William Mowat Gutcher
1828- & Catherine Taylor*1832 -married 1 Apr 1856
resided in Hill or Hillhead Grimness
where they raised eight children
Names of William Mowat's parents or brothers and sisters that married
Parents //\\ Catherine, Margaret, James, Anne, William Mowat
Family:
----------son of John Gutcher & Isabella Symison
Wife: Catherine Taylor born 2 Sep 1832 at Brecks ---
----daughter of James Taylor & Jean or Jane Robertson
Children:
--Jane Hays Gutcher born 9 Apr 1856 Hillhead Grimness
--William Gutcher born 13 Aug 1857 Hillhead Grimness
married Robina Harrold
Margaret Gutcher
born 1860 Hillhead, Grimness --------James T Gutcher born about 1862 Hillhouse, Grimness
Catharine Gutcher born 6 Feb 1864 Hillhead Grimness
--Jane Taylor Gutcher born 14 May 1866 Hillhead Grimness ----
--Mary Ann Taylor Gutcher born 30 Jun 1868 Hillhead Grimness
--Elizabeth Gutcher born6 May 1871 Upper Hill House Grimness
-- Isabella Gutcher born 17 Aug 1873 Upper Hill House Grimness
Upper Hill House, Hill &Hillhead could be all the same croft,
The Main road from the Southern point of South Ronaldsay over Four Churchill barriers to
Kirkwall the capital is called A961. Cara at the top of the map is called North Cara
Hillhead is where William Mowat Gutcher And Catherine Taylor lived.
Grimness & Eastside, underlined in blue are districts.
Names of William Mowat's parents or brothers and sisters that married
Parents //\\ Catherine, Margaret, James, Anne, William Mowat
Wife: Catherine Taylor's Parents
Husband
: James Taylor born about 1791 South Ronaldsay-----married South Ronaldsay
Wife: Jean or Jane Robertson born about 1796 So Ronaldsay
Children
Robert Taylor born 1827
Jane Taylor born 1829
Archibald Taylor chr 11 Jul 1830
Catherine Taylor chr 2 Sep 1832
married William Mowat Gutcher (see above)
Margaret Taylor chr 23 Nov 1834
John Taylor chr 9 Apr 1837
Children appear to have all been born at Brecks, Grimness
Above dates taken from the 1841 census & Church of Scotland Records
Brecks as it looked in 2001 (not far from South Cara) by Norman Gutcher
South Cara (just a few hundred yards from Brecks) photo taken by Norman Gutcher
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