Found your message fascinating reading - know what you mean about the save button! My particular interest is in the Groat surname, of which I see one or two in your list. These seem to ring bells with me (or perhaps it is the thought of Hogmanay!). Will try and have a look through soon and let you know. Just out of curiosity you know! Catriona -----Original Message----- From: Pam Thomson <pthomson@bc.sympatico.ca> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 27 December 1998 00:03 Subject: [ORKNEY-L] THOMSON Families of the Orkneys and all their Variations! >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 > > >