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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Shetland => Topic started by: Lauraine on Friday 24 December 04 04:25 GMT (UK)
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Laurence Smith b. Sept. 12, 1812 at Longhouill, Sandwick, d. Jan, 1857 while ling fishing. Memorial stone at Maywick.
My question is - would there have been a newspaper in 1857 that might have news of this family tragedy. This man is my G.G. Grandfather - his son, also a Laurence emigrated to Canada - hv Cdn. family information.
Thx all and Merry Christmas to all. :) Lauraine
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Hi, I am also researching the smith family from shetland, i am looking for thomas smith who married elizabeth watson, thomas's father was james smith. please give details of smith's you are researching.
many thanks,
gordon.
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Dear Gordon:
Sorry for delay in answering your post - a family illness :(, etc. Laurence Smith 1 was born to:
James Smith b. c. 1775 m. Ursula Morrison 1804 - James is possibly son of a Nichol Smith who married a Catherine Sinclair (no documentation). We do have a Thomas Smith, but not married to a Watson. Have you checked out the Bayanne site?? It has excellent info for the Shetland Isle. My group seem to be from Houss and Maywick. :D
Where in Shetland did your group come from?
Lauraine
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Hi All:
Another year has almost passed. Want to wish all a Merry Christmas 2005 and may 2006 see your brick walls falling down.
Re Houss - in Shetland. ::)It is actually Burra, apparently Houss means that - "house". Perhaps someone more knowledgable on Shetland terminology could explain this. Not sure if it was just added to births meaning the people were born in a house or what?
I found the Laurenson's in South Africa and am now looking for an Agnes or George who may have gone to New Zealand. best to all
Lauraine :D
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Hi Lauraine, My Smith family came from Mid Yell, Shetland, James Smith was born about 1826, His wife was Mary Ann, His son was Thomas Smith born 1845. There was also another son but I do not have details on him yet. James & Thomas were Seaman.
Regards,
Gordon.
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Hi Gordon:
I received a list from SCT-SHETLAND-L@rootsweb.com of Shetland Strays for the 1861 census. On it was a "James Smith b. abt 1843, Yell, Shetland, Ordinary Seaman." Other surnames on this posted list were Anderson, Henderson, Leask, Petrie, & Williamson.
As my Laurence Smith's father was called James Smith, it is possible the two families are connected in some way. Did you join in the Shetland DNA Project?
Lauraine
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Thanks, No I have not heard about the DNA Project, Please tell me more.
Regards,
Gordon.
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Can't be of any help with your "Smith" research but your original enquiry was about newspapers. My own reseach was into the "Urquharts" of Yell and Fetlar and in seeking info regarding a shipping disaster I found it recorded in the Shetland Times published in Kirkwall. This was in 1880 but I believe it was established well before then.
I obtained information from the Shetland FHS who were most helpful-so much so that I became a member !!.
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Thank you so much. Am aware of the Shetland FHS. Will send them an enquiry. Have a lot of information on Laurence Smith including a photo of his gravestone on the lonely shore at Maywick - apparently erected by two of his sons (one would be my G. Grandfather). Just thought it would be apt to find a newspaper write up of this family death at sea.
Thank you. Lauraine
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Hi - I'm trying to trace a Frank Smith who left the shetland islands in about 1800 in search of work. I know he came from a butchers family.
I'm just starting to realise I can trace smiths (with difficulty! ) so if I learn more I'll post it.
Cheers,
Stewart Smith
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Hi i'm looking for information on an Elizabeth Smith born 1829 to parents James Barclay Smith and Margaret Clark.
I have no idea what part of the Shetlands they are from, I am only going from what is written on Elizabeth's death cert.
I know that she was in Australia by 1851 because she married over here in that year.
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Don't worry i found it all on the shetland family history web page.
what a great site!
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Thanks, No I have not heard about the DNA Project, Please tell me more.
Regards,
Gordon.
Hi Gordon:
Don't think your enquiry about the Shetland DNA project was answered. See:
http://www.davidkfaux.org/shetlandislandsY-DNA.html
The first Smith on the list is my Dad, now deceased.
Lauraine
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Thanks, No I have not heard about the DNA Project, Please tell me more.
Regards,
Gordon.
Just noted your question about the SHETLAND DNA project. Sorry, didn't notice it before. Here is the site for it:
http://www.davidkfaux.org/shetlandislandsY-DNA.html
Lauraine
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Laurence Smith b. Sept. 12, 1812 at Longhouill, Sandwick, d. Jan, 1857 while ling fishing. Memorial stone at Maywick.
My question is - would there have been a newspaper in 1857 that might have news of this family tragedy. This man is my G.G. Grandfather - his son, also a Laurence emigrated to Canada - hv Cdn. family information.
Thx all and Merry Christmas to all. :) Lauraine
Hi All
Actually found a newspaper clipping of Laurence Smith's drowning. It was in an old newspaper of 1857. Will check out to see where it came from is anyone is interested. Know it did not come from Shetland tho the newspaper was one of theirs.
Lauraine (Smith) Syrnick
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Hello all,
I have just tonight found this fascinating forum and I absolutely had to join in - because someone here has been asking about a Thomas Smith. I believe that he may be my maternal great-grandfather. I seem to recall that he was married to an Ophelia (unusual name), and he was the father of my late maternal grandmother, Emmie Smith from Burra on Shetland.
Seeing as I live in the south of England and I have only ever visited Shetland once, it is difficult for me to access any historic data in person.
I am hoping that others may be able to help me through this site.
Please can anyone enlighten me about my Shetland side of the family? It has always fascinated me and I have always felt a connection with the island (including my years of fiddle playing!)
Elizabeth
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Not sure but have been looking for a Thomas Smith b in Shetland. He just sort of disappeared off the map tho I have all the other members of the family accounted for. Please let me know in what year this man was born so I can see of he is related to my Laurence Smith. Thank you.
Lauraine
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Thanks for the speedy reply!
Well, gosh, I'm not able to give his DOB at the moment, but I imagine it was around 1888 (assuming that he was approx. 25 years old when my grandmother was born). He worked at sea, as far as I am aware.
Interestingly, there was a Laurie Smith in the family (Granny's brother) who sadly died as the tragic result of a mindless arson attack outside his home in Manchester somewhere, back in the 1990's.
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My Thomas Smith was born in May 1854 in Houss, Burra. He was on the Census in 1871 & then just disappears. The person running Bayanne Site seems to know nothing about him so we need to know the birth of your Thomas Smith. Check out Tony Gott's site called Bayanne.
Lauraine
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Seeing as I live in the south of England and I have only ever visited Shetland once, it is difficult for me to access any historic data in person.
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Please can anyone enlighten me about my Shetland side of the family? It has always fascinated me and I have always felt a connection with the island (including my years of fiddle playing!)
Scotland's People website (pay per view) has Scottish vital and census records and lots more.
There are other resources here under SHETLAND RESOURCES at the top of this board-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=507209.0
See that you've posted looking for information about your grandmother- would be a good idea if you could go back to the topic and give us an idea of when she was born and any other information that might make it easier to help you-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=507209.0
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Folks, you might be lucky & find something on,
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/SCT-ShETLAND
Skoosh.
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Folks, you might be lucky & find something on,
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/SCT-ShETLAND
Skoosh.
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try http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I109545&tree=ID1
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Hi All
Just wanted to tell you that I finally found the information on this great grandfather. It cmd form the Wick Carnegie Library in Scotland. There was a write up about his drowning in 1857.
Want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2018.
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Result Lauraine, still searching for my Shetland gg grandfather! A Good New Year when it comes!
Skoosh.