gg granny

[mjac]

Im  trying to find when my gg granny  jane cooper came to sanday from fair isle
she was jane cooper she married william cursiter and lived at whip in sanday found her a widow in 1901 age 76 living at whip

[ev]

hi mjac 

was the marriage to william cursiter a second marriage ?
in 1881 there is a jane cooper at whip age 56 farmers widow born fair isle
looking at her son john cooper(b. 1849) it looks like his parents were
james cooper and jane lesslie(leslie ?)

ev

[ev]

SP has a death jane cooper(other surname leslie) 1905 sanday orkney
born c1825

ev

[akc]

Hi mjac, William Cursiter and Jane Cooper married on 18 September 1885, Williams parents were Robert Cursiter and Christina Turfus and Jane,s parents were James Cooper from Stronsay and Jane Leslie from Fair Isle. Jane Cooper was born at Whip, Sanday
James Coopers parents were William Cooper and Janet Brock both Stronsay
Jane Leslie,s parents were Charles Leslie and Elizabeth Malcomson both Fair Isle

[ev]

hi akc 

so it was the daughter that married william cursiter
1881 whip cross orkney
jane cooper 56 farmers widow b. fair isle shetland
john cooper 31 son sailor(a b) merch service b. stronsay orkney
jane cooper 19 daug. dressmakers assistant b. cross orkney

ev

[akc]

hi ev, yes I have done a fair bit of noseying around in the cursiter background but still looking for the elusive charles leslie and elizabeth malcomson marriage/parents etc trouble is it is such a common name in those parts. jane leslie and james cooper married in 1849 so  charles leslie and elizabeth malcomson could have married about 1820ish, probably in fair isle

[akc]

sorry! should also have added that jane cooper/leslie died 16/11/1905 aged 80 so that would make her birth date around 1825. I have quite a lot of info on the cooper side but not a lot on the leslie,s or malcomsons

akc

[mjac]

thanks akc and ev  ille write that down 

[akc]

Hi again, just been looking at the marriage of james cooper and jane leslie and the witnesses were john leslie and ann leslie among others, so looks like jane had 2 relatives at least

also one elizabeth malcomson born 20/10/1800 in dunrossness, shetland( fair isle)

akc