If your Jeremiah Rendall was still alive and in Ontario in 1901 or perhaps his son, the 1901 census will give the exact year of immigration. Joanna Waugh Hamilton, Ontario Canada > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] 1861 Census look up anyone? + Ontario help? > Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:22:59 -0500 > From: Anne Rendall <anne@rendall.net> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > A while back I asked for help locating some ancestors whom I believed had > emmigrated to Canada. Someone on the list was really helpful in identifying > that person in the Ontario 1871 census and I really appreciate it - > especially because I missed the spelling variation she used. > > Today I finally got around to confirming that this was indeed our ancestor > so I'm very happy. There's just one or two mysteries left. > > I know now that the family didn't leave Orkney until after the 1861 census > but I don't know where they were. I'm looking for Jeremiah Rendall who is > sometimes listed as Jerome, and Rendall is sometimes spelled Rendal, > Randell, Randel, Randal etc. An 1859 baptismal record shows that the family > was at Lower Ellibister in Rendall Parish, but they have been looked for > there already to no avail. In 1861 Jeremiah would have been 32 give or > take, his wife Mary Stevenson Rendall was about two and a half years > younger so she'd be listed as 29 or 30 - probably. They had one boy named > Peter who would have been around two. Mary's father had a farm in Firth. > Her brothers had farms in different parishes but I lost files on my > computer and don't remember where they were. > > So if you have an 1861 Orkney census I'd really be greatful if you could > look for Jeremiah, Mary and Peter Rendall. Another possibility is that > Jermiah had to leave Mary temporarily, so Mary may have been alone with > Peter somewhere. Her brothers were Stevensons, she had a sister who became > a Hewison I believe - Ann Trail Hewison (?) and a sister named Stewart who > married twice once to Sinclair Harcus - probably Westray, her second > husband was John Seatter. > > Thanks if you can help - thanks for reading my rambling inquiry regardless :) > > Regards, > > Anne M. Rendall > volunteer host Orkney GenWeb > and Orkney-L > http://rendall.net/orkney/ >