DEERNESS,KATHERINE S. c1864 Birdsay Orkney

[ajjbc]

Is anyone researching the family of ..Katherine S. Deerness ..who was born c 1864 in Birdsay,Orkney,and in and about c 1900 ,give or take a few years on either side,she was working down in Berwickshire,Scotland.
Drop a line if you are.

[akc]

1871 census for birsay: at Buan are Margaret daughter 37 born birsay ag lab, alexander grandson 12 scholar born birsay, margaret grdaughter 9 b birsay and catherine grdaughter 7 b birsay
on 1881 census: margaret 48 widow ag lab and thomas grson 24 gen labourer

akc

[akc]

also on 1871 at buan are: robert harvey 68, margaret harvey 78, catherine harvey 43 and margret harvey 57
in 1881 catherine was a servant working at folster, birsay aged 17 which appears to owned/ lived in by more harveys, looks like she was living with relatives!
in 1891 she is a gen dom servant working in govan at 28 belmont st
looks like her grandparents on her mothers side were harveys

[akc]

On scotlands people: died 14 may 1898 margaret deerness nee harvey 67 breck, birsay widow of thomas deerness father robert harvey mother margaret hunter both deceased thomas deerness so present.

akc

[ajjbc]

Great research AKC...
I am wondering if she is in your research or you were kind enough just to do the lookups?
I am hoping to find a relative as I have a picture of her,with my grandmother and another gal when they were domestic helpers in Berwick Scotland...was wanting to share this wonderful picture.

[akc]

Hi again, sorry she is not one of my relatives, I am a member of orkney family history society and there is a lot of info on their site and on Ancestry.com. I was in Birsay a couple of weeks ago at the St Magnus church next to the palace and had walk around the cemetery and took a photo of the church window, needless to say there are loads of Harveys, I dont think the Birsay cemetery has been transcribed yet, could be a tricky one, there are a lot of headstones. Orkney Family History Sociey may be able to help you find a relative