Could this be the fellow you're looking for. Just speculation. [sorry I don't know about the threadworks] Dwelling: 10 Moray St Census Place: Wick, Caithness, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0203403 GRO Ref Volume 043 EnumDist 8 Page 41 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George MELVILLE M 49 M Sanday, Orkney, Scotland Rel: HeadOcc: Cutter & Tailor Esther MELVILLE M 47 F Wick, Caithness, ScotlandRel: Wife George MELVILLE 14 M Wick, Caithness, ScotlandRel: SonOcc: Scholar Dorothea MILL U 18 F Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland Rel: LodgerOcc: Teacher GEORGE MELVILLE -IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 13 JUL 1867 Wick, Caithness, Scotland EDWIN DORUARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 31 MAY 1864 Wick, Caithness, Scotland EDWIN DORUARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Death: 17 SEP 1865 JANE DORWARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 02 JUN 1862 Wick, Caithness, Scotland DONALD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 23 DEC 1859 Wick, Caithness, Scotland DONALD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Death: 04 JUL 1861 ESTHER MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 11 DEC 1865 Wick, Caithness, Scotland ESTHER MELVILLE -IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Death: 06 AUG 1867 BARBARA MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 12 AUG 1857 Wick, Caithness, Scotland Susanne Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi List, > Has anyone heard of The Viking Threadworks or my gg uncle, George Melville, born abt 1840? He and his sons George and Edward were supposed to have owned the Threadworks. Thanks for any help, >Albert in Harper, Texas > > >==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >To browse or search the archives of this list: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >