Hi David. William was born out of wedlock and his parents did not marry. It seems he and the children simply stopped using the Stout part of the family name. William Sinclair 2008/7/23 David Armstrong <davidrli@iinet.net.au>: > G'day William & Lori, > > William, > > I think that you're on the right track. The Births Indexes have a William Mowat Stout born in 1862 (Walls, Orkney 3), and the only William Mowat Stout that appears to be getting married is the one you mention in 1902. > > If we turn to the Census Records for Walls we find the following: > > 1871 Census: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, > 2-19) Salwick > Alexander Swanston Hd M 65 Inspector of Poor Cai : Dunnet, > Charlotte " W M 68 " : " > Barbara " D U 36 Oki : Walls, > John " S M 29 Fisherman " : " > Alexander " S M 29 " " : " > Betsy " Dl M 24 " : " > Wm M. Stout Gs 9 Scholar " : " > John Swanston Gs 6 " : ". > > 1891 Census: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, > 2-59) Salwick, > William Mowat Hd U 29 Fisherman, Seaman Emp. Oki : Walls, > Barbara Swanson A U 60 Housekeeper " : " > John S. " B U 26 Fisherman S/Emp. " : " > John " C U 19 " " " : " > Alice B. " C U 16 General servant, Domestic " : " > Rosatta " C 14 Scholar " : ". > > Both show Barbara Swanston/Swanson as the aunt of William M. Stout/William Mowat. > > Lori, did Sutherland Stout marry twice? My records show that Sutherland Stout, son of James Stout and Isabella Bremner, married Mary Smith in Stromness in 1867 (Stromness No. 6). Mary being the daughter of James Smith (dec) and Ann Kantley. > > If we're talking about the same Sutherland Stout, many of his brother Benjamin's children ended up in Illinois. > > My own interest in the Stouts of Walls is with the Stouts of Misbister, Mary Ann (1862), John (1823), James (1792), and William (ca. 1765). > > Hope this helps > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > > > ------------------ > 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 >