The Island / Leaving the Island

Changing Tenants

While families had previously lived in Faray (Pharay) for generations, this changed with the coming of the 20th century and accelerated towards the inhabitants finally leaving in 1947.

John Seatter and Jemima Reid	Hammar	1900 - 1915
John Seatter and Ann Drever	Quoy / Lakequoy	1904 - 1936
James Rendall and Mary Stevenson	Hammar	1915 - 1937
David Harcus and Elizabeth Wards	Cott	1916 - 1922
Peter and James Seatter	Cott	1922 - 1925
Wiliam Groat and Jessie Hume	Cott	1925 - 1933
John Meil and Margaret Mainland	Holland	1924 - 1936
Balfour Rendall and Maggie Ann Gray	Windywa	1928 - 1947
Angus Harcus and Mary Jane Inkster	Cott	1933 - 1939
James Moar and Helen Leslie	Lakequoy	1937 - 1942
Henry Leslie and Jessie Kent	Holland	1937 - 1943
John Leslie and Mary Wylie	Hammar / Cott	1937 - 1947
Robert Leslie	Hammar	1939 - 1947
Robert Seatter	Doggerboat	1944 - 1946
James Seator and Clara Harcus	Holland	1944 - 1947

Note that years spent on Faray are not necessarily entirely accurate but will give a good indication of the time spent there.