Family History Notebook

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James Orr

Married Margaret Cunningham on the 28th of May 1788 in Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland

Children

Beatrice Hay 1, baptised on the 18th of March 1789 in Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
Jean, baptised on the 29th of January 1791 in Yester, East Lothian

The smith at Gifford

Both he and his wife had died by the time of the agreement between his daughters in 1817 on how they would slit the property he had left.

Notes

1    Although the baptismal entry is Beatrix, she is known as Beatrice in the agreement of 1817 and as Beatrice Hay in the entry in the register of deaths. The Hay is passed down to her grandson (George Hay Rattray) and great-Grandson (Alan George Hay Rattray)

2    The marriage to a Jane Orr to Alexander Harrawer is registered in Canongate on the 17th of October 1815. (cf Jean Orr / Alexander Harrier)