Marion Sibbald Rae

MARION SIBBALD RAE

Marion Sibbald Rae is the daughter of John Rae of Gorseness and his wife Margaret Campbell Glen. She was born on 5 April 1808 and her baptism was registered on 19 April 1808, at Orphir in Orkney, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Orphir Baptisms, reference OPR.23/1]

Marion Sibbald Rae is the sister of Doctor John Rae, the Arctic Explorer, who remembered her in his last will and testament: " I give to my sister Marion, widow of John M. Hamilton of Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada, one thousand pounds sterling to be invested in trust for her benefit she to receive the interest of the same during her life and on her death the said sum of one thousand pounds with accumulation of value (if any) of stock in which it has been invested to be equally divided between her son Gavin Hamilton residing at 150 Mile House British Columbia and her daughters excluding Catherine wife of Alexander Begg her child or children." [National Archives of Scotland, The Last Will and Testament of Doctor John Rae, reference SC70/6/54, pp. 421-45]

Death and Burial

Marion Sibbald Rae died on 16 February 1890. Find A Grave Memorial

Marriage

Marion Sibbald Rae married Doctor John MacAulay Hamilton.The marriage was booked on 2 June 1831, at Orphir in Orkney, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Orphir Marriages, reference OPR.23/2]

Children

1. Marion Johanna Hamilton
2. Gavin Hamilton
3. John Rae Hamilton
4. Helen Babington Macaulay Hamilton
5. Margaret Glen Rae Hamilton
6. Catherine Jane Glen Hamilton
7. Thomas MacAulay Hamilton
8. Colin MacAulay Hamilton
9. Jessie Stewart Franklin Scarth

Evidence from the Orkney Census Returns

Stromness 1851

Main Street in Stromness (1) John M Hamilton, (M), 50, Head, Mar, Justice of the Peace & Agent for Lloyds, Hoy (2) Marion Hamilton, (F), 42, Wife, Mar, Orphir (3) Marion Hamilton, (F), 18, Dau, S, England, Chatham (4) Gavin Hamilton, (M), 15, Son, S, Scholar, Stromness (5) John Hamilton, (M), 13, Son, Scholar, Stromness (6) Helen Hamilton, (F), 11, Dau, Scholar, Stromness (7) Margaret Hamilton, (F), 9, Dau, Scholar, Stromness (8) Katharine Hamilton, (F), 7, Dau, Scholar, Stromness (9) Thomas Hamilton, (M), 4, Son, Scholar, Stromness (10) Colin Hamilton, (M), 3, Son, Stromness (11) Jessie Hamilton, (F), 1, Dau, Stromness (12) James McKay, (M), 27, Servant, S, Out Door Servant, Stenness (13) Jane Tait, (F), 26, Servant, S, House Servant, Stromness (14) Betsy Flett, (F), 27, Servant, S, House Servant, Stenness (15) Katharine Gray, (F), 19, Servant, S, Nursery Maid, Stromness (16) Betsy Sutherland, (F), 16, Servant, S, House Servant, Stromness [Orkney Family History Society: 1851 Census Return for Stromness]