The female line

It is interesting to trace all ancestors of the particular person, but searches tend to concentrate on particular surnames through the male lines. However one line perhaps of special interest is the all-female line of descent. This has not yet been taken very far, but in our case it begins with Barbara Irvine who was married to David Law and lived in one of two houses at Skurron in 1841. This couple had many children, apparently mostly daughters; not all their children have yet been traced.

Barbara Irvine's daughter Janet Law was born in 1808 at Skurron; she married Robert Morrison in about 1831, and in 1841 they lived in the second house in Skurron, Robert being away (probably at sea). By 1851 Janet had moved to Tubie (or Touby) and lived there with seven children; Robert was again away at sea. The family remained in Tubie in 1861 (by which time Robert seems to have retired from sea, being a "Farmer of 8 acres" and a "Farmer of 7 acres arable" in 1871.

Janet Law's daughter Barbara Morrison (named, presumably, after her grandmother) was born in 1836 at "Skeorron"; she married Henry Hunter of Evrabister around 1859. Her daughter Mary Ann Hunter is the ancestor in our case.

The female line family tree shows these relationships.