Janine I am working on trying to find out which ship my great grandfather came over on. It's possible that he worked for the Hudson Bay Company. I guess a lot of young Orkney men did. I am awaiting a bunch of letters that his daughter had passed down to her daughter and then to the next generation. I wasn't aware of these letters still being out there and they are from the 1890's. A cousin in Orkney shared all the family happenings with William and his daughter. It will be really interesting to read these. Hopefully it will give me some insight on what happened and how he got here. Good luck with your search. Diane ---------- > From: janine <janine@muskoka.com> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Re: Sigurd's Expedition and Dialect Words > Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 7:41 AM > > Diane > My great grandfather also came from South Ronaldsay to Ontario in 1871. His > name was John Petrie. I am pretty lucky as John wrote a poem in 1928 about > his life and his 12 children. This poem has been a great help in my > research of my family. Do you know u ship William came over on as I can't > find out which one John came over on yet and maybe they came together. If > you know anything about the trip over here I would really appreciate it. > > Janine McIntrye > Ontario also > > ---------- > > From: Diane Davison <dldavison@kwic.com> > > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Re: Sigurd's Expedition and Dialect Words > > Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 11:48 PM > > > > I just thought that I would tell Sigurd how much I enjoyed his photo's. I > > especially liked the Yesnaby Stack. Those snowflakes certainly looked > HUGE. > > We've had our share of it last month here in Ontario. > > > > My great grandfather William THOMSON was from South Ronaldsay and I am > > really enjoying learning all I can about the Orkneys. He moved here to > > Ontario in 1871 and died in 1924 before my mother was born. Since I never > > knew him nor did he pass on his life in the Orkney's to his children I at > > least can pass this heritage on to my child. > > > > Thanks again for the photo's. I'm also enjoying your Dialect Word of the > > Day and dreaming of the day that I'll travel to Orkney. > > > > Keep up the great work.....it is appreciated! > > Diane Davison > > Ontario, Canada > > >