Hi Jim, Canno thelp you with you rquery but thought you might like this site as it has 1841 census for Orkney and maybe of assistance to you. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~relys4u/ Regards Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Menzies" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: [Orkney] Blacks Hotel - George M Black > I am enquiring about Black's Hotel located on Ayre in Kirkwall, and looking > for possible descendants of George M Black who was the owner of the hotel in > 1892. > > I understand that this is currently the Ayre Hotel, and I have emailed them > but have not received a response confirming whether this is the same hotel. > I have been told by what I believe is a reliable source, that they are the > same place. > > The 1881 census show the following: > > Ayre 16 > George M Black - Head - m - 52 - temp hotel keeper, working on own account > x, Bauffshire, Bohaus? > ???? Black - wife - m - 49 - temp hotel keeper, Aberdeen > Betsy Thomson - serv - unmarried - house maid domestic - Orkney, Linghope > > I have an unidentified picture that was taken by John B. Russell, King > Street, Kirkwall. > > The connection to this hotel and George Black is that my grandparents, David > Douglas Menzies and Alison Thomson Kirk, were married there in 1892, and one > of the witnesses was George M. Black, the owner of the hotel. I am thus > wondering if this by chance, is his picture. > > For those who may be researching people, the other witness at their wedding > was Alexander Horne. > > According to the 1881 censuses for Orkney for Alexander Horne, there are two > shown. One appears to be the father and the other the son. > The son was a board school teacher, as was my grandfather David Menzies. > This Alexander Horne lived at Nasbister? School House, Rousay > > There is also the possibilty that this is a picture of him. I would suspect > that George Black, being married, would have had his wife in the picture as > well, but this is only speculation. > > I have a scan of the picture for anyone interested or who think they could > possibly identify this person. > > Regards > Jim Menzies > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > >>>>List Rule: Do not post regarding Virus, Infected E-mails or Spam > Many worms, trojans, or viruses forge (copy) the "From" e-mail address, making them appear to come from someone you know (such as RootsWeb.com). Or, they may have a file name that would make it look like a legitimate e-mail address. Spam, or an infected e-mail might indicate a message came from RootsWeb.com, or from a mailing list at RootsWeb.com, when it didn't. An infected computer is sending these forged messages to you privately. RootsWeb.com cannot prevent these forgeries, nor the bounces for failed deliveries > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11-Nov-05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11-Nov-05

Thanks for the link, however my grandparents only lived there from 1892 to 1896, and were born elsewhere. I did search for the photographer, but he doesn't show up in Kirkwall in 1941 Jim -----Original Message----- From: Allan Steel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Orkney] Blacks Hotel - George M Black Hi Jim, Canno thelp you with you rquery but thought you might like this site as it has 1841 census for Orkney and maybe of assistance to you. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~relys4u/ Regards Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Menzies" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: [Orkney] Blacks Hotel - George M Black > I am enquiring about Black's Hotel located on Ayre in Kirkwall, and looking > for possible descendants of George M Black who was the owner of the > hotel in > 1892. > > I understand that this is currently the Ayre Hotel, and I have emailed them > but have not received a response confirming whether this is the same hotel. > I have been told by what I believe is a reliable source, that they are > the same place. > > The 1881 census show the following: > > Ayre 16 > George M Black - Head - m - 52 - temp hotel keeper, working on own > account x, Bauffshire, Bohaus? > ???? Black - wife - m - 49 - temp hotel keeper, Aberdeen Betsy > Thomson - serv - unmarried - house maid domestic - Orkney, Linghope > > I have an unidentified picture that was taken by John B. Russell, King > Street, Kirkwall. > > The connection to this hotel and George Black is that my grandparents, David > Douglas Menzies and Alison Thomson Kirk, were married there in 1892, > and one > of the witnesses was George M. Black, the owner of the hotel. I am > thus wondering if this by chance, is his picture. > > For those who may be researching people, the other witness at their wedding > was Alexander Horne. > > According to the 1881 censuses for Orkney for Alexander Horne, there > are two > shown. One appears to be the father and the other the son. > The son was a board school teacher, as was my grandfather David Menzies. > This Alexander Horne lived at Nasbister? School House, Rousay > > There is also the possibilty that this is a picture of him. I would suspect > that George Black, being married, would have had his wife in the > picture as > well, but this is only speculation. > > I have a scan of the picture for anyone interested or who think they > could possibly identify this person. > > Regards > Jim Menzies > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > >>>>List Rule: Do not post regarding Virus, Infected E-mails or Spam > Many worms, trojans, or viruses forge (copy) the "From" e-mail > address, making them appear to come from someone you know (such as RootsWeb.com). Or, they may have a file name that would make it look like a legitimate e-mail address. Spam, or an infected e-mail might indicate a message came from RootsWeb.com, or from a mailing list at RootsWeb.com, when it didn't. An infected computer is sending these forged messages to you privately. RootsWeb.com cannot prevent these forgeries, nor the bounces for failed deliveries > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: > 11-Nov-05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11-Nov-05 ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== SPAM - best advice.. DELETE it. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 11/10/2005