Robert Leask of Leigh

ROBERT LEASK OF LEIGH

• Is the son of William Leask of Aglath, and his wife, Christina Robertson [Old Lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, Volume II, Part IV, October 1909, Leask of Aglath, Orkney, pp. 203-07]
• Robert Leask of Leigh married Margaret Smith.
• The Old Lore Miscellany gives 27 February 1823 [Old Lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, Volume II, Part IV, October 1909, Leask of Aglath, Orkney, pp. 203-07] and FamilySearch gives 13 March 1823 [Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910, index, FamilySearch] Firth and Stenness Marriages

CALENDAR OF EVIDENCE

1

• LOWER BEA, STENNESS:
• 1 Robert,Leask,,,M,60,Farmer,Orkney.
• 2 Margaret,Leask,,,F,35,,Orkney.
• 3 Robert,Leask,,,M,15,,Orkney.
• 4 Mary,Leask,,,F,13,,Orkney.
• 5 Jessie,Leask,,,F,10,,Orkney.
• 6 William,Leask,,,M,7,,Orkney.
• 7 John,Leask,,,M,5,,Orkney.
• 8 Thomas,Leask,,,M,2,,Orkney.
• 9 Margaret,Leask,,,F,0,(2 months),Orkney [Orkney Family History Society: 1841 Census Return for Stenness]

2

• In memory of:
• ROBERT LEASK, Leigh, Ireland, Stenness died April 27 1889 aged 90 years,
• MARGARET SMITH his wife died September 11th 1893 aged 90 years married February 27th 1823.
• And their children:
• MARGARET died March 2nd 1840 aged 16 years.
• WILLIAM died in Melbourne June 27th 1858 aged 24 years.
• JOHN drowned at Newhaven, Sussex while bathing July 25th 1868 aged 32 years.
• MARGARET died in Glasgow April 5th 1874 aged 33 years,
• JAMES died December 8th 1843 aged 2 months.
• JAMES died October 30th 1894 aged 49 years.
• JESSIE died Klerksdorp,Transvaal, South Africa, October 11th 1894 aged 63 years [Monumental Inscriptions in Stenness Graveyard, Stenness, Orkney (Orkney Family History Society), Stone Number 13/3]