mary Sinclair

b. 26.5.1809

Twin of Isabel

 

Robert Sinclair

b. 17.7.1811

 

 

John Sinclair

b. 26.4.1813

 

 

Douglas (girl) Sinclair

b. 13.1.1815

 

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Thomas Sinclair                   b. c1801

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Mary Corsie                        b. c1801

 

Issue

Barbara Sinclair

b. 17.9.1829

At Curquoy

 

James Sinclair

b. 4.3.1831

At Curquoy

 

Mary Sinclair

b. 19.11.833

At Curquoy

 

Thomas Sinclair

b. 17.9.1837

At Curquoy

 

Thomas Sinclair

b. 22.8.1838

At Curquoy

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John Wood

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Joan Spence

 

Issue

Mary Wood

b. 13.7.1816

At Cavit, Wyre

 

Lydia Wood

b. 21.10.1818

At Cavit, Wyre

 

Janet Wood

b. 23.12.1820

At Cavit, Wyre

 

John Wood

b. 30.4.1823

At Cavit, Wyre

 

George Wood

b. 26.11.1825

At Cavit, Wyre

 

James Wood

b. 15.3.1828

At Cavit, Wyre

 

Betty Wood

b. 1.12.1830

At Cavit, Wyre

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Robert Work

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Magdalene Grieve

 

Issue

Isabel Work

b. 11.5.1817

At Midland, Sowrine

 

Robert Work

b. 12.10.1820

At Midland, Sowrine

 

Was Midland a former name for Bravel?

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James Yorston

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Isobel Marwick

 

Issue

James Yorston

b. 13.5.1798

At Auldman, Westside

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Henry Yorston                Newhouse

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Barbara Harcus

 

Issue

Alexander Yorston

b. 26.6.1798

 

 

Magnus Yorston

b. 20.8.1802

 

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Peter Yorston

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Reid

 

Issue

Helen Yorston

b. 28.4.1799

 

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John Yorston

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Christian Flett

 

Issue

Marjory Yorston

b. 22.7.1801

 

 

Peter Yorston

b. 15.5.1804

At Geo, Westside

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John Yorston

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Margaret Flaws

 

Issue

John Yorston

b. 12.5.1807

At Geo

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William Yorston

F. NK

 

M. NK

m.  Katherine Pottinger

 

Issue

Mary Yorston

b. 2.10.1825

At Kirbister, Egilsay

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George Flett              Rousay

F. NK

 

M. NK

m. Christian Inkster

 

Issue Jean Flett b. 21.9.1802 Torcabreck, Wasbyster

Mary Flett

b. 15.7.1816

Torcabreck, Wasbyster

 

Janet Flett

b. 29.6.1819

Hillhouse, Wasbyster

 

James Flett

b. 11.9.1822

Hillhouse, Wasbyster

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Mary Flett       b. 15.7.1816   Rousay             d. 1894     Kirkwall

F. George Flett

 

M. Christian Inkster

m. Peter Shearer, Stronsay, on 23.12.1847 in Kirkwall

     Joiner and Builder, later a Farmer

Issue

Mary Shearer

b. 12.3.1850

Kirkwall

 

William Shearer

b. 18.2.1852

Kirkwall     d. 1881, age 29      Unmarried

Jemima Shearer b. 7.8.1854 Kirkwall

 

Peter Shearer

b. 14.2.1857

Kirkwall

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Janet Flett       b. 29.6.1819   Rousay             d. 31.1.1889     Kirkwall

F. George Flett

 

M. Christian Inkster

m. James Aim, Parochial Schoolteacher, on 17.3.1863 in Kirkwall            He died before 1871

     Janet Flett had been his housekeeper prior to their marriage

No Issue

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James Flett    b. 11.9.1822   Rousay                     

F. George Flett

                      d.13.4.1899   Fort Chipewyan, Canada M. Christian Inkster

Joined Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) on 14.12.1844                    

m. Mary ----------- in Canada
Issue Jane Flett b. 28.12.1857 Canada 
m. William Morrison Mackay

A summary of James Flett's employment history with HBC including some other details has been produced by the HBC Archives in Winnipeg.

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Mary Shearer     b. 12.3.1850    Kirkwall         d. 2.11.1934     Kirkwall

F. Peter Shearer

 

M. Mary Flett

m. David Spence, Bookseller & Stationer, in 1882 in Kirkwall         He died in 1890, age 48, in Kirkwall

   

No Issue

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Jemima Shearer       b. 7.8.1854    Kirkwall       d. 1919   Deerness

F.  Peter Shearer

 

M. Mary Flett

m. Magnus Spence, Birsay, in 1876 in Kirkwall            Schoolmaster in Deerness

    

Issue

Mary Anne Spence

b. c1877

Kirkwall

 

William Spence

b. c1879

Kirkwall     

Thomas Spence b. c1880 Kirkwall
Ida Spence b. c1882 Kirkwall
Peter Spence b. c1884 Stenness
Magnus Spence b. c1892 Deerness

 

David Spence

b. c1896

Kirkwall

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Peter Shearer       b. 14.2.1857    Kirkwall       d. 8.6.1921   Harry

F.  Peter Shearer

Self employed General Merchant, later Coal Merchant

M. Mary Flett

m. Charlotte Eleanor Johnston, England, in 1877 in Kirkwall

  

Issue

Charles Shearer

b. c1878

Kirkwall

 

Peter Shearer

b. c1879

Kirkwall     

James Shearer b. c1881 Kirkwall
William Shearer b. c1882 Kirkwall
Margaret Shearer b. c1884 Kirkwall
Mary Shearer b. c1886 Kirkwall
Alfred Shearer b. c1888 Kirkwall
Evelyn or Eva Shearer b. c1890 Kirkwall
Leslie Shearer b. c1892 Kirkwall
John Shearer b. c1896 Kirkwall

 

Charlotte Shearer

b. c1901

Kirkwall

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Mary Anne Spence     b. c1877    Kirkwall       

F.  Magnus Spence

 

M. Jemima Shearer

m. Andrew Work in 1907 in Kirkwall   

    

Issue

Andrew L Work

b. c1908

Calcutta, India

 

Magnus S Work

b. c1909

Kirkwall     

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Jean Flett      b. 21.9.1802    Rousay          d. 2.8.1882      Kirkwall

F. George Flett

 

M. Christian Inkster

m. James Craigie on 10.1.1826 in Rousay

     Merchant Seaman        d. before 1851 census, but may have died before the 1841 census

 

Issue

James Craigie

b. 6.10.1827

Rousay

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James Craigie      b. 6.19.1827    Rousay         l

F. James Craigie

  Fisherman, Mason and Butcher over the years

M. Jean Flett

m. Jane Copland on 19.6.1856 in Kirkwall

Issue James Craigie b. c1856 Kirkwall
William Craigie b. c1857 Kirkwall
Margaret Jane Craigie b. c1859 Kirkwall

This family appeared in the 1861 census for Kirkwall, but "disappeared" from all Scottish records after that.  They probably emigrated between 1861 and 1871.

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