Kay Liney wrote: > William Sutherland and Jean Cromarty were married c1850 in Walls/ > Flotta. > Betsy Sutherland b 1855 in Flat m James Anderson b c1850 in Longhope. > James was a farm servant. Their first child Elizabeth Cromarty Anderson > was b 1880 in Flat, Margaret Jane was b 1882 in Longhope, Lily Sword > Anderson was b 1884 in Longhope. By 1889 the family had moved to Bressay > in Shetland where James John was born. He married Christina Guthrie from > Burray in 1912 in Kirkwall. > Ring any bells? > Kay This is the information from the Marriage certificate for James and Betsy ( Samuel Anderson was my 2nd great grandfather). Marriage Ref.No. 1879 32/1 1 16th January 1879 at Little Lurdy, Flotta Banns - Established Church of Scotland James Anderson, Farm servant ploughman, B, 28, Kirbister, Walls Betsy C Sutherland, Domestic servant, S, 23, Little Lurdy, Flotta Father: Samuel Anderson, Farmer Mother: Margaret Anderson ms Omand Father: William Sutherland, Seaman (merchant service) Mother: Jean Sutherland ms Cromarty Married by James Russell, Minister of Flotta Witnesses James Sutherland & John Sutherland. Ron.