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Margaret Leslie and John Mainland Drever

Margaret Leslie (b. 5th August 1853) was a daughter of Thomas Leslie and Barbara Kent and with the family at Airy, Westray in 1861.

She married John Mainland Drever (b. 21st January 1846) on 16th January 1874. John was the son of George Drever and Catherine Mainland from Piggar.

They stayed at Piggar where they had seven children:

• Betsy Leslie Drever, born 7th December 1874 who married Daniel Leslie

• George Drever, born 13th September 1876 who married Mary Leslie (b. 24th January 1882) in 1908. Mary was the daughter of Henry Leslie and Jessie Thomson. They stayed at Piggar where George farmed and had family. George died on 13th October 1963.

• Thomas Leslie Drever, born 3rd August 1878 who married Mary Learmouth Gibson, daughter of James Gibson and Margaret Dickson, on 2nd July 1903 in Kirkwall. They had family. Thomas was a tailor and an avid sportsman. Mary died in 1910 and Thomas died in 1958.

• Catherine Mainland Drever, born 13th September 1881 and who died at Piggar on 23rd November 1904

• Davina Jean Leslie Drever, born 19th June 1884 who married George Drever in March 1908. George was the son of George Drever and Jemima Rendall from North Tuan. (George’s sister, Ann Drever, married a John Seatter and moved to Pharay.) George and Davina had family in Westray. He died at East Gretna on 18th August 1965 and Davina on 8th April 1968.

• Margaret Ann Drever, born 15th February 1887 and who died at Piggar on 9th March 1887

• John Mainland Drever, born 23rd February 1892 who married Jessie Hill in 1916

John was a shoemaker although he also farmed. He died at Piggar on 23rd May 1921.

Margaret died at North Tuan, where her daughter Davina stayed, on 13th April 1941. She was eighty seven.