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    1. Re: [ORKNEY-L] Pottinger
    2. Sheryl Messier
    3. Hi Teresa. I don't know exactly yet if we have a connection or not, but I suspect that at some point, we may find we do. My g-grandfather was James Pottinger who married a Margaret Kelday in Kirkwall about 1884. His father was Peter Pottinger who was born in Westray. What I found particularly interesting in your message was the surname Miller also came up. ..... After my g-grandparents, James Pottinger and Margaret Kelday, were married they headed for Manitoba, Canada. In 1900 James Pottinger died leaving his widow with 6 children. A man she knew in Kirkwall, Peter Miller came to Canada to marry her. They settled in BC. So you see, there seems to be a connection with the Pottinger and Miller families in Kirkwall. Does any of this connect with you? Thanks for responding... Sheryl.

    03/18/1999 01:59:18