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My Great Great Grandmother

My great great grandmother Mary Balfour Craigie was born on 10 April 1816 on Gairsay Island to John Craigie 1777-1851 and Jannet Sclatter 1777-1846 both of Garisay. John Craigie was a boatman. The family later moved to Kirkwall. Mary married 1839 in Kirkwall to Donald Smith the blacksmith of Shore Street Kirkwall. They had six sons and 6 daughters, sadly only one son and three daughters lived to marry and have children, including Diana Jesse Smith who married David Balfour Peace sn. their son David Balfour Smith jn. founded the Cinema in Kirkwall the well known Dougie Shearer was her grandson.

A memory of Gairsay in Isle of Orkney shared on Monday, 21st April 2008.

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