Jean Watt Linklater

JEAN WATT LINKLATER (OTHERWISE JANE LINKLATER)

is the daughter of Thomas Linklater, sometime farmer at Don in Stromness, Orkney (afterwards at Breckness there) and his wife, Margaret Thompson. She was born on 23 January 1839 and her baptism was registered at Stromness on 23 February 1839 [Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQQP-NM2

Jean Watt Linklater (Otherwise Jane Linklater) died unmarried on 16 March 1880. She was buried beside her parents in Stromness Kirkyard [Orkney Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions in Stromness Kirkyard (A), Inscription A/451]

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OUTERTOWN, STROMNESS, 1841: 1,Thomas,Linklater,,,M,40,Farmer,Orkney 2,Margaret,Linklater,,,F,45,,Orkney 3,Ann,Linklater,,,F,20,,Orkney 4,William,Linklater,,,M,15,Carpenters App,Orkney 5,Betsy,Linklater,,,F,15,,Orkney 6,Alexander,Linklater,,,M,12,,Orkney 7,Janet,Linklater,,,F,10,,Orkney 8,Eliza,Linklater,,,F,9,,Orkney 9,Peter,Linklater,,,M,7,,Orkney 10,JEAN LINKLATER..F..2..Orkney 11,Catherine,Linklater,,,F,0,(9 months),Orkney

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DON, STROMNESS, 1851: 1,Thomas,Linklater,Head,Mar,M,54,Farmer of 12 acres, 2 Serv,Stromness 2,Margaret,Linklater,Wife,Mar,F,55,,Sandwick 3,Janet,Linklater,Dau,S,F,20,Farm Servant,Stromness 4,Isabella,Linklater,Dau,S,F,19,Farm Servant,Stromness 5,JEAN W> LINKLATER,Dau,,F,12,Scholar,Stromness 6,Katherine,Linklater,Dau,,F,10,Scholar,Stromness

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In memory of THOMAS LINKLATER d. 16 Aug 1872 aged 77. MARGARET THOMSON, his wife, d. 14 Jan 1879 aged 84. JANE, their dau, d. 16 Mar 1880 aged 41. AGNES MILNE, their grandau., d. 23 Aug 1885 aged 11 [Orkney Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions in Stromness Kirkyard (A), Inscription A/451]