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    1. [ORKNEY] WALLS
    2. Lisa Conrad
    3. Hello, In the 1821 So. Ronaldsay census, there is a James WALLS, age 14, at Kingshouse (Household #34 in the South Parish). You will see he was with a John, Helen and Margaret Rosie: <http://www.southronaldsay.net/1821/notes/11,033-042-lconrad.html#34> I strongly suspect that this is the son James, of James WALLS and his wife, Elspet CHALMERS. He was baptized 21st June 1807, South Parish of So. Ronaldsay. Would anyone be able to confirm for me, that this James Walls in that census household was indeed their son? I'd like to be able to insert all the information that I've gathered for this James (baptism, marriages, death), into my 1821 Census Notes, but I want to feel more confident that I have the "right James", that is, that he was the one in Household #34 in that 1821 census. James Walls and "Elspit" Chalmers can be located at the Flaws, South Parish, Household #114 in the same census. <http://www.southronaldsay.net/1821/notes/11,111-117-lconrad.html#114> I believe I've traced James Walls (Junior-- b.1806/1807) to Walls & Flotta, Orkney. .- His first marriage was to an Isabella McKAY on 9th January 1829, Walls. .- (I am not sure yet when Isabella McKay died, but it was sometime between 1829 and 1881. I do not know much about her.) .- His 2nd marriage, in 1881, was to Ann Sutherland, widow of Magnus Mowat of Flotta. (Ann and Magnus married in Feb. 1860; sadly, in June of 1860, Magnus and his uncle, also named Magnus Mowat, went down in a boat in the Pentland Firth.) .- James Walls' death was on 18th October 1890, Flotta, being noted as "about 85 years" old, and "Married to Ann Sutherland [widow of Magnus Mowat, deceased] and formerly [married] to Isabella McKay". .- Ann Sutherland died on the 25th February 1920, Flotta.

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