Hello I believe the Darling family are my great grandparents from Holy Island.
jAmes Darling moved from Duns as a young man to work on one of the farms on
Holy Island ( also known as Lindisfarne). He married a local girl Margaret Shell and had
a number of children - one of which was my Grandmother Susan Darling. At some
Stage she came to Newcastle, met and married my Grandfather (Thomas Allan)
We still go to the Island regularly and the Darling Shell families are well known
there. I do have other information including photos. Hope this is of interest to you.
Maggie