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Peter Lawson and Margaret Smith were my G3 Grandparents. Peter was born in about 1790 but I don't know where. He married Margaret Smith, born 1871, in 1831. He was the tenant of the farms West Funach and Mid Funach in Durris, Kincardineshire. It seems that the Lawson family farmed several farms in this parish; John had Glenhead Croft and James had East Funach. These properties are about five miles from where I built my home in Woodlands of Durris. I was born in Orkney and built my home here in 1976.
Their daughter Elizabeth, my G2 Grandmother, was born in Durris in 1834 and she married Peter Florence in Durris in 1859. Peter was the blacksmith at the Smithy at Crossroads, Durris and Elizabeth lived at Mid Funnich (Funach). I don't know why, but in about 1861, the whole family moved to Stromness, Orkney when my Great Grandmother Jessie Marr was one year old. The lived in Outertown. Jessie married William Jolly in 1880.
Peter Lawson died on 17 July 1883, Margaret Smith died after the 1871 census.
Peter Florence died in Sossiegar on 2 February 1902, Elizabeth Lawson died in Kirkwall on 14 February 1891.
I hope that this helps. I would welcome any more information or thoughts.