Hi All I have been reading the biog of James Sinclair in Orkney roots. It says that he left Canada with his two brother in 1819 and they or he lodged with his father William's sister Mary in St Margarets Hope. Is this sister Mary the Mary Sinclair who married John laird and living in Warebanks in the 1821 census from Lisa's page. His brothers were called John and Alexander. William Sinclair

Hi Willie - I think you might be right, Mary Sinclair and John Laird were originally from Stroma, Canisbay, Caithness and moved over to Burray to be near son Andrew Laird and daughter Jean (Jane) Laird Bremner. They are buried in Burray churchyard. Thank you for the info. Charlie Anne Petersen Port Townsend WA USA

Probablly not the Mary who married John Laird. Although she did have a brother named William he likely remained in Canisbay on Stroma and married 1st Marion Smith and then Elspet Kennedy. He did have son's John, 1805, James1797 and Alexander 1792 as well as William 1790 ,Peter 1800 and Andrew 1803 Elspet. With Marion he had John1799 who died young, Eliza 1783, Esther 1785 and George 1780. I don't have a death for William or his sons but James did marry in Canisbay in 1820. and Andrew married in 1823 in Canisbay. So the timing seems unlikely that John had been in Canada and returned by 1819.. Maryann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Petersen" <charliep@cablespeed.com> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] James Sinclair born 1805 - 1856 > Hi Willie - > I think you might be right, Mary Sinclair and John Laird were originally > from Stroma, Canisbay, Caithness and moved over to Burray to be near son > Andrew Laird and daughter Jean (Jane) Laird Bremner. They are buried in > Burray churchyard. Thank you for the info. > > Charlie Anne Petersen > Port Townsend WA USA > > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing > and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Charlie That being the case then this may not be her. William Sinclair was born in Harray and I would suspect his sister was too. However their are far wiser heads than mine on this list who will know the answer. Willie 2008/9/27 Charlie Petersen <charliep@cablespeed.com>: > Hi Willie - > I think you might be right, Mary Sinclair and John Laird were originally > from Stroma, Canisbay, Caithness and moved over to Burray to be near son > Andrew Laird and daughter Jean (Jane) Laird Bremner. They are buried in > Burray churchyard. Thank you for the info. > > Charlie Anne Petersen > Port Townsend WA USA > > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hurrah for Stroma !!! Isabella ----- Original Message ----- From: William Sinclair <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008 4:20 am Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] James Sinclair born 1805 - 1856 To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Hi Charlie > > That being the case then this may not be her. William Sinclair was > born in Harray and I would suspect his sister was too. > > However their are far wiser heads than mine on this list who > will know > the answer. > > Willie > > 2008/9/27 Charlie Petersen <charliep@cablespeed.com>: > > Hi Willie - > > I think you might be right, Mary Sinclair and John Laird were > originally> from Stroma, Canisbay, Caithness and moved over to > Burray to be near son > > Andrew Laird and daughter Jean (Jane) Laird Bremner. They are > buried in > > Burray churchyard. Thank you for the info. > > > > Charlie Anne Petersen > > Port Townsend WA USA > > > > ------------------ > > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, > Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, > Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >