Margaret
Lyall
formerly Sutherland
Born in Mey, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Edward Lyall
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Isobel (Lyall) Paterson, John Lyall, Christian (Lyall) Murray, Edward Lyall, Peter Lyall, Alexander Lyall and Margaret (Lyall) Jack
Died before
before age 88
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2014
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Contents |
Biography
Christening
Residence
- 1788-1807 Scarfskerry[3]
Census
- 1841 Scarfskerry, Dunnet age 75 with sons, Edward and Alex, fishermen
- 1851 Scarfskerry age 85, farmer, widow with a servant and close to son and nephew, born Canisbay
Death Date Note
: 15 Feb but the year is illegible- probably before 1855. She was alive in 1851 census [4]
Burial
- Old churchyard, Dunnet 72. Transcription reads: Edward Lyall, tenant, Scarfskerry died 15 Jan 1826 age 63. Wife Margaret Sutherland died 15 Feb 1830? age 56? Edward Lyall, schoolmaster, Scarfskerry, died ? Dec 1860? age 59. Wife Christian Dunnet died 9 Jan 1887 age 84[5]
Research Note
- on My Heritage Theory of Family Relativity I have a DNA match to George Douglas whose tree has him descended from John Sutherland and Janet Couper and their daughter Margaret Sutherland (Oag).
- Iain Old also has John Sutherland and Janet Couper as her parents.
Sources
- ↑ Canisbay Parish Register seen on FHS microfilm in 1993
- ↑ Scotlands People; https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Old Parish Registers, Births and Baptisms; 1766; Parish 035 Canisbay, 10/191
- ↑ all children born there
- ↑ MI Old Churchyard Dunnet
- ↑ see image of gravestone
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Sarah (Euren) Jordan 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A671713 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A671713 [compare], Ancestry member SarahJordan77
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A671713 [compare], FTDNA kit #336213
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Living DNA, GEDmatch HA5821383 [compare]
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~3.12%
Malcolm Maclennan :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Alasdair Fraser :
Living DNA, GEDmatch GM9160934 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Anonymous (John) Morrow :
23andMe, GEDmatch A282412 [compare]
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