Your guess of Long Street is not quite correct! It should be Laing (LAING) Street Kind regards Mike Clouston > -----Original Message----- > From: Gil Greenwood [mailto:finn@ionet.net] > Sent: 19 January 2000 07:28 > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORKNEY] 1891 Census extras > > > More Kirkwall census listings. 2 sheets per posting, 6 > sheets left to > go. - Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma (researching HALCROW, > WILSON, JOHNSTON, > GROUNDWATER, SHEARER, GUNN) > > Kirkwall: > > Junction Road - had 1 room with 1 or more windows > John BROWN - head - mar - 23 yrs - Saddler - bn St. Ola > Mary BROWN - wife - mar - 24 yrs - bn Eday > Mary L BROWN - dau - 1 yr - bn Kirkwall > > Junction Rd - had 2 rooms with 1 or more windows > James REID - head - mar - 48 yrs - Carter - bn Stronsay > Elizabeth REID - wife - mar - 50 yrs - bn Burray > Robert REID - son - unm - 20 yrs - Stone Cutter - bn St Ola > William REID - son - unm - 17 yrs - Tailor - bn Shapinsay > Elizabth REID - dau - unm - 15 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > Peter REID - son - 11 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > > Junction Rd - had 2 rooms with 1 or more windows > Elizabeth HUTCHISON- head - mar - 55 yrs - Wife of Seaman - > bn Kirkwall > Isabella HUTCHISON - dau - unm - 24 yrs - Dressmaker - bn Kirkwall > Eliza Jane HUTCHISON - dau - unm - 15 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > > Junction Rd - had 3 rooms with 1 or more windows > James PEACE - head - unm - 53 yrs - Tailor - bn Sanday > Jessie PEACE - sister -unm - 40 yrs - Dressmaker - bn Sanday > > Junction Rd - had 3 rooms with 1 or more windows > Thomas GIBSON - head - mar - 49yrs - Printer Pressman - bn Kirkwall > Isabella GIBSON - wife - mar - 43 yrs - bn Sanday > Thomas John GIBSON - son - unm - 17 yrs - Stationer's Assistant - bn > Kirkwall > James GIBSON - son - unm - 15 yrs - Apprentice's Clerk - bn Kirkwall > David R GIBSON - son - 12 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > Jessie GIBSON - dau - 8 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > Isabella GIBSON - dau - 6 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > > Junction Rd - had 1 room with 1or more windows > Laurina WILSON - head - wid - 34 yrs(?) - Knitter - bn > Shetland, Fair > Isle > Joann WILSON - dau - 9 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > Robina WILSON - dau - 7 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > Hannah WILSON - mother-in-law - wid - 65 yrs - bn Shetland, > Fair Isle > > Lamg Street (Sorry, but this is what it says, a local will have to > figure it out - it is in Enumeration dist 4, Kirkwall - if > anyone has > access to these originals, it is on sheet # 18) If I was > guessing, I > would guess Long Street. This enumerator wrote in the most > miniscule > chicken scratchings imaginable. All the streets on this sheet are > numbers on Long Street (or whatever it is) > > 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Long Street - uninhabited > > 6 Long Street - had 2 rooms with 1 or more windows > John CROMARTY - head - unm - 34 yrs - Mason - bn Deerness > Margaret CROMARTY - sister - unm - 41 yrs - at home - bn Deerness > Jessie J CROMARTY - niece - 11 yrs - Scholar - bn Kirkwall > > 6 Long Street - had 1 room with 1 or more windows > James CROMARTY - Lodger - unm - 23 yrs - Joiner & Cabinetmaker - bn > Deerness > Edwin(or Edison) A RITCH - Lodger - unm - 15 yrs - Grocer's > Apprentice - > bn Deerness > > 6 Long Street - had 1 room with 1 or more windows > William FOUBISHER - Lodger - unm - 19 - Cabinetmaker - bn Deerness > Robert FOUBISHER - Lodger - unm - 15 yrs - Grocer's Apprentice - bn > Deerness > > 6 Long Street - had 3 rooms with 1 or more windows > James WILSON - head - widr - 68 yrs - Joiner and Undertaker - bn > Stromness > Helen Wilson - dau - unm - 34 yrs - at home - bn Kirkwall > > 6 Long Street - had 1 room with 1 or more windows > John WILSON - Lodger - unm - 17 yrs - Draper's Apprentice - Bn Firth > James RITCH - Lodger - unm - 19 yrs - Draper's Apprentice - > bn Deerness > > 8 Long Street - had 4 rooms with 1 or more windows > James M CROY - head - mar - 33 yrs - Draper - bn Sanday > Eliza S CROY - wife - mar - 34 (?) yrs - bn Kirkwall > Eliza CROY - dau - 6 yrs - bn Kirkwall > James M CROY - son - 4 yrs - bn Kirkwall > Jessie A CROY - dau - 2 yrs - bn Kirkwall > John R CROY - son - 1 mo - bn Kirkwall > > 10 Long Street - had 6 rooms with 1 or more windows > Jane S BRUCE - head - unm - 52 yrs - Teacher of Music - bn Kirkwall > Jessie A BRUCE - sister - unm - 42(49?) yrs - Teacher of Music - bn > Kirkwall > Eliza SPENCE(total guess - could be SHEARER) - servant - > unm - 44 yrs - > General Domestic Servant - bn Stromness > > > > > >