Thanks for that David. My husband (Malcolm R. MacKay Johnson) descends from Betsy and Alex!!!!!! Is there anyone else out there that does too?? Heather The Blood is Strong :-) > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:57:37 -0700> To: orkney@rootsweb.com> From: davidpalmquist@dccnet.com> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] ORKNEY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122> > The headstone for Betsy Campbell and Alex MacKay is here:> http://flickr.com/photos/74689067@N00/2624862089/?editreplace=1> It's hard to see, but I think Betsy died Feb 28, not Feb 22, and age > 94, not 95.> David Palmquist,> (Hay, O'Neill, Simpson, Calvert, etc.)> > > At 00:01 2008-09-25, orkney-request@rootsweb.com wrote:> >----------------------------------------------------------------------> >----- Original Message -----> >From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net>> >To: <orkney@rootsweb.com>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:03 PM> >Subject: [ORKNEY] WALLS> >> > > Hello,> >(snip)>> > > 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.> >------------------------------> >Message: 8> >Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:54:33 -0700> >From: Lisa Conrad <nisus00@earthlink.net>> >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] WALLS> >To: orkney@rootsweb.com> >> >Hi Helen,> >> >Thank you. I, too, feel 99% sure that I have the "right" James > >Walls in the 1821 Census; I just wanted someone familiar with the family to> >perhaps 2nd or 3rd my judgment.> >> >- Lisa> >PS: would you have any further info on Isabella McKay, re: her > >parents, birthplace, when she died?> >> >------------------------------> >> >Message: 9> >Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:01:21 +0100> >From: "Helen Emberley" <helen.emberley@virgin.net>> >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] WALLS> >To: <orkney@rootsweb.com>> >> >Hello again Lisa> >> >Isabella MacKay (McKay) was born about 1798 at Farr in Sutherland. I > >have been unable to find a baptism for her so far. According to the death> >register her parents were Alexander McKay and Betsy Campbell. She > >died on Flotta aged 82 on February 1st, 1880. Her mother, Betsy > >McKay (Campbell) died on Flotta aged 95, 22 February 1862. The > >death register confirms her as the widow of Alexander McKay, > >fisherman. According to the 1861 census for Flotta, Betsy McKay was > >also born at Farr in Sutherland.> >> >Hope this helps> >> >Helen> > >> > > ------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/