Hi!
I am interested in locating descendants (and determining the
ancestry) of Edward Chambers (aka Chalmers) who was born ca. 1767-71
in Orkney and died in Kirkwall & St. Ola, Orkney, in 1848.
He married Rebecca "Baikie" Sinclair and their first known
child, Edward, was bpt. in Stronsay in 1797. Son Robert James was
bpt. in Shapinsay in 1799 and subsequent children, Margaret (1802);
Jean (1805); Thomas (1807 - 1817?); and Peter (1810 - 1850) were all
baptised in Kirkwall and St. Ola.
Edward Jr. worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, then married Jane
Vincent. Robert James probably had children by Catharine Skea and
Mary Ireland. Peter had children by Jean Petrie.
Edward Chambers Jr. and his family came back to Ontario in the early
1840's and he died here in 1892.
If these names sound familiar to anyone researching in the same
area, I would love to hear from you.
Happy Hunting!
Stephen