At 03:53 PM 8/14/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > >>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 Caroline, Sorry I can't help you with Deerness, all of our family came from Westray - though some of them briefly lived in Rendall parish and Firth. I really don't know much about the other parts of Orkney, I'm sure you'll be able to find someone who can help you. Anne