Likely Carscadden Blake ----- Original Message ----- From: "philip booker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: [Orkney] James Thomson origins > Dear Listers > > Thank you for the information on James Thomson. I have been to the British > Columbia archives on Vancouver Island and also to the Vancouver Library on > the mainland and have a copy of James' death certificate aswell as death > and funeral notices and short obituaries from the newspapers. The death > certificate provided his supposed exact birth date. Both the papers and > certificate gave his birth location as Orkney. > > The informant for his death was a cousin of 1038 Main Street in Vancouver > but her signature is hard to decipher. She was Laura E. and then the > surname ends in 'cadden'. It could be Carlcadden. > > There is a link between James and a descendant of the Cusiter, Smith > (Alexander Smith of Rendall) and Macgregor families from Orkney but > whether it is a blood relationship or just one of friendship, I don't > know. There is a Will listed in the BC archives but the archivists were > unable to locate it, possibly because it was disproved. > > regards > Philip > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Listen to over 20 online radio stations and watch over 5000 music videos > on Yahoo! Music. > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > SPAM - best advice.. DELETE it. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: 28/10/2005 > >