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Mary Jane Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 20.9.1857 on Voyage to Australia on the clipper John Bunyan			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 30.5.1934 (age 76) in Ashford, NSW, Australia

m. Daniel Sutherland (1852-1946)

James Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 27.12.1861 in Walcha, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 23.10.1927 (age 65) in Sydney, NSW, Australia
Farmer
Painting of James Grieve's property at Woolbrook near Walcha

m. Margaret Jane Mcintyre (1860-1943)

Jane Fanny Grieve		F. William Grieve
b. 24.12.1864 in Walcha, NSW, Australia		M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 15.4.1938 (age 73) in Walcha, NSW, Australia

m. Henry Charles Bath (1864-1930) in 1885

Issue	11 children

John (Jack) Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 21.11.1866 in Armidale, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 9.6.1941 (age 74) in Walcha, NSW, Australia

m. Mary Gibson Scott in 1902 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia
b. 1876 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia
d. 1912 (age 36) in Bundarra, NSW, Australia
			..
Issue	John S Grieve	b. 1903	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Gladys A Grieve	b. 1904	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Jean A Grieve	b. 1906	Manilla, NSW, Australia
	Kenneth W Grieve	b. 1907	Tamworth, NSW, Australia
	Alice May Grieve	b. 1909	Gunnedah, NSW, Australia
	Irene E Grieve	b. 1911	Bundarra, NSW, Australia

Helen (Ellen) Grieve		F. William Grieve
b. 9.10.1867 in Wellingrove, NSW, Australia		M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 13.7.1942 (age 74) in Walcha, NSW, Australia

m. Isaac John (Jack) White (1867-1927)

Issue	10 children

Anne Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 28.8.1868 in Armidale, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 17.9.1936 (age 68) in Sydney, NSW, Australia

m. Charles Holtham Hudson (1866-1948)

Alick Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 1872 in Walcha, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 14.1.1951 (age 79) in Bingara, NSW, Australia
.
m. Bertha Caroline Gillies on 26.2.1902 in Walcha, NSW, Australia Sister of Olive Beatrice Gillies below. See
b. 1879 in Walcha, NSW, Australia
d. 1954 (age 75) in NSW, Australia
.
Issue	Russell Alexander Grieve	b. 25.8.1903	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Arthur William Grieve	b. 3.10.1904	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Harold Duncan Grieve	b. 16.4.1907	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Norman Grieve	b. 16.2.1909	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Walter James Grieve	b. 29.2.1912	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Alice Ann Grieve	b. 29.4.1913	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Mervyn Henry Grieve	b. 3.2.1916	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Myrtle Jane Grieve	b. 19.7.1920	Walcha, NSW, Australia

Betsy Ann Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 11.4.1874 in Walcha, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 2.10.1943 (age 69) in Gravesend, NSW, Australia

m. John Thomas Frazer (1873-1939)

Alice Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 14.6.1877 in Walcha, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett
d. 23.11.1951 (age 74) in Redfern, NSW, Australia

m. James Macdonald (1868-1949)

Alick Grieve			F. Malcolm Grieve
b. 1893 in NSW, Australia			M. Emma Jobson
d. 1961 (age 68) in NSW, Australia
.
m. Olive Beatrice Gillies on 25.12.1917 in Walcha, NSW, Australia Sister of Bertha Caroline Gillies above. See
b. 1892 in Walcha, NSW, Australia
d. 27.2.1986 (age 93) in Murrurundi, NSW, Australia
.
Issue	Argyle Alick Grieve	b. 1919	Australia
		d. 1982 (age 63)	Australia
			.
	Edna Olive Grieve	b. 1922	Australia
	Edith Alice Grieve	b. 1925	Australia
	Thelma Sylvia Grieve	b. 1927	Australia
	George Duncan Grieve	b. 1930	Australia
	June Dawn Grieve	b. 1933	Australia

William Flett			F. NK
b. 1797 in Harray			M. NK
d. 1875 (age 77) in Harray
Landed Proprietor & Farmer

m. Betsy Harvey on 5.1.1821 in Harray
b. 1794 in Stenness
d. 27.11.1876 (age 82) in Harray
P: William Harvey & Margaret Murray

Issue	Betsy Flett	b. 19.19.1821	Harray
	Mary Flett	b. 9,12,1826	Harray
			.
	William Flett	b. 24.8.1828	Stromness
		d. 22.12.1897 (age 69)	Harray
		m. Betsy Isbister in 1857 in Harray
			.
	James Ferguson Flett	b. 15.4.1830	Stromness
	Margaret Flett	b. 16.1.1832	Stromness
	Jane (Jean) Flett	b. 3.6.1833	Stromness
			.
	Marjory Scathaway Flett	b. 2.2.1836	Stromness
		d. 2.2.1911 (age 75)	Milton, Glasgow
		m. David Thorburn on 11.6.1869 in High Church, Glasgow
			.
	Helen Flett	b. 15.12.1839	Stromness

James Ferguson Flett			F. William Flett
b. 5.4.1830 in Stromness			M. Betsy Harvey
d. 2.7.1900 (age 70) in Kirkwall

m. Mary Anne Copland on 6.8.1861 in Kirkwall
b. 1794 in Stenness
d. 27.11.1876 (age 82) in Harray
P: Peter Copland & Helen Smith

Issue	Helen Flett	b. 13.6.1863	Kirkwall
		d. 15.10.1944 (age 81)	Winnipeg, MB, Canada
		m. James P Thomson
			.
	Elizabeth Flett	b. 1865	Kirkwall
		d. 11.4.1875 (age 9)	Kirkwall
			.
	Mary Ann Flett	b. 17.10.1867	Kirkwall
		d. 12.11.1838 (age 31)	Kirkwall
			.
	John Smith Flett	b.12.6.1869	Kirkwall
			.
	William Forsyth Flett	b. 2.6.1871	Kirkwall
		d. 30.5.1875 (age 5)	Kirkwall
			.
	David Flett	b. 26.8.1872	Kirkwall
		d. 13.12.1883 (age 11)	Kirkwall
			.
	Peter Copland Flett	b. 15.10.1877	Kirkwall
			.
	James William Flett	b. 15.12.1882	Kirkwall
		d. 15.10.1883 (age 0)	Kirkwall

Jane (Jean) Flett		F. William Flett
b. 3.6.1833 in Stromness		M. Betsy Harvey
d. 28.11.1912 (age 79) in Walcha, NSW, Australia

m. William Grieve on 11.11.1856 in Kirkwall

Issue	See entry for William Grieve

Sir John Smith Flett KBE, FRS			F. James Ferguson Flett
b. 26.6.1869 in Kirkwall			M. Mary Anne Copland
d. 26.1.1947 (age 77) in Saffron Walden, Essex
Geologist - Director of His Majesty's Geological Survey

m. Mary Jane (Polly) Meason on 23.12.1895 in Glasgow
b. 5.6.1871 in Indiana, USA
d. 23.2.1950 (age 78) in London

Issue	Winifred Mary Flett	b. 16.2.1901	Edinburgh
		d. 21.12.1903 (age 2)
			.
	Harald Flett	b. 5.2.1906	Epsom, Surrey
	Martin Teall Flett	b. 30.7.1911	Epsom, Surrey
			..
Sir John Smith Flett Photograph and Obituary

Harald Flett			F. Sir John Smith Flett
b. 5.6.1906 in Epsom, Surrey			M. Mary Jane (Polly) Meason
d. 15.3.1981 (age 75) in Malvern, Victoria, Australia

m. Aroha Vivienne Isabelle Malvene Lorigan on 23.11.1935 in Sydney, NSW, Australia
b. 1911 in NZ
P: Vincent William Lorigan & Malvene _____

Issue	Scarth Lorigan Flett (F)	b. 17.9.1942	Yarra, Victoria, Australia
	Rhana Flett (F)	b. c1950	Victoria, Australia

Sir Martin Teall Flett KCB		F. Sir John Smith Flett
b. 30.7.1911 in Epsom, Surrey		M. Mary Jane (Polly) Meason
d. 25.2. 1982 (age 70) in Kensington, London
Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry

m. Mary Jane Martin in 1936 in Chelsea, London
b.
d. 17.5.2005
F: Sir Alec Martin

Issue	Magnus Flett
	Andrew Flett
	Mary-Ann Flett
		..
Sir Martin Flett Photograph and Obituary

Peter Copland Flett	F. James Ferguson Flett
b. 15.10.1877 in Kirkwall	M. Mary Anne Copland
d. 26.1.1960 (age 82) in Kirkwall
Ironmonger, Lemonade Maker and Jam Maker in Kirkwall

Unmarried

In later years he served as Provost of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall during WW2 and was awarded an OBE for his services.

John Sinclair			F. NK
b. 1764 in Westray			M. NK

m. Marion Donaldson

Issue	Robert Sinclair	b. 13.3.1789	Westray
	Margaret Sinclair	b. 10.2.1791	Westray
	Thomas Sinclair	b. 1793	Westray
	John Sinclair	b. 1797	Westray
		.
	Christian Catherine Sinclair	b. 8.3.1801	Westray
		d. 26.1.1886 (age 84)	Westray
		.
	Ann Sinclair	b. 8.4.1806	Westray
	William Sinclair	b. 6.5.1809	Westray

Thomas Rousay			F. NK
b. c1793 in Westray			M. NK
d. Bet. 1851 & 1855 in Westray

m. Margaret Sinclair on 11.5.1821 in Westray

Issue	John Rousay	b. 22.4.1822	Westray
		.
	Robert Sinclair Rousay	b. 16.10.1823	Westray
		d. Bef 1825	Westray
		.
	Robert Rousay	b. 30.1.1825	Westray
		.
	Ann Rousay	b. 1.9.1826	Westray
	James Stewart Rousay	b. 19.6.1831	Westray
	Margaret Rousay	b. 17.2.1833	Westray
		.
	Alexander Rousay	b. 1.5.1836	Westray
		d. 1910 (age 74)	Westray

Margaret Sinclair		F. John Sinclair
b. 17.2.1791 in Westray		M. Marion Donaldson
d. 30.1.1866 (age 74) in Westray

m. Thomas Rousay on 11.5.1821 in Westray

Issue	See Entry for Thomas Rousay

George Stout			F. Thomas Stout
b. 6.4.1796 in Fair Isle, Shetland			M. Grizel Smith
d. 17.1.1875 (age 78) in Westray

m. 1) Helen Wilson c1820 in Fair Isle, Shetland
b. c1799 in Fair Isle, Shetland
d. c1835 (age 36)

Issue	Williamina Stout	b. 22.8.1821	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 27.1.1909 (age 87)	Westray
		.
	Margaret Stout	b. 6.12.1823	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 9.6.1857 (age 33)
		.
	Laurence Stout	b. 25.5.1826	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 11.9.1889 (age 63)	Edinburgh
		.
	Thomas Stout	b. 6.5.1827	Fair Isle, Shetland
		.
	James Stout	b. 1830	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 27.11.1908 (age 78)	Westray
		.
	Marjory Stout	b. 1834	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 8.12.1924 (age 90)	Westray
		.
m. 2) Helen Stout in 1836 in Westray
b. c1796 in Fair Isle, Shetland
d. 1858 (age 62) in Westray

Issue	George Stout	b. 22.8.1821	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 27.1.1909 (age 87)	Westray
		.
	John Lindsay Stout	b. 6.12.1823	Fair Isle, Shetland
		d. 9.6.1857 (age 33)	Westray

Thomas Stout			F. George Stout
b. 6.5.1827 in Fair Isle, Shetland			M. Helen Wilson
d. 18.11.1898 (age 71) in Westray

m. 1) Mary Drever in Westray

Issue	Barbara Stout	b. 12.6.1847	Westray
		d. 24.11.1925 (age 78)	Westray

m. 2) Margaret Rousay on 26.11.1853 in Westray

Issue	See Entry for Margaret Rousay

Margaret Rousay			F. Thomas Rousay
b. 17.2.1833 in Westray			M. Margaret Sinclair
d. 19.10.1901 (age 69) in Westray

m. Thomas Stout on 26.11.1853 in Westray

Issue	William Harcus Stout	b. 2.8.1854	Westray
		d. 28.5.1929 (age 74)	Westray
		.
	Margaret Sinclair Stout	b. 29.5.1856	Westray
		.
	Helen Stout	b. 1.6.1858	Westray
		d. 2.12.1932 (age 74)	Walls, Orkney
		.
	Ann Stout	b. 4.1.1862	Westray
		.
	Alexander Rousay Stout	b. 30.11.1870	Westray
		d. 13.4.1936 (age 65)	Unst, Shetland
		.
	James Stout	b. 26.1.1876	Westray
		d. 21.11.1942 (age 66)	Westray

Margaret Sinclair Stout			F. Thomas Stout
b. 29.5.1856 in Westray			M. Margaret Rousay
d. 29.5.1925 (age 69) in Edinburgh

m. Alexander MacLennan on 18.8.1885 in Rousay

Issue	John Mackenzie MacLennan	b. 22.4.1822	Edinburgh

Robina Inkster			F. William Inkster
b. 6.4.1823 in Rousay			M. Mary Gibson
d. 20.1.1906 (age 82) in Poorhouse, Kirkwall
Robina was living with her nephew Frederick Traill Inkster in 1901. Died in a poorhouse only a few years later - strange!

Had a son by James Higgins, Travelling Tinsmith and Watchmaker

Issue	Hugh Higgins	b. 19.2.1856	Rousay

Hugh Higgins			F. James Higgins
b. 19.2.1856 in Rousay			M. Robina Inkster
d. 11.5.1894 (TB, age 38) in Kirkwall

m. Harriet Yorston on 2.6.1877 in Kirkwall

Issue	Hugh Inkster Higgins	b. 2.8.1878	Kirkwall
		d. 27.9.1912 (age 34)	Edinburgh Unmarried

	James Higgins	b. 10.12.1881	Kirkwall

Harriet Yorston		F. Peter Yorston
b. 15.8.1851 in Rousay		M. Lydia Turnbull
d. 12.3.1933 (age 83) in Evie

m. Hugh Higgins on 2.6.1877 in Kirkwall

Issue	See entry for Hugh Higgins

William Craigie			F. Hugh Craigie
b. 27.4.1811 in Rousay			M. Sicilia Gibson
d. 1901 (age 90) in Canada

Like many of his fellow Orcadians William Craigie went to Canada, probably in the 1830s, as an indentured employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). He abhorred the way the HBC treated the indigenous peoples and resolved to leave. But as an indentured servant he would have been in mortal danger from the colonial authorities. He did manage to escape and returned to Orkney via the USA. There he married Jane Mainland and they later emigrated to Canada reaching Pictou in Nova Scotia in June 1842 after sailing on the barque Superior for 51 days from Thurso, Caithness.

m. Jane Mainland on 25.2.1842 in Rousay

Issue	John Yorston Craigie	b. 1.1.1843	Pictou, NS, Canada

	Ann Craigie	b. 1844	Pictou, NS, Canada
		d. 24.1.1894 (age 49)	Chelsea, MA, USA

	Jane Craigie	b. 1848	Pictou, NS, Canada
		d. 15.2.1916 (age 67)	Boston, MA, USA

John Yorston Craigie			F. William Craigie
b. 1.1.1843 in Pictou, NS, Canada			M. Jane Mainland
d. 22.1.1929 (age 86) in Pictou, NS, Canada

John Yorston Craigie was named after a prominent local man in Pictou called John Yorston who had befriended his parents William Craigie and Jane Mainland.

m. Elizabeth Mary Pollock in NS, Canada

Issue	William Franklin Craigie	b. 1885	Pictou, NS, Canada
	John Hubert Craigie	b. 8.12.1887	Pictou, NS, Canada

John Hubert Craigie		F. John Yorston Craigie
b. 8.12.1887 in Pictou, NS, Canada		M. Elizabeth Mary Pollock
d. 26.2.1989 (age 101) in Ottawa, Canada

The 5th of 8 children.
Plant pathologist, known for his research into rust resistant cereals which are vital to Canada as a cereal producing nation.
He studied at various universities and received a PhD from the University of Manitoba.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1952. He was also awarded several honorary degrees.

m. Miriam Louise Morash on 4.10.1926 in Lunenburg, NS, Canada

Issue	Not known

John Inkster			F. Robert Inkster
b. 24.10.1850 in Rousay			M. Janet Inkster
d. 6.4.1907 (age 56) in Edinburgh

m. Elizabeth Mason on 19.7.1889 in Glasgow
b. 1858 in Leith, Edinburgh
d. 1937 (age 78) in Edinburgh

Issue	Janet Inkster	b. 4.9.1891	Glasgow
		d. 4.6.1921 (age 29)	Edinburgh
		Cerebral Embolism (blood clot)

	Elizabeth Inkster	b. 6.9.1893	Edinburgh
	Anne Inkster	b. 24.4.1895	Edinburgh
	Mary Inkster	b. 12.5.1897	Edinburgh

James Kirkness			F. John Kirkness
b. 3.11.1855 in Rousay			M. Mary Alexander
d. 15.12.1923 (age 68) in La Rochelle, France. Heart failure
Ship Engineer

m.Jessie Jane Peace on 9.2.1887 in Leith, Edinburgh
b. 1861 in Sanday
d. 30.11.1942 (age 80) in Edinburgh

Issue	Janet Omand (Netta) Kirkness	b. 2.12.1887	Leith, Edinburgh

	Frederick John Kirkness	b. 1889	Leith, Edinburgh

	James Kirkness	b. 28.3.1893	Leith, Edinburgh
		d. 13.9.1969 (age 76)	Edinburgh
		m. 1) Williamina McCulloch in 1942 in Edinburgh
		m. 2) Joan Munro Banks in 1946 in Edinburgh

Janet Omand (Netta) Kirkness			F. James Kirkness
b. 2.12.1887 in Leith, Edinburgh			M. Jessie Jane Peace
d.

m. Sydney David Dougall on 20.4.1916 in Leith, Edinburgh
b. 1888 in Edinburgh
d. 1945 (age 57) in Edinburgh

Issue	Hamish Sydney Dougall	b. 1918
		d. 9.2.1965 (age 47)	Edinburgh

	Girl Dougall (details unknown)

Frederick John Kirkness			F. James Kirkness
b. 1889 in Leith, Edinburgh			M. Jessie Jane Peace
d. 17,2,1927 in Durban, Natal, South Africa

m. Margaret Eleanore Leyland

Issue	Jessie Elaine Kirkness	b. 30.1.1926	Durban, Natal, South Africa

Thomas John Grieve			F. William Grieve
b. 19.8.1896 in Walcha, NSW, Australia			M. Jane (Jean) Flett)
d. 11.12.1970 (age 74) in Walcha, NSW, Australia
Carpenter & Tank Maker

m. Maude Evelyn Saisell on 2.3.1926 in Walcha, NSW, Australia
b. 19.5.1899 in Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
d. 11.12.1970 (age 71) in Walcha, NSW, Australia

Issue	Gordon Lindsay Grieve	b. 2.12.1926	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Enid Jean Grieve	b. 30.3.1928	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Donald Innes Grieve	b.28.7.1929	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Nancy Grieve	b. 9.7.1931	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Maxwell John Grieve	b. 12.5.1933	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Marjorie Isabel Grieve	b. 19.7.1935	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Anne Lorraine Grieve	b. 15.12.1937	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Helen Grieve	b. 26.6.1939	Walcha, NSW, Australia
	Judith Mary Grieve	b. 29.3.1943	Walcha, NSW, Australia