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 > >