Location: North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland
Background
This mass emigration was the single largest movement of people from Ronaldsay in its history and many of their descendants remained on Eday to present day. It also marked an important stage in the development of Eday as an island.
This page brings together the records of the families who were part of the migration.
Families
These 36 families were living in Eday in 1851, where the head of the household listed their birth as being on North Ronaldsay:
Name | Year of Birth | Spouse |
---|---|---|
John Tulloch | 1788 | Jannet Tulloch |
Peter Tullock | 1805 | Sibbella Tullock |
John Tulloch | 1810 | |
Rachel Tullock | 1811 | |
Magnus Tulloch | 1777 | Christian Tulloch |
Peter Tulloch | 1816 | |
William Muir | 1790 | Margaret Muir |
David Muir | 1811 | William Muir |
William Muir | 1819 | Magnus Swanny |
Magnus Swanny | 1778 | Mary Swanny |
Peter Swanny | 1802 | Margaret Swanny |
Thomas Swanny | 1812 | |
Charles Swanny | 1817 | Mary Swanny |
James Cutt | 1780 | Ann Cutt |
James Cutt | 1818 | |
Janet Turfes | 1792 | |
John Tulloch | 1804 | Mary Tulloch |
William Tulloch | 1802 | Mary Tulloch |
William Tulloch | 1814 | Janet Tulloch |
William Tulloch | 1811 | Mary Tulloch |
John Tulloch | 1774 | |
William Tulloch | 1803 | |
Robert Tulloch | 1799 | |
David Muir | 1816 | Margaret Muir |
William Thomson | 1781 | Mary Thomson |
John Muir | 1801 | |
John Thomson | 1811 | |
James Thomson | 1815 | |
Peter Swaney | 1793 | Margaret Swaney |
Edward Swaney | 1812 | |
John Swanny | 1781 | |
William Cutt | 1814 | Mary Cutt |
John Cutt | 1827 | Mary Cutt |
William Walls | 1803 | Margaret Walls |
Simon Tulloch | 1811 | |
William Tuloch | 1768 |
Sources
- ↑ Island Saga, the Story of North Ronaldsay, Mary Scott, p83
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