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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 16 February 13 02:56 GMT (UK) »
It does look like Crya, though I'm not 100% sure of the r.

I am trying to find some good old maps of the area to see if the farms are named.

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 16 February 13 02:57 GMT (UK) »
In 1841 they were in Smogarth, Firth and John was a stonemason

I have found who I think is your family in Innertown in 1841. John is a farmer.

I'm an idiot - I had found the same family as you by finding Jessie -  :-[ It was late last night when I started this - I must have forgotten  :-\

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:07 GMT (UK) »
Think I found it. It is Creya.  :)
I will try to explain where it is in a minute when I get my bearings. (also found the neighbours - 'Barebrecks') ... and Dykeside

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:13 GMT (UK) »
Wow Ruskie, brilliant thank you.

I have been looking for the births of the children on Scotlandspeople - so far no luck  :(
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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:14 GMT (UK) »
There was certainly a lot more there than there is now, looking at the OS 1843-1882 map - guess lots of these remote places have died, sadly. Still trying to narrow down the exact location.

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:14 GMT (UK) »
I think that surname could be a problem when looking for the children's baptisms.

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:22 GMT (UK) »
This surname is a problem .fullstop.

I found them on the passenger list as ISBESTER. Luckily for me they came out on the "fever ship" the Ticonderoga. So there is a huge amount of information about them. Including a whole website dedicated to the passengers.

Funny thing is I did a school project about 35 years ago on that ship because I lived in the Mornington Peninsula back then and loved local history.
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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:22 GMT (UK) »
Right, about the best I can do, is this:
If you find Outertown on google maps - look where the word Outertown is written, see Stromness Reservoir to the right, then looking directly above the word Outertown you see a fairly heavy white line like an upturned V. Creya seems to have been approximately in between where the word Outertown is and that white upturned V. I will attempt to send you a link to the map I am looking at, but I'm not sure if it will work:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0sxw/

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Re: Where is/was Crya, Ontertown, Orkney, Stromness?
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 16 February 13 03:24 GMT (UK) »
Looks like a really beautiful place.


Interesting story about the fever ship. I'll have to google that now.  :)

Were any of the Isbister family lost on the voyage?