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Subject: Re: [Orkney] Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and Thomas Johnston,
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 11:10:18 EDT

> Thu, 27 May 2004 10:38:08 -0700
> From: "Martha Newton" <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Orkney] Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and Thomas Johnston,
> parents of Thomas Johnston b. Orkney c. 1802
>
> Thanks Dave and Lisa,
>
> So It seems there were three Thomas and Christian Johnston couples in
> the area at the same time: my Christian Lesh, Christian Flett, and now
> Christian Sutherland.
>
> I have some more clues about mine which may help. Family stories say
> the senior Thomas was a minister and that Christian was from Glasgow
> and she died in 1810. Also the junior Thomas, whose middle name was
> said to be Toddford, gave non-Orkney names to his sons that
> nevertheless seem to be from the Johnston side of the family: Wesley,
> Archibald George, Dudley. Does that trigger any thoughts? Maybe
> Christian died and Thomas senior remarried before he was in a census.

Martha,

"The Church in Orkney" (printing 1907) lists only the following ministers
with this surname or similar (there is no Thomas):

Johnston, Rev. George, Kirkwall
Johnston, S. Knox, Stromness
Johnston, Rev. Dr. David
Johnston, Rev. George, Burray
Johnston, Mr., of Kirkcaldy

I'm afraid that your family stories are unravelling ....... :-((

Ken Harrison
North Vancouver, Canada

HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead)
POTCHIT Yorkshire
FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead)
GRIFFIN Staffordshire
STANLEY Staffordshire
SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania
STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow
BAIN Caithness
MILLER Caithness, Swaziland
SPENCE Orkney
TRAILL Orkney
SELKRIG Lanark
WICKETSHAW Lanark
MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic)
BAIRD Renfrew
HAM Australia (Vic)
THOMPSON Suffolk
AGGUS Suffolk
BRIGHTWELL Suffolk
LAWSON Clackmannan
McNABB Islay
MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew
GILLESPIE Dumfries
HENDERSON Dumfries
TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries
CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew
GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario
Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census.

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• Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and Thomas Johnston, parents of Thomas Johnston b. Orkney c. 1802 by "Martha Newton" <>
  • Re: [Orkney] Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and Thomas Johnston, parents of Thomas Johnston b. Orkney c. 1802 by "Dave Annal" <>
    • Re: [Orkney] Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and ThomasJohnston, parents of Thomas Johnston b. Orkney c. 1802 by Lisa Conrad <>
    • Re: [Orkney] Looking for Christian Lesk/Leask and Thomas Johnston, parents of Thomas Johnston b. Orkney c. 1802 by "Martha Newton" <>

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