Hi it's me again folks.
Today the marriage certificate that I sent for arrived and here are the details:-
12th February 1853 at the United Presbyterian Chapel of Hartlepool.
Mark Rosewell & Margaret Loutitt.
Both 43 years of age.
Condition: Widower & Spinster
Mark was a Mariner.
He lived at Throston & she lived at Alfred Street, Hartlepool.
His father was Peter Rosewell - Lighterman
Her father was Henry Loutitt - Farmer
Witnesses were Thomas Malcomson & Jane M. Frazer.
So insted of solving a few mysteries I feel as through I have just driven into a brick wall!!!!!! This means that the father of the three sisters was Henry Loutitt [Louttit]
Catharine born c1803 & married Robert Brass 9th November 1826 - Stromness
Margaret born c1810 & married Mark Roswell 12th February 1853 - Hartlepool
Jessie born c1815 & married Francis Walter no date or place found so far, but she was married before the 1851 census taken in Everard Street, Hartlepool - district 10g (HO107/2384 Folio 445 page 40).
Now on the IGI I have found a marriage between Henry Louttit & Catharine Taylor on 22nd November 1798, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland which could be a possibility, but I cannot find any children for Henry and Catharine at all on either the IGI or Scotland's People. Any suggestions gratefully received, and would Birsay be a farming community?
On the 1841 Scotland Census for Gossegar, South Ronaldsay, St. Mary Ed:2; page 3, Roll CSSCT1841 -4-0452 I have come across a Henry Louttit aged 40 married to a Margaret aged 30. Their children are Catharine aged 10, Elizabeth aged 3, and James aged 5 and wondered if this Henry could be son to Henry Louttit & Catharine Taylor and therefore older brother to the three sisters? Did people move around the islands much trying to find work etc?
I seem to have many pieces for the family puzzle, but I am not at all sure the pieces are all from the same puzzle!!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to plough through this little lot.
Best Wishes & Happy Searching to All.
Patsy