I tried to respond privately but it bounced. Blake Allan Pam Thomson wrote: > > After about 30 minutes of typing, my connection to Netscape dropped > and lost my previous attempt to get this information out to you. Hit > the SAVE button - I know, I know! > BTW, does anyone know why my two families, the WALLS/WALLACE and > THOMSON families rarely married each other? Was there some kind of > feud between them? > I've been compiling a list of Thomsons with a connection to South > Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands. > After 30 years of teaching, I thought I'd seen all the possible > variations of the name - my personal favourite is Thomspon- but those > creative spellers in the previous centuries have the modern ones beat! > The ones I've found are Tamson, Tameson, Tamison, Thomson, Thomison, > Thomesone, Thomsone, Thompson, Tomison, Tompson. I know that many of > these families have retained the variant spelling but I discovered > that one family may have several different spellings, depending on who > recorded the event. > I also know that first names were similarly treated - today's > favourite is Pnellypay!- as well as other last names like Tait/Teat > and Norquay/Norqwoy. I have tried to take the information available on > Walt Custer's wonderful website at > > > http://www.cursiter.com/ > > > and arrange the people into families of Thomson children. I have a > list of over 100 families (and I'd typed in about 37 when I lost my > last effort!) and if they fit with someone you're researching, please > contact me and I'll send you the children's names and birthdates so > you can compare them to what you have. > The first 19 are children whose parents are both Thomsons or where > there is only one parent listed. After that, I list them > alphabetically by the mother's last name. > The format is this: > Mother's full name, Father's given name(s), date of marriage or birth > of first child if marriage not known. > 1. No Mother Listed (but may be Jean BERSTOUN for abt 1749), > Alexander, 1751-59 and also 1851 > 2. Ann TOMISON, No Father Listed, 1858 > 3. Betsy THOMSON, NFL (poss. COOLE). 1870 > 4. NML, David, 1657 > 5. Jane THOMSON, Donald, 1828 > 6. Jean THOMSON, Donald, 1855 > 7. Jean TOMISON, Donald, 1833 > 8. NML, Donald, 1812 > 9. NML, Gilbert, 1750 > 10. Helen TAMESON, James, 1807 > 11. NML, James, 1757 and 1789 > 12. NML, Jon, 1663 and 1752-58 > 13. NML (poss. ? Rosie), Omand, 1755 > 14. Sarah THOMISON, NFL (poss. ANNAL), 1872 > 15. NML, Thomas, 1750 > 16. Barbara THOMSON, William, 1836 > 17. Esther THOMSON, William, 1852 > 18. Mary THOMSON, William, 1864 > 19. NML, William, 1750-1777 > 20. Barbara ALLAN, David, 1828 > 21. Catherine ANNAL, Gilbert, 1871 > 22. Margaret ANNAL, John, 1832 > 23. Ann ATKEN, James, 1804 > 24. Jane ATKIN, Gilbert, 1825 > 25. Margaret ATKIN, Magnus, 1810 > 26. Elizabeth BANKS, Edward, 1827 (one of the children married > Catherine BROWN in 1868) > 27. Euphemia BROWN, James, 1852 > 28. Margaret BROWN, William, 1832 > 29. Ann BRUCE, James, 1795 > 30. Helen BRUCE, Donald, 1856 > 31. Elspet BUDGE, Donald, 1798 > 32. Elizabeth BUDGE, James C., 1858 > 33. Euphan BUDGE, James, 1790 ( does anyone know for sure who their > daughter Elizabeth married?) > 34. Helen BUDGE, Magnus, 1829 > 35. Jane BUDGE, James, 1855 > 36. Barbra CLOUSTON, Hendrey, 1788 > 37. May CLOUSTON, John, 1846 > 38. Barbara COGAL, Gilbart, 1782 > 39. Margaret COGLE, Robert, 1825 > 40. Margaret COOKE, Robert, 1830 > 41. Catharine D. CROMARTY, George Dunnet, 1865 > 42. Jane N. CROMARTY, James N., 1861 > 43. Margaret CROMARTY, John, 1841 > 44. Jannet DEARNESS, Malcolm, 1825 > 45. Catherine DUNCAN, Robert, 1864 > 46. Janet DUNCAN, Edward, 1813 > 47. Margrat DUNCAN, Donald, 1793 > 48. Margrat DUNKAN, Gilbert, 1788 > 49. Catherine DUNNET, Thomas, 1830 > 50. Jessie DUNNET, James, 1854 > 51.Margrat FLEAT, Androu, 1786 > 52. Catherine GARRIOCH, Robert, 1851 > 53. Johan GOW, John, 1827 > 54. Anne GRAY, Donald, 1809 > 55. Barbara GRAY, Donald, 1858 > 56. Elizebth GRAY, Edward, 1793 > 57. Margaret GRAY, Gilbert, 1802 > 58. Charlotte GROAT, William, 1810 > 59. Elizabeth GROAT, Robert, 1802 > 60. Janet GROAT, Andrew, 1789 > 61. Margrat GROAT, Robt, 1798 > 62. Ann GUNN, James, 1866 > 63. Catharine GUTCHER, George D., 1864 > 64. Jane GUTCHER, William, 1843 > 65. Jane HORN, William, 1815 > 66. Isabella LEITH, David, 1859 > 67. Elizabeth LOUTTIT, Thomas, 1835 > 68. Elizabeth MANSON, John, 1825 > 69. Isabella MILLER, John, 1823 > 70. Margaret MUIR, Donald, 1842 > 71. Barbara NORQUOY, John, 1812 > 72. Christian NORQUOY, John, 1818 > 73. Jane NORQUAY, Alexander, 1874 > 74. Jane Sea B. NORQUAY, John B., 1867 > 75. Elizabeth OMOND, James, 1832 > 76. Ann PARK, Robert, 1847 > 77. Jane RICHAN, Magnus, 1798 > 78. Catharine ROSIE, Oman, 1851 > 79. Elizabeth ROSSIE, James, 1785 (Does anyone know for sure who their > daughter Elizabeth married?) > 80. Isabela ROSSIE, Gilbert, 1784 > 81. Margaret ROSIE, Oman, 1835 > 82. Margrat ROSIE, Donald, 1787 > 83. Jessie RUSLAND, John, 1842 > 84. Margaret SCOTT, James, 1849 > 85. Jean SCOTT, Robert, 1844 > 86. Catharine SYMISON, James, 1819 > 87. Kaithren SINCLAIR, Donald, 1796 > 88. Catherine SINCLAIR, John, 1831 > 89. Jane SKAY, Thomas, 1847 > 90. Isabella SMITH, James, 1840 > 91. Jean SUTHERLAND, Magnus, 1808 > 92. Barbara TAIT, John, 1819 > 93. Barbara TAIT, William, 1789 > 94. Barbara TAYLOR, Andrew, 1805 > 95. ELizebth TAYLOR, Magnus, 1775 > 96. Elizabeth TAYLOR, William, 1816 > 97. Mary WALLS, Donald, 1854 ( If you know this family, Please let me > know!) > 98. Hellan WINWEKE, Edward, 1793 > 99. Jannet WISHART, Alexander, 1848 > 100. Barbara WISHERD, Edward, 1787 > 101. Margaret WOOLRIDGE, John, 1859 > 102. Elizabeth WOOLDRAGE, William, 1816 > > Hoo boy, have I ever hit the Save button a lot of times as I did this! > I'm researching the family of Malcolm WALLS who married 1. Christian > BRUCE and 2. Elizabeth THOMSON and had 3 children with each. He > changed his name to Malcom WALLACE part way through the second family! > > I found something interesting the other day by looking at the census > on Walt's site. Malcolm's son, John Thomson WALLACE, and his wife > Helen SPENCE had 4 children listed in the WALLACE births text. On the > census, it became apparent that this couple had been in Canada, had at > least two children and then RETURNED to South Ronaldsay, something I > had never thought of. > My Christmas present this year was to find a new relative in Wales. > Our connection had reversed his second name and family name when he > moved to Canada, likely because he had been born illegitimate in > England. Made him harder for both of us to find the connection but we > did it! > I hope you can find some names of interest in here. Let me know if > you do. > Does one say Happy Hogmanay? > Pam > > -- > Pam Thomson > http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ > Town Square Network