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Offline MaggieC23

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Family in Orkney?
« on: Friday 11 March 22 18:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi.
I am looking for any info on the Leask family who came from Orkney.
James Leask was my great grandads name.He married a Mary Weir from Leith and also moved there.They had 2 children ( as far as I know) James and Margaret , one lived at Lapicide place in Leith, the other Claremont Court.

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Re: Family in Orkney?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 12 March 22 02:40 GMT (UK) »
Hi Maggie, welcome to RootsChat  :)

You don't give any dates in your quest which is important.

How accurate is your info?

Do you have the BC of your grandparent, the child descended from James Leask & Mary Weir?

I can't find a marriage for James Leask / Mary Weir.

Does the BC of your grandparent state Mary Leask, Maiden Surname Weir or simply Mary Weir?

The BC of your grandparent should give a date & place of marriage if they were indeed married?

What's the name, date & place of birth of your g/parent descended from James Leask & Mary Weir?


Annie

South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: Family in Orkney?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 15 March 22 00:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi from Taupo, New Zealand.
I have two Leasks' in my tree records but not directly related.  James Leask (1882 - 1960), and James Leask (1856 - ?).  Can you give me more info?
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Re: Family in Orkney?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 15 March 22 11:10 GMT (UK) »
I have two Leasks' in my tree records but not directly related.  James Leask (1882 - 1960), and James Leask (1856 - ?).  Can you give me more info?

We need some more info. from yourself, where born / married / who to / where / where died & how you have arrived at them but have no parents names for them?

Annie

South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"