Catherine Cromarty
1798- & Samuel Ross 1791-married 11 Dec 1835 Burray
Raised their family
Westshore, Island of Burray
Catherine's parents or brothers and sisters that married
Parents, //\\ Magnus, Catherine, John, William, Jean, James, Robert, Margaret
This was Samuel Ross's second marriage. He was first married to Barbara Ross in 1818
and had three children: Samuel 8 Sep 1820, James 28 Mar 1822 and John 13 Jun 1825.
They were all born in Burray.
Family:
Husband: Samuel Ross born about 1791 Stronsay, Orkney --------
son of John Ross & Mary Chalmers
Wife: Catherine Cromarty chr 4 Jan 1798 Lythes, South Ronaldsay
daughter of Alexander Cromarty & Margaret Stewart
Children:
Margaret Cromarty Ross born 9 Feb 1837 Burray -
married John Cromarty
Alexander Cromarty Ross
born 28 Oct 1838 BurrayBarbara Ross born 24 Jun 1840 Burray ---------------
married Peter Sutherland 19 Jul 1860
Th Island of Burray, lying just North of South Ronaldsay was joined by the Church Hill Barrier # 4
The red marker is North Cara where Alexander Cromarty (1856) learned his Cooper trade.
Remember what the Churchhill Barrier looked like?
This causeway linked South Ronaldsay with Burray. It was built following the sinking of the
Royal Oak, many years after Catherine Cromarty and Samuel Ross lived in Burray.
This is one of four causeways linking South Ronaldsay with the mainland of Orkney.
The barriers were erected to block the Eastern approaches to Scapa Flow after a
German U-Boat had penetrated to sink the Royal Oak in 1939.