John SYMISON
SOURCE CENSUS: 1821 Living with his wife at House of Gaira, South Parish age 79 DEATH: age listed at 77 at time of death. 14505 F Scot 6 pt 20 NOTE NAME: Symison also spelt Simison
SOURCE CENSUS: 1821 Living with her husband at House of Gaira, South Parish age 75 DEATH: age listed at 76 at time of death. 14505 F Scot 6 pt 20
SOURCE 1875 Death RecordsIndex for South Ronaldsay & Burray showing parents also from scotlands people which shows both Ellen and her sister's death recorded on the same page and with in two days of each other.
SOURCE BIRTH: Par. Reg. Christenings of South Ronaldsay at St. Mary (South Parish) extract copy in poss of H. Alex Cromarty (FHL#990,512) MARRIAGE: copy of extract (FHL#990,512) in poss of H. Alex Cromarty CENSUS: of South Parish 1841 of Isabella and 7 of her children - copy in poss. of H. Alex Cromarty NOTE BIRTH: not sure of the spelling of Pryth, Isabella's birth place. it's in the South Parish of St. Mary OCCUPATION: Farmer after her husband died in 1833 (1841 census) Census: 1821 age 27 as wife and mother at Gaira S. Parish with 4 children: Catherine 5, Isabel 4, John 2, Margaret 1. 1841 age 50 as mother at Gaira St Mary with 7 children Catherine 25, Isabella 20, James 15, Anne 13, William 12, Elizabeth 9, George 7 1851 age 62 as widow and mother at Gara St Marys with 4 children James, William, Bettsy, George In 1871 Isabella at 80 years plus was living with her daughter Elizabeth and her daughter, Isabella Thomson at New House Cara in Grimness. By 1875 the year that Isabella died she was staying with her daughters, Margaret Cromarty and Anne Cromarty, at South Cara. At the time of her death according to civil death registers her parents are shown as John Symison and Catherine Rosie 1875 (see scotlandspeople)
SOURCE: IGI From Civil Death records for South Ronaldsay and Burray DEATH: scotlandspeople
He married Catherine Rosie Abt 1775 at of St Mary, So. Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland . Catherine Rosie was born at So. Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland Abt 1746 .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Ellen or Helen Symison
born Abt 1781.
Isabella Symison
born 1789.
Catherine or Kethren Symison
christened 29 Nov 1791.
John Symison died 1822 at St Mary, So. Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland .
Catherine Rosie died at St Mary, So. Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland .