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James Tulloch and Mary Pottinger

James Tulloch was baptised 8^th July 1804, the son of John Tulloch and Mary Ann Gray.

He married Mary Pottinger on 4^th Dec. 1829. Mary had been born about 1802, and was the daughter of Thomas Pottinger and Marjory Thomson. James and Mary apparently didn't have any children. In the 1841-1861 censuses the couple were at Nearhouse, Westray, where James's occupation in 1841 and 1851 was fisherman, and in 1861 it was a "farmer of 6 acres".

In the 1841 and 1851 censuses James and Mary had Mary's niece Sarah Yorston (born in 1832, daughter of Catherine Pottinger and William Yorston) staying with them, and in the 1851 census they also had James's niece Janet Tulloch (youngest daughter of William Tulloch and Elizabeth Drever) with them, as shown below.

1851 - Nearhouse, Westray

	Relation	Status	Age	Occupation	Born
James Tullock	Head	Married	47 years	Fisherman employing 2 women	Westray
Mary Tullock	Wife	Married	48 years		Westray
Sarah Yorston	Niece	Unmarried	19 years	Servant	Westray
Janet Tullock	Niece		15 years	Servant	Westray

A collection of Westray gravestone inscriptions includes one for "James Tulloch / died July 18^th 1863 / aged 61 years", which cannot be linked to anyone else. However the Death registration indicates that he died 29^th July 1864. Mary died 5^th February 1876.