Dick (and others interested in surname SMELLIE) Reginald George SMELLIE was born 1880 and died 1924, the son of Robert Scarth SMELLIE and Mary Lucy MACRAE. Robert Scarth SMELLIE was born 1855 in Fergus, Ontario, Canada, the 7th of the 10 children of George SMELLIE (b. 1811 in St. Andrews, Orkney) and Margaret Lendrum LOGIE (b. 1815 in Kirkwall). George was an elder brother of the Andrew Smith SMELLIE after whom Andrew Smellie TAIT, at the bottom of this string, was named, and which started this string) and the 5th of the 18 children of James SMELLIE (minister of St. Andrews) and Margaret SPENCE (my GGG-Gparents). Margaret LOGIE was the eldest of the 11 children of Dr. William LOGIE.DD (minister of St. Magnus Cathedral (1824-1856) and Elizabeth SCARTH, daughter of James SCARTH of Cursiter and Margaret LENDRUM. I have FAR more information on all of these persons, their ancestors and descendants, but won't bore the list with it now. Dick, would you please send me any more pertinent details from the humour book you mentioned, pertaining to Reginald George SMELLIE? Thanks Message text written by INTERNET:ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 21:07:29 -0500 From: Dick Taylor <husker@sky.net> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Tait Family Hi, Caroline & others Only a couple days ago I received a book copyrighted 1906: _Caricature - the Wit & Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song & Story - Illustrated by America's Greatest Artists_. While browsing through those old pages, I noticed something oddly reminiscent about a byline associated with poetic parodies. The contributor was Reginald G. Smellie, and later it came to me that I'd seen his surname on Orkney-L. (snip) Best wishes, Dick Taylor Pawnee NeGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nepawnee> At 01:40 PM 7/30/99 PDT, Caroline wrote: >Dear Meg & List > >thanks for the tip Meg, yes I do have some details on my particular >side of the Tait family:- > >Robert Tait (born about 1810)wed Margaret Wick (they lived in "Deerness" in >the Orkney Islands). They had 7 kids that I know of: > >William Tait (born 5 May 1833) >Jane Tait (born 1836) >Robert Tait (born 21 Jan 1838) >James Tait (born 6 Dec 1841) >John Hamilton Tait (born 29 Jan 1843) >David Tait (born 1845) >Andrew Smellie Tait (14 Jan or Feb 1847) - MY Great Great Grandfather >Married Kate Ellis 24 Jan 1883 > >I would appreciate any further details on this family, in particular Robert >Tait snr and Andrew Smellie Tait. > >thanks again > >Caroline Tait