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James Craigie   Vaddy, Egilsay

F.  NK

Died 1917 aged 46.

M.  Mary Craigie

 

m.  Jane Rendall in Westray in 1900

 

 

 

 

Issue

James

b. 26.2.1902

Died 1910.

 

John

b.  22.8.1903

Died 1977.

 

Robert

b.  13.2.1905

m. Violet Seatter

 

John married Mary Donaldson of Watten.

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Barbara Louttit,  .  1825 - 1891

F.Alexander Louttit

Lower Blackhammer

M. Janet Craigie

 

had a son

William            

b. 1852

 

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William Louttit 1852 - 1884

F. NK

  Maybank

M. Barbara Louttit

 

m.   Margaret Gibson, Broland

 

 

 

 

Issue   

Maggie Jessie

b. 1877

 

 

Isabella            

b. 1878

 

 

William            

b. 1882

Died 1896

 

Maggie Jessie, who was born in 1877, died at Kirkha' in 1947. She was the second wife of Sammy Inkster  

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Margaret Gibson          1851 - 1931

F. Thomas Gibson

Broland

M. Jame Grieve

 

m.   William Louttit, Maybank, Wasbister, formerly known as Roadside

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for William Louttit,

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Isabella Louttit b. 1878

F. William Louttit,

Maybank

M. Margaret Gibson

 

m.   Walter Muir, Breckan, later Warrenfield, St. Ola

 

 

 

 

Issue   

Maggie Jessie

 

 

 

Bessie

 

 

 

Walter  

b. 1906

 

 

Bella

 

 

 

Thomas

 

 

 

Robert

 

 

 

It is thought that Walter hailed from Sanday, coming to Rousay as a farm servant at Saviskaill.

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James Marwick     1883 - 1956

F. David Marwick

 

M. Ann Hercus

m.   Elizabeth C. Taylor

 

Issue

James Alexr.     m. M. Groundwater.  Issue - Elma, Harry, Evelyn

 

George Robert

 

 

 

John David        

Unmarried

 

 

Elizabeth Mabel             m. Gordon Cooper.

 

Harry Stewart    m. Catherine Yeaman.

 

Mabel and Gordon Cooper had 6 children, Issue - Brian, Kathleen, Raymond, Derek, Edmund, and Linda. Mabel Cooper died in 2003.   Harry and Catherine had 4 children Elizabeth, Edna James, and David.

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Sydney G.S. Chapman

F. Sydney T Chapman

 

M. Isabella Sinclair

m.   Mary Richards

 

 

 

 

Issue   

Kenneth G. S.   m. Yvonne Richard

 

Christine Elizabeth

 

 

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Isabella Kirkness         b. 1839

F. John Kirkness

Quoyostray

M. Mary Alexander

 

m.   Hugh Inkster in 1865.  Latterly at Westness.             His first marriage

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for Hugh Inkster

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Robert E. Marwick       b. 1881

F. Isaac Marwick

Edinburgh

M. Mary Wilson

 

m.   Mary Robb

 

 

 

 

Issue   

Patricia             m.  _______   Turner

 

Robert was Medical Officer of Health for East Lothian.

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Isabella Mainland        1843-1934 F. Nicol Mainland
Banks, Frotoft M. Margaret Louttit
 
m.  James Graham (1846-1895), Edinburgh
       
Issue Margaret b. 1868  
  James b. 1872  
  Dinah 1874-1940  
  Robert b. 7.7.1876  
  Alexander b. 1877  
  Isabella b. 1880  
  John b. 1883  
  Harry Nichol 1886-1940  
       
Dinah m. ____ Robertson.  Issue - Graham ( a dentist) who  had a son called Eustace.

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Harry Nichol Graham   1886-1940  F. James Graham
Dentist. Edinburgh M. Isabella Mainland
 
m.  Mary Eadie in 1909
       
Issue James Murray 1910-1990  
  May 1911-1976  
  Alexander 1913-1983  
  Isabel 1914-1992  
  Harry Nichol 1917-2000  
  John Eadie b. 1920  
  William 1922-1991  
  Barbara 1923-1993  
  Stanley 1929-1985  
  Ronald b. 1930  

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Harry Nichol Graham  1917-2000 F.  Harry Nichol Graham
Fitter & turner,    Edinburgh M. Mary Eadie
 
m. Margaret Lorimer Cockburn (1918-1994) in 1941
       
Issue Harry Nichol 1942-2001  
  Kenneth James b. 1944  
  Marjorie b. 1946  
  Catherine b. 1948  
  John b. 1950  
  Douglas 1955-1973  
  Andrea b. 1957  
  Sheena b. 1962  
  Fiona b. 1965  
 

This family moved from Edinburgh to Western Australia in 1953 and the four youngest children were born there. John b. 1950 married Stacey Smith who contacted me in 2005 and supplied most of the above information on the Grahams           R.C.M.

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Robert Graham            1876-1955

F. James Graham

Nears, later at Rysa

M. Isabella Mainland

 

m.   Margaret Craigie, Treblo

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for Margaret Craigie

 

Robert lived in Rousay from the age of four, first with his grandparents at Banks and later with his uncle Robert Mainland at Nears. There are numerous descendants in Hoy.

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John Mainland             1839 - 1912

F. James Mainland

Onzibist, Wyre

M. Mary Mainland

 

m.   Margaret Mainland, Cavit in 1868.     John, her husband, died at Essaquoy.

 

 

 

 

Issue

Annabella        b. 16.12.1869.  Died 1933 in USA.  Unmarr.

 

William            b. 15.10.1871.     m.

 

Janet                b. 1.11.1872      m. Hugh Wood. Canada

 

John                 b. 4.7.1874        m. Kate Marcks. USA

 

James              b. 25.6.1876      m. Lucia Long. USA

 

Magnus            b. 6.11.1878      m. Mina Beach USA

 

Margaret           b. 20.6.1880      Died aged 4

 

David                b. 8.3.1883        m. Mary Laughton. Canada

 

Hugh                 b. 21.4.1885      m. Florence Hosington. USA

 

Mary                 b. 16.2.1887

 

Robert               b. 15.7.1891

 

This family moved from Wyre to Essaquoy, Rousay.  James was an electrical engineer

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Margaret Mainland     Cavit

F. Magnus Mainland

b. 1846

M. Janet Mainland

 

m.   John Mainland, Onzibist, Wyre latterly Essaquoy.

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for John Mainland                      

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Mary Mainland     Essaquoy  

F. John Mainland

b. 1887     d. 1963

M. Margaret Mainland

 

John Seatter, Banks, Sourin in 1912.  1884-1983    Later in Rendall

 

 

 

 

Issue

John Robert      b. 27.10.1913    Died serving with R.A.F

 

Edward King     b. 13.4.1920      Died 1983

 

Sybil Margaret   b. 18.3.1922

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Robert Mainland              Essaquoy

F. John Mainland

b. 1891

M. Margaret Mainland

 

m.   Jessie Marwick, Scockness in 1915

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for  Jessie Marwick

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Sybil M Seatter     b. 1922

F. John Seatter

 

M. Mary Mainland

m.   Fred Gibson, Kirkwall in 1946. Fred was born in 1921.  No issue

 
Fred Gibson's father was David Gibson.

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Agnes Gibson     Myres

F. John Gibson

1868 – 1950

M. Lydia Craigie

 

 

 

 

m.   Hugh Inkster, Quoys, Sourin.     See

 

This couple spent most of their lives in South Africa. Hugh died there in 1933. Agnes spent her last few years in Rousay and died there in 1950

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William D. Gibson

F. James Gibson

Born at Curquoy in 1861.  Died in 1943.

M. Mary Gibson

Known as Big Bill.          Member of police bodyguard for King Edward V11.

 

 

 

 

m. 1)   Christina Scott     No issue

m. 2)    Mary Johnston   No issue

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Frederick Corsie              Brendale

F. William Corsie

1870 – 1950

M. Ann Leonard

 

m.   Jane Marwick, Furse in 1890

 

 

 

 

Issue               

Louise I.

b. c.1890

 

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Jane Marwick Furse

F. William Marwick

b. 1869

M. Janet Craigie

 

m. Fred Corsie, Brendale

 

 

 

 

Issue

See entry for Fred Corsie

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James Kirkness     Grain

F. James Kirkness

b. 1843

M. Grace Craigie

 

m.   Margaret Inkster, Innister in 1864

 

 

 

 

Issue   

Janet Gibson    

b. 8.4.1865

 

 

James Craigie

b. 7.2.1869