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Hi David

I'm typing out a response from my dad, James Thomson -

"Your great grandfather lived at a house in North Ronaldsay in Orkney called Quaybank. The family were as follows
Thomas and Janet (nee Tulloch) Thomson
Sarah 1871 (?)
Janet 1872
Jemima 1874
Thomas 1879 (?)
John 1884 (?)
James 1886.
Your aunt Jemima had a son, Thomas Thomson, who was born at Quaybank on 9th March 1895. He died at Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall, on 10th June 1918, of pneumonia, while in the Royal Navy. His name is on the War Memorial on North Ronaldsay.
My father James Thomson, your aunt Jemima's brother, whom I am called after, had five of a family - Janet, Mary, Ina, James and Margaret. Margaret and I are still surviving.
I visited North Ronaldsay this year from 19th to 22nd June with my two sons, Fraser and Ross, and my nephew Ronald. My daughter Morven was not with us.
Quaybank house still exists, but the owner, a farmer, is presently having it enlarged and modernised. We were allowed inside. We were told that the school will be closing as the last pupil has reached the leaving age of 12."

Regards

Morven Thomson