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Page 2 From the Chair & Visit to by Chairman o! SHFIjS 3 Correspondence 5 Requests 6 Profile 7 Description ol S George Irving oT Breckness (continued Tram last issue) 10 Open HJeeting 12 Looking Tor Brotchies 13 Orkney Library, Orkney Science Festival 8 S. England proposal 14 Amendments to Members Directory From the Chair Visit to Orkney by the Chairman of SAFHS Orkney has had very good weather this summer. Many more visitors have been Mr Bruce Irving around probably thanks to that and the lifting of foot and mouth restrictions. The OFHS This was my first visit to Orkney and from office has seen its share of people looking for start to finish I felt quite at home, although I ancestors. One couple from Seattle were so have no direct Orcadian ancestors. The lasting keen they came to the office direct from the impressions from the visit in mid August are airport complete with their baggage! that Family History is ative and very well, the One thing about visiting researchers that summer climate is good and hospitality includ- has struck me over the years is that they are ing food is exceptional. more keen to see gravestones etc. than to The sweep of history is staggering ranging actually meet their relatives! Of course that is from Neolithic sites such as Maeshowe and not always the case but a talk with those Skara Brae to the Second World War - Sea pa around now could help put "flesh on the Flow and the Churchill Barriers. I imagine that bones" and provide contacts for the next there are more historic sites per square miie generation of family historians. than anywhere else in the UK. The Monumental Inscription programme is There's a lot to see in Kirkwall; a fine old progressing slowly. St Andrews is complete library with its Orkney Room and the island's and the Firth Graveyard has been checked. archives are held there by Alison Fraser, the We could do with some more help with that, Archivist. Then there is St Magnus Cathedral and anyone willing can get instructions at the which seems much larger inside than it does office. from outside. It has old and often beautiful The winter activities started with the Sep- gravestones both inside and outside. Close by tember meeting, not in the supper room as is the Bishops Palace and the Kirkwall Mu- had been planned but in the actual Town Hall, seum. All these and the OFHS Research are all Kirkwall. This was because about double the within a few minutes of each other. usual number of people turned up to hear My first priority was to visit the OFHS at about Papa . It was lovely to see some their small premises in the middle of the who had come from Stronsay specially forthe capital where I was made most welcome by occasion. As a result of the meeting we hope Mimes Manson and later by Hazel Goar, The to record the history of the island in some centre was busy with visitors whose enquiries form. were dealt with deftly. It is easy to understand The October meeting is to be in Harold why this society is thriving since it has the Esson's Museum at Sunnybrae in . resources to deal with questions on the spot Harold has an amazing collection of artifacts coupled with exceptionally good publications, on two floors of a substantial building plus a complete Census indexes 1841 to 1901 for few vintage cars and tractors, which may have the whole of the Orkney Islands and also to stand outside on the night! The Annual some for 1821, and a growing list of Monu- Dinner this year will be in the Ayre Hotel on mental Inscription booklets. The final ingredi- 14* November at 7.00pm. Eoin Scott will be ent for recruiting members and then keeping the speaker and his subject will be Heraldry. them, is a good newsletter and here again The Society is still looking for an Editor! The OFHS excels. The Society is hoping to move editorial committee are grateful for the nice into new purpose-built premises in 2003 comments they had so for for SFN number 22 where it is hoped that there will be more but they are fully aware that there are some space for the growing archives. among you more able to edit the magazine. Stromness old town and docks comprise a However, editing is one thing. Getting the conservation area with a winding, narrow material is something else and that is where series of streets with no pavements and in- we can all help! Our grateful thanks to all who triguing closes. The Museum, recently refur- contributed to the first home produced jour- bished, was founded in 1837 and has occupied nal. Ohui its present premises since 1862. The museum is an antiquarian's dream. Ships sailed from Joyce Mahoney#l22 Stromness for the Hudson's Bay Company in Do you have a 'lost' relative amongst these Canada, the Franklin Expedition and the Cook names? They were all neighbours of one of my Expedition. An elderly and presumably ar- Orcadian Budge 'twigs' in St George's in the thritic sheepdog was observed being taken for East, Middlesex. an outing by its owner in a builder's wheelbar- I would be pleased to send a copy of the full row. census entry on receipt of a stamped ad- Finding that the Franklin Expedition ship dressed envelope. took on water at Stromness was a bonus as I have an interest in the form of Lt. John Irving 1851 Census who also perished on the fated expedition. I }ohn 50 and his wife Janet 35 both bom would be grateful for any information readers Stromness with 2 children together with his have about him. parents John 85 and Elizabeth 80 both born On the north of the mainland is Stromness where Earl Thorfinn the Mighty spent most of James Knarston 30 and his wife Margaret 24 his time, a bishop's palace and remains of a both born Stromness Viking settlement. Close by is an imposing Eliza Sinclair, widow 42 and her brother large monument to Lord Kitchener who Wiliiam Mair 39 both bom Stromness drowned to the north of Birsay. Another George Taylor 26 born Kirkwall place not to miss is the Orkneyinga Saga Peter Brown 27 born Stromness Centre which is a modern visitor centre near Alex Sinclair 42 born St Margaret's Hope the Round Kirk of the Bu, . There is an Magnuss Harper 28 born Stromness illustrated genealogy of the Earls of Orkney Robert Brown 22 bom Stromness that should not be missed as it is the first tree John Alexander 22 born Stromness I've seen that is truly laughter making. William Harcus 29 born Stromness David Brass 35 born Sandwick Correspondence & Queries Elizabeth Constabel 29 bom Longhope Samuel Knarston 51 and his wife Eliza 51 both Roberta Shepherd #639 is researching the from Stromness Tait family, in particular William Tait who was Janet Linklater married 29 and Margaret Clous- born c. 1793 and joined the HBC. He married ton 24 both born - see below. Mary Auld who was the daughter of William Auld. the factor at Fort Churchill and York 1861 Census Factory at the time of the first Lord Selkirk Anne Clouston widow 68 born Stromness settlers' arrival in 1812. with children atl born Stromness: In her travels Roberta says she came across a Janet Linklater 39 widow John Tait who settled at Lockport, Manitoba. Mary Rich 30 widow At the old Anglican church of St Andrew's Euphemia Clouston 26 married there is a plaque on the wall with this inscrip- Peter Clouston 2? tion: William Moar 67, his wife Betsy 45 and daugh- In memory of John Tait bom in S Ronaldshay ter Agnes Scarth Moar 29? all born Stromness Orkney Islands 1801 died at Parks Creek 23 Elizabeth Constable 39 bom Sept 1879 "In life beloved, in death lamented." Benjamin Bruce 41 and his wife Ann 28 both Tait Annabella 20.12.1854 2 months born Orkney James 20.4.1836 5 years Following all unmarried James 9.10.1875 65 years George Bruce 27 James 4.9.1836 2 yrs 2 mths Robert Bruce 24 Joseph 10.12.1856 7 months Susannah Bruce 30 Martha 23.12.1850 7 years Susannah Corrigan? (Corrigall) 28 Mary 6.6.1855 2 years John Corrigan? 24 Mary 15.3.1858 20 years David Taylor 25 Robert 11.6.1842 4 months These dates may be useful to someone. Thelma Bremer #649 help me find the connection between John My father Charles William Thomson Findlay Tulloch b 1833 and J C Tulloch. came to Australia with his brother Sid. Some time later their cousin John Gray (Jack) Wil- Robert S Gibson #814 son arrived. He lived in Queensland, some 900 There are two relations which I cannot ac- miles away. I have tried to research this family count for. They are James Scarth b 17 Oct without much luck. He was born in about 1835 and William Scarth b 15 Mar 1839, both Correspondence & 1909 to John Gray Wilson and Mary Jane sons of James Scarth and Elizabeth Folsetter. Shearer. He had two older siblings Mary, bom They are in the 1851 Census for Evie aged 15 Queries about 1905 and Andrew, born about 1907. and 12 years living at Aikemess, Evie but I have (Continued) John Gray Wilson (Snr) was a son of Andrew not heard of them before. Wilson and Mary Norn. Can anyone help? Ann Lyford #515 Margaret Refd #037 I would very much like to hear from anyone My GGG Grandfather James Fotheringhame who has any knowledge of a Hugh Henderson was born about 1752. He married Sibella who came to Orkney from Scodand, possibly Irving. He was Quartermaster on the HMS Caithness. He may have fathered a male child Rattlesnake in 1790 and the Pay Book shows born to a Stromness girl on 25 Oct 1860 who his birthplace as being "Orkneys". This is the later became my great grandfather. I would only record that shows James had Orkney like to find out who his father was. connections. There were 2 James Fothering- hames bom in Sanday, one in 1750 and the From The Office other one in 1755. I am trying to find out if Our researchers require help with the follow- either of these was my GGG Grandfather. ing. If you can help please either write to the Can anyone help? Research Secretary at the OFHS or you can contact them by e-mail through George Gray: L Tulloch #523 [email protected] My Great Grandfather William Tulloch was 23/1 Seeking information on Benjamin Sinclair bom in 1826 in Kirkwall. His parents were who was born in Orkney. In ) 794 he was Jiving Robert Tulloch and Margaret Craigie. Wil- at Berwick-on-Tweed where his son Peter liam's siblings were Rebecca Smith b 1819, was baptised. Benjamin's wife was Grace Mur- William Traill b 1823, Jessie b 1832 and John b ray and he was a "Ship's Master". Peter later 1833. became the secretary and treasurer of the John was a soldier and served in the 74th Bolton and Leigh Railway in the 1820s. His Highlanders in India between 1852 and 1866. family referred to themselves as "Highland He wrote home to his brother William, my Gentlemen". Great Grandfather, who was living in Green- 23/2 Seeking information on George Thom- ock at the time. son who was possibly born in Orkney about There was another J C Tulloch who was also 1861. He moved away to be a fisherman in a soldier in India in 1838 and he wrote a letter Burghead and drowned in 1894. He had a son home to his father in Kirkwall. I have copies of George Bain HumeThomson who died in the letters. J C is very literate and very relig- 1927 possibly in Burghead. ious but gives few dues to his family. He does 23/3 In June 1857 John Fraserdied in London refer to a sister and an uncle John Walls and leaving "his two properties in Kirkwall" to his friends in N Ronaldsay. It is not known what eldest son James Fraser. tt would seem that happened to J C Tultoch but he was intending the family had Garrioch and Smith connec- to build a lighthouse near Calcutta and he gave tions in Orkney. One of the properties was the latitude and longitude of the same. possibly in Victoria St. Can anyone help? John Tulloch was asked by his father to try and 23/4 Wanting information on Euphemia contact J C Tulloch when he was in India but Brown. The census shows her living in London John replied that the country was in turmoil in 1851 with Alfred Watts. Her first child May and it would be like looking for a needle in a Elizabeth Watts was born in 1854 in London. haystack. 1 would be grateful if anyone could She had 7 children but did not marry Alfred until 1872. The marriage certificate does not ness and mother Anne Houston or Hourston show her mother's name but the father is 1818-1885. Anne's parents were Thomas William Brown. She may have had a brother Hourston & Ellen Rowland. James aJso living in London. Is this Euphemia 1841 Census of Stromness shows Peter, Anne Brown the same Euphemia Laughton Brown & family living at Grays Buildings. Peter was a who appears, aged 7, in the Stomness census carpenter. Peter & Anne and their children for 1841? Her parents were William Brown came to Australia in 1850. Peter died within and Betty Esson. Does anyone have informa- three years of arriving in Australia, also a son, tion on the Euphemia Brown born in Strom- leaving Anne alone with her children. ness? In a family bible the following names were listed: 23/5 Mary Johnston was born in Falkirk in Ann Kirkness 1871 1855. Her parents were David Johnston and J S Omand 1853 4 months Mary Kelday who were married in Falkirk in One of Isaac & Charlotte's children's births in 1849. Mary Kelday was born in Kirkwall about Australia in 1864 was listed with the informant 1822. Can anyone help trace her parents? being Ann Ormand an aunt of Geelong (possi- 23/6 Seeking information on Andrew Moar. bly the mother of J S Ormand 4 months). He had 3 sons, Peter, Robert and John all bom I would like to know more about Peter Spence in Orkney. They all went to Canada. Nothing and Anne Hourston in Orkney. is known about his wife. Peter was bom about Isaac & Charlotte Ritch's only son was John. He 1830. Andrew possibly had 3 daughters Har- was my grandfather and he married Mary Ellen riet Margaret and Elizabeth but they may have Nicol. Her parents were James Nicol and Ellen been his granddaughters. Stewart. James was the son of James Nicol and 23/7 ArchibaJd Spence was baptised 12 March Margaret Hamilton and was born in Ayrshire 1823. His parents are thought to have been Scotland 1839. Ellen was the daughter of William Spence and Mary Guthrie who were George Stewart & Mary Comrie and was bom married at Kirkwall on 14 December 1815. in Glasgow, Scotland 1843. Archibald went to Australia on "The John & James Nicot snr b Isle of Arran 1813 married Lucy" in 1852. is anyone reading this related to Ayrshire 1842 died Geelong Aust 1881. this family? Margaret Hamilton b Ayrshire 1807 married 23/8 Information wanted on any descendants Ayrshire 1842 died Geelong Aust 1870 of Jacob Tyrie who was bom 8/6/1803 in George Stewart born Kilmarnock 1815 mar- Sandwick. His parents were Thomas Tyrie and ried Glasgow died Geelong Aust 1888 Margaret Tulloch who were married on 27/8/ Mary Comrie born Glasgow 1814 married 1785. Glasgow died Geelong Aust 1901. 23/9 Descendants of John Walls and Elizabeth Family records here stated that Ellen Stewart's Rett whose last child to be born in Orkney lather was Archibald James Stewart 1814 - was William (born 2 August 1819 and who 1884 b Wiglow Set and died at Geelong. Mar- died in Glasgow) would like help with re- riage certificates for Ellen &James prove this is search. The family are believed to have been wrong. I have spent years trying to find out whale-oil merchants. who this man was and in doing so have discov- Margaret Schler #454 writes, "My great ered another Archibald Stewart b Edinburgh grandfather was Isaac Ritch 1827 - 1898 son of 1822 and his wife Julia came out in 1856 on Edward Ritch born 1795 and Stewart Rich Omega." born 1797 of Rackwick, Hoy. They lived at Mount in the 1851 Census and Greenhill in die 1841 Census. Isaac arrived in Geelong, Victo- Forthcoming Events ria, Australia in 1853. He was a seaman and his Mates Certificate No. was 66(92 issued at Oct. 10th - Visit to Harold Esson's museum Kirkwall in 1851. He married Charlotte Spence in 1855 and witnesses at their wedding Nov. 14th - Annual Meal in Ayre Hotel were James Spence and Betsy Scott. Talk on Heraldry by Charlotte 1838 - 1904 was a dressmaker. Her Eoin Scott father was Peter Spence 1799- l853ofStrom- Dear Editors, in a crowd as he was tail and wore his hat Many of your readers will know that if a straight on his head and not at the usual naval named child died young a later child would angle. He went on to prove though that his often be given the same name. I wonder how head was on the right way when he was many of your readers have come across two nominated best sea cadet in Britain at a course in Portsmouth in 1946. Peter also enjoyed the children in the same family with the some Sea cadets dances in the "Girnal" and he still Christian name both still Hiving? is a good dancer. I have noticed if twice and heard of a third instance in recent weeks. Members of a family Other interests have been the One family in the Stromness census of 1861 with two or more Drama Club, singing in the church choir and children with same had two Williams. William Byas Irvine aged 21 church elder for many years. He has also been fomame and William Corston Irvine aged 17. Another a valued member and treasurer of the Sten- family this time in the , Egiisay and ness hall Committee. One of his main inter- Wyre census of 1871 has the Sabiston family ests has been the Stromness Museum and the in Halibreck with two sons again called Wil- Orkney Natural History Society, where until liam, one aged 13 and one aged 10. No middle recently, he was their president So it is no name this time. The third family I believe had surprise to find his daughter Anne with a two girls with the same name. How common promoted post in the Orkney Museum. was this in Orkney? If would be interesting to hear about others. He is of special value to the OFHS because of Yours faithfully. his knowledge of the people of Stenness and Member No.iO(M) Firth. This comes from the fact that he has been Registrar for the area for many years. He is also well read and has a collection of Ork- Peter Leith ney Books. When one has had such an active and interest- At the September meeting 2002 one of our ing life by the time one is seventy five one is a speakers let on that it was her father's birthday September Profile veritable book in oneself! and so Peter Leith, Membership number 65 by was 75 that day! The present day Leiths have Nan Scott been an interesting family over three genera- tions and probably longer. It is recorded that the ancestors of the Leiths bought the town- ship of Onston in Stenness in 1546. Peter and his wife, Kathleen, formed in this area, at Appiehouse, until he retired.

His parents too lived in Stenness and were both well known throughout Orkney. His father, also Peter, was interested in Orkney History and contributed regularly to several • periodicals. Another interest was astrology •.'. ;'i: and he supplied the Orcadian with a 'sky at • . ••(;•: night' type programme for years He also K • . , . f i' <•'i helped the Scottish National Dictionary by supplying the Orkney dialect words. His mother too had a way with words, Johina wrote and told stories that were written and recorded and much appreciated. Peter has inherited much of his parents interests but has gone on to do his own thing as well I know. First as a Sea cadet. He was easily picked out D

A Description of Stromness never seem to make noise enough to disturb the stillness of the streets. The women, too, An excerpt from "Harper's Monthly" 1877 passing with their short skirts, bare arms, heavy stockings made at home, and wooden The harbor of Stromness is formed by a pro- shoes, are of that happy, contented appearance jecting arm of the island of Pomona, the island so well suited to the general contentedness of of , and a northern projecting head- the town, it is a quaint sight to see the women land of Hoy. The town itself has a quaint, and girls of Stromness, or the neighboring Normandy look landing at one of the small town of Kirkwall, meet around the public foun- stone piers, one walks into a nest of curiosi- tain at evening. They perch themsefves upon ties. The one street runs in a zigzag line the bowl's edge, and jabber over the week's through the centre of the town. From it gossip; the long summer twilight softens the crooked alleyways run at right angles. The scene, and with sleepy town, bright faces, and houses themselves are of heavy stone, with mellow light, the picture is one long to be gabled roofs, deep-set windows, and project- remembered. At some remote year in the ing turrets. However long one may stay at history of Stromness her inhabitants were Stromness, he will never see any signs of wont to smuggle goods into their homes. All excitement. The shop windows, filled with such practices have disappeared now, but the odd collections of fancy goods, atways look under-ground passages, the piers, the houses undisturbed. The narrow street, paved with so near the water, these all remain, and tell the flat flag-stones, is always quiet. At rare inter- story. Stromness, too, claims itself to be the vals an ungainly, large-wheeled cart and pony home of " TorquilLord Byron's hero. Cleve- come lumbering along, filling the street to the land, the pirate of Walter Scott, also lived here, utter exclusion of foot-passengers. Even the and even the character of wild Noma was boys of Stromness, hardy-looking youngsters, taken from a lonely old woman of the town in their rough homespun clothes, do not seem who used to sell favorable winds to departing to act like boys of warmer climates. They fishermen. lazily fish or stare at passing strangers, but

From left to right Speaker Rev Father Al- phonsus, born on Mrs Margaret Dennison, speaker and born on Papa Stronsay Rev Tom Stout, speaker Mrs Anne Brun- dell, born on Papa Stronsay jack Scott, last person to be bom on Papa Stronsay Mrs Kathleen O'Reilly, bom on Papa Stronsay and brother of Margaret & Kathleen Tom Stout (tee 'From the lecretary')

c George Irvine of Breckness 1851 census that his birthplace was Sandwick. By James Irvine Checking everything again, I noticed my IG i printout showed a George Irvine had been So now i had a more comprehensive picture baptised in Sandwick on ieth July 1774, son of of a fascinating life. For my essay I added a George Irvine and Barbara Smith. At last I context with background information on had a baptism that matched the ages in the Stromness life in the late is* and mid 19th Muster Rolls and census returns, and so could centuries from the Old and New Statistical assume the single Muster Roll reference to Accounts and from the Minutes of the Parish George having been born in Stromness was Kirk Session, which survive from 1820 (OA because this port was better known than 0C26/3). For example, I noted that year the Sandwick in naval circles, or because it was an Session had approved an evening school to pre- abbreviation for the combined parish of vent the idle habit of stroWng about on the Lords Stromness and Sandwick. Whatever the rea- day after divine service, a practice too common son, it now seemed both Lucy and I had been especially in Seaport towns! Further background mistaken on George's parentage! came from WPL Thompson's "Kelp-makir>g in Having already researched many of the Irvines Orkney" (1983) and my own unpublished of Sandwick i was able to piece together this dissertation "The Breckness Estate" (Orkney family relatively quickly. My excerpts of the Room, shelf mark 630Y). OPR showed George senior and Barbara But I still had to presume George's baptism lived in Northdyke and had six children be- had not been recorded, and I remained uncer- tween 1772 and 1787. A surprising number of the yearly Rentals of the Bishopric parishes tain whether his parents were George Irvine survive in the Orkney Archives and National and Margaret Lirtklater, the tenants in Breck- Archives of Scotland; they show the superior ness in the early 1780s. As often happens, duties payable for many individual farms, and these issues were resolved by the passage of usually the name of the occupier. They show time and my recognising some oversights. a George Irvine as occupier of the croft of My first oversight was failing to search more Gillie in Linnahowe, Northdyke from 1746 diligently the records in the Orkney Archives until 1807, although he was evidently in an- and the growing library of OFHS, where a few other croft, Housenia, from 1753 until the months ago I found a booklet entitled "Charles mid 1770s. The Rental for 1784 {OA DI3/I and Margaret Irvine. A Family History", pub- 13) shows that Barbara Smith had paid duties lished in New Zealand in 1981, and a 1996 on behalf of her husband George Irvine, thus update thereof entitled 'The Irvine Family and confirming it was "our" George senior. Descendants of Charles and Margaret". It tran- I was already aware that Gillie had been sold spires this Charles, born in 1850, was the by the estate of the Grahams of Hourston to second son of the Charles Clouston Irvine the Breckness Estate in 1792. AJudicial depo- mentioned above, and now has some 500 sition by Hourston tenants in 1749 (OA D20/ descendants! More significantly for me, its 4/16) showed the George Irvine then in Gillie author Lucy Platjes, alas now dead, had con- was aged 28 and married, while Breckness cluded in 1996 that George was the fifth child Estate rentals and account books detailed his of an Edward and Marjory Irvine who had rents and teind duties. For example, for 1792: married in 1769. At first sight this seemed very George Irvine in Glie pays to Master 2m maft plausible, as 1 already knew an Edward Irvine Parsonage teinds, compounded Im malt, 2 poul- had been tenant of land near Breckness farm try, Vicarage teinds 4mk butter and to Superior from 1779 till 1803. But the baptism in Strom- I m 4s malt, 2Omk butter, As 9

About 4 years ago I was given a copy of the Without a chance conversation in the Inver- family trees for the HOURSTON, DEARNESS ness Records Office I would never have and ROSIE families of which looked for and found a Great Great a relative was working on. At the time it Grandaughter of DONALD BROTCHIE and contained 300 or so names. Four years on I HELEN COGHILL in Canada. Fortunately have well over 2000 names from 1724 to she's a genealogist so finding "proof' was 2001 linked to the original tree — extending it relatively easy and a letter in the 'Orcadian' sideways nearly as far. has revealed some of the life of a Grandson of DONALD - WILUAM BROTCHIE born in That original tree contained the marriage of Kirkwall who was shipwrecked off Manzanillo, BARBARA DEARNESS bom 24* Aug 1814 in Mexico married a local girl and his descen- South Ronaidsay married on 12th March 1833 dants still live in Mexico. in South Ronaldsay to THANE BROTCHIE If the information they have about the exis- born 1810 in Thurso to DONALD tance of WILLIAM's brother JAMES, of whom BROTCHIE and HELEN COG HILL. I had never heard, proves to be correct and he did, as I suspect move from Kirkwall to BROTCHIE being an unusual name caught my Middlesborough, then not only will another eye and i decided to pursue that old faithful section of the tree be complete but a lady in the OPRs for Thurso. Canada will have found her Great Great The OPRs revealed THANE'S baptism on 3rd Grandparents' family. April 1810 and that his father was a mason. Also revealed were siblings: On the subject of instinct here is a salutory JOHN BROTCHIE c 7* July 1807 lesson - on my first visit to Kirkwall I sug- WILLIAM BROTCHIE c 10* Dec 1803 gested looking round St Magnus Churchyard DAVID BROTCHIE c 1796 for BROTCHIES. My esteemed other half DONALD BROTCHIE c 7

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