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James Fea and Helen Goar

James Fea (b. 1777)  married Helen Goar and had two children:

• Betsy Fea
• Barbara Fea

With the first census in Sanday in 1841, we can see James Fea and Helen Goar at Seatter, the only surviving Feas of this generation.

1841 Census - Seatter, Sanday
James Fea	Farmer	Aged 65 years	b. Orkney
Hellen Fea	.	Aged 55 years	b. Orkney
Ann Muir	Farm Serv	Aged 20 years	b. Orkney
Thomas Muir	MS	Aged 10 years	b. Orkney

The only other Feas appearing in the 1841 census are John and James Fea, nephews and the sons of James Fea's brother John Fea.  They stayed at the adjacent property then called Bolloquoy.

James Fea and Helen Goar are last seen at Seatter in the 1851 census

1851 Census - Seatter, Sanday
James Fea	Head	Aged 74 years	b. Sanday
Helen Fea	Wife	Aged 65 years	b. Sanday
Barbara Goar	Servant	Aged 18 years	b. Sanday
David Mill	Servant	Aged 17 years	b. Sanday

Helen Goar died in 1862. She had been staying with her daughter, Barbara Fea and son in law, Donald Hume by this time.  This was at Hunton in Stronsay

Relict of the late James Fea farmer Seator who departed this life on 2th Jan 1862, aged 76   Erected by Donald Hume to his mother-in-law