Margaret jack and her parents.

[Celtclogs 2]

Hi  I am looking for the parents of Margaret Jack from Stoma Canisbay, she was born  about 1744 and she was married to Murdoch Rosie can anyone help me out please.

[CaroleW]

Welcome to Rootschat

The marriage was 12.11.1768 & Scotlands People show her surname as Jock

Only births I can see to the marriage are Marjory 1771 & Alexander b 1774

There are several Jock/Jack births in Canisbay but given a marriage in 1768 - none of the birthyears fit

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

[Celtclogs 2]

Hi
Thanks for  the help. These people are so hard to find some time   
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[trish1120]

From FreeREG


Bower : Church of Scotland
MARGARET Jack Baptism, Father ANDREW
Witnesses - David Manson & George Bruce. Baptismal date 18 Jan 1741

Just put Jack, all, Caithness;
452 entries come up
The 1st 14 dont have dates on index including the Marriage of Murdoch/Margaret
EG
A Marriage of ANDREW Jack of Bower to Margaret THOMSON of Canisbay

Interestingly there is a John JACK/Margaret ROSIE Marriage also with no date

I didnt check for JOCK or variants

Trish

[Celtclogs 2]

Hi and thanks for your help  that is interesting information you gave me as I haven't seen these Jack names before, As I am  also looking for all the Jack's in Caithness. So they are worth looking in to 😀. Now I have a name of her father as Malcolm Jack from Stoma, I have had for a long time also names of her grandparents and gr grandparents but I am not sure if this Information is right or not  the other name is Gunn??? It's a real brick wall for ages 🤔 but thanks so much for your help Trish .

[manukarik]

Are you sure it's not Stroma (the island in the stream) a now uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth which is part of the parish of Canisbay?

Most of the residents left in 1962 but Stroma's final abandonment came in 1997 when the lighthouse keepers and their families departed. The island is still used for sheep grazing.

[Forfarian]

From FreeREG
Just put Jack, all, Caithness;
452 entries come up
The 1st 14 dont have dates on index including the Marriage of Murdoch/Margaret
EG
A Marriage of ANDREW Jack of Bower to Margaret THOMSON of Canisbay
Interestingly there is a John JACK/Margaret ROSIE Marriage also with no date

The first and third of those are indexed, complete with date, at SP, with the surname indexed as Jock. See screenshot.

What has happened is that FreeReg has not listed the date because the original record gives the date of the contract or proclamation rather than the date of the wedding ceremony. If you click on any of the 14 listings without dates it tells you this.

SP indexes whatever date is in the original. I prefer this method to the blank in FreeReg because at least it tells you the year, even if the actual wedding date isn't in the original, without having to click separately on the index for every missing wedding date, of which there must be tens of thousands in the surviving records!

[Celtclogs 2]

Are you sure it's not Stroma (the island in the stream) a now uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth which is part of the parish of Canisbay?

Most of the residents left in 1962 but Stroma's final abandonment came in 1997 when the lighthouse keepers and their families departed. The island is still used for sheep grazing.
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Yes, sorry it's my bad speling.