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Gara, Orphir - William and Tomima Slater and their daughter Annie (later Mrs Donald Cumming, 15 East Road, Kirkwall). No later than 1913 as William died that year and Annie married. Tomima was a Groundwater from Scorriedale, the house with one of the best views in Orkney.
Picture added on 25 October 2010 at 17:35
James F. Groundwater was my great grandfather so Tomina would be my great grand auntie too (I think). My grandfather, James too, used to use Scorriedale as a holiday home. Visited a few times in the fifties.
Added by Rognvald Spence on 28 September 2015
Yes Tomima was indeed the sister of James F Groundwater. Also sister of Alexander W Groundwater, Congregational minister in Coupar Angus (previously in Shetland). Very interesting character who stood as a candidate for the Independent Labour Party in Banffshire in 1924 (and lost) and later turned down the invitation to stand in Perth and Kinross in the 1930s.
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Added by Jane Harris on 18 October 2015
Orphir
(My great grandad).
Wonderful to come across this photo.