>From: "Anne M. Rendall" <anne@rendall.net> >Reply-To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ORKNEY] Re: (was Re: [ORKNEY-L] Tait/Smellie) >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:42:37 -0400 > >At 08:10 PM 8/9/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > >Dear Listers > > > >Could anyone please help me link the Surnames "Tait" and "Smellie". My > >GGGrandfather's name is Andrew Smellie Tait and I know that he was named > >after someone..... but I'm not sure who. Ackwarding to the 1881 census >his > >mother was Margaret Wick. The Andrew in question was born on the >14.Jan.1847 > >and died 1911. > > > >Does anyone have a copy of the 1851 Census? > >For which parish? > >I've noticed that middle names that are surnames are usually either 1) the >mother's maiden name 2) the surname of the local minister 3) the surname of >family friends > >Anne Rendall > Thanks Anne for your response. I have been told that Andrew Smellie Tait was named after the local minister. The Parish of Deerness, can you help in any way regarding this line? Caroline ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com