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Shetland / Re: Looking for relatives of Emmie Smith from Burra (daughter of Thomas and Ophelia)
« on: Sunday 21 June 15 20:12 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the helpful replies everyone.

Yes, ev, that is indeed my granny! Wow, I'm just going to the link now to see if I can find out more about her parents...

Elizabeth

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Shetland / Re: Laurence Smith, Shetland
« on: Wednesday 17 June 15 01:59 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the speedy reply!

Well, gosh, I'm not able to give his DOB at the moment, but I imagine it was around 1888 (assuming that he was approx. 25 years old when my grandmother was born). He worked at sea, as far as I am aware.

Interestingly, there was a Laurie Smith in the family (Granny's brother) who sadly died as the tragic result of a mindless arson attack outside his home in Manchester somewhere, back in the 1990's.

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Shetland / Looking for relatives of Emmie Smith from Burra (daughter of Thomas and Ophelia)
« on: Wednesday 17 June 15 01:44 BST (UK)  »
My late maternal grandmother was Emmie Smith from Burra. She was the daughter of Thomas (I believe) and Ophelia Smith. She had siblings, one of whom was a younger brother called George who sadly passed away in around 2008 (just the following year after I had been to the island and met him with my mum and sisters).

Contact with any other relatives from Shetland has been non-existent, and so I am really keen to get in touch with any of them! I am fascinated by Shetland and I feel a deep connection to this side of my family (not least because of my years of fiddle playing).

It might be worth noting that Emmie left the island at the young age of 17 to settle in mainland Scotland (Dundee area), where she then met and married my mum's father, Harold Livingstone.

Any information would be very gratefully received, especially as I live in the south of England and have only ever visited Shetland once.

Elizabeth

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Shetland / Re: Laurence Smith, Shetland
« on: Wednesday 17 June 15 01:33 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

I have just tonight found this fascinating forum and I absolutely had to join in - because someone here has been asking about a Thomas Smith. I believe that he may be my maternal great-grandfather. I seem to recall that he was married to an Ophelia (unusual name), and he was the father of my late maternal grandmother, Emmie Smith from Burra on Shetland.

Seeing as I live in the south of England and I have only ever visited Shetland once, it is difficult for me to access any historic data in person.

I am hoping that others may be able to help me through this site.

Please can anyone enlighten me about my Shetland side of the family? It has always fascinated me and I have always felt a connection with the island (including my years of fiddle playing!)

Elizabeth

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