First Generation  

1. Occupation: Sutherland Co., Scotland. Shepard

James married Jean TURNER.

Their children were:

   2 M    i. Adam BLACK was born about 1807 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland and was baptized on 16 Jul 1807.

   3 F    ii. Agnes BLACK was born about 1809 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland and was baptized on 28 Dec 1809.

   4 F    iii. Mary BLACK was born in 1813 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland and was baptized on 8 Aug 1813 in Durness Parish, Sutherland, Scotland.

Baptized by Rev. Hugh Mackenzie, Tongue.

+ 5 M    iv. William BLACK was born about 1815 and was baptized on 11 Jun 1815.

   6 F    v. Daughter BLACK was born about 1817 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland and was baptized on 16 Feb 1817.

  Second Generation  

William married Margaret WEIR.

Their children were:

+ 7 F    i. Mary BLACK was born about 1837 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland, was baptized on 24 May 1837 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland, died on 1 Nov 1925 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland and was buried in Kinbrace Church, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.

   8 M    ii. Walter BLACK was born about 1841 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland and was baptized on 6 Aug 1841 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.

  Third Generation  

Mary married James ORMISTON, son of Walter ORMISTON and Elinor (ORMISTON), on 12 Apr 1861 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. James was born about 1827 in Scotland, died on 22 May 1908 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland and was buried in Kinbrace Church, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.

Their children were:

   9 M    i. Walter ORMISTON was born on 9 Nov 1862 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.

   10 M    ii. William ORMISTON was born on 24 Dec 1864 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.

+ 11 F    iii. Agnes Elizabeth ORMISTON was born on 14 Feb 1867 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland, died on 26 Apr 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was buried on 29 Apr 1942 in Rosedale German Cemetery, Ross Twp. PA.

   12 F    iv. Eleanor Margaret ORMISTON was born on 15 May 1869 in Loth, Sutherland, Scotland.

   13 F    v. Margaret ORMISTON was born on 22 Apr 1871 in Loth, Sutherland, Scotland.

   14 M    vi. John ORMISTON was born on 21 Jan 1875 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland.

   15 M    vii. James ORMISTON was born about 1877 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland.

   16 M    viii. Ralph ORMISTON was born on 3 Jun 1878 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland.

   17 F    ix. Jane ORMISTON was born in 1881 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland.

  Fourth Generation  

Agnes married Robert F. MARLIN, son of Thomas MARLIN and Eliza FERRYER, about 1896 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Robert was born in Jun 1860 in Ireland, died in 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was buried in Rosedale German Cemetery, Ross Twp. PA.

1. Alt. Birth: 1860.

2. Occupation: Stone Mason.

Their children were:

+ 18 M    i. Robert O. MARLIN was born in Jul 1897 in Pennsylvania.

+ 19 F    ii. Eliza F. MARLIN was born in Feb 1898 in Pennsylvania.

+ 20 F    iii. Mary E. MARLIN was born about 1901 in Pennsylvania.

   21 F    iv. Alice S. MARLIN was born in 1905 in Pennsylvania and died in 1964.

+ 22 M    v. James Ormiston MARLIN was born on 11 Feb 1904 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, died on 3 Nov 1966 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USA and was buried on 7 Nov 1966 in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

  Fifth Generation  

1920 Soundex has Robert O. Marlin living with Father-in-Law, Thomas Fitzpatrick at 4407 Sewickley Rd, Pittsburgh, PA.

Robert married Mrs. Robert O. (Fitzpatrick) MARLIN, daughter of Thomas FITZPATRICK.

Eliza married Herman FARLEY.

Mary married Hector FAIRLY.

Obituary in Pittsburgh Gazette, November 6, 1966: "On Thursday, Nov. 3, 1966, James O. of Maple Dr., Wexford, Pa., formerly of West View, husband of Veronica Boden Marlin; father of Mrs. Patricia Macdonald of Framingham, Mass.; brother of Mrs. J. Herman Fairley and Robert Marlin; also two grandchildren, Guy and Craig Macdonald. Funeral from the Schellhaas Funeral Home, 388 Center Ave., West View on Monday at 2 p.m. Friends invited. Family requests visitations 2-4 and 7-9 p.m."

1. Occupation: 1966, Pittsburgh, PA. Accountant - American Steel Co.

2. SSN. 192-10-8253

James married Veronica Marie BODEN, daughter of Peter Martin BODEN and Martha Maria BILLINGHAM. Veronica was born on 2 Sep 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died on 7 Nov 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Penn Hills, Pittsburgh.

James next married Sarah Anne BILLINGHAM, daughter of Benjamin J. BILLINGHAM and Eliza MANSELL, in Aug 1930 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah was born on 8 Feb 1894 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USA, died on 20 May 1962 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USA and was buried on 23 May 1962 in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Another name for Sarah was SADIE.

Their children were:

+ 23 F    i. Patricia Ann MARLIN was born on 14 Jun 1932 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.

  Sixth Generation  

Patricia married Howard Dewey MACDONALD, son of Howard Dewey MACDONALD and Lucy DIETRICH, on 25 Jun 1955 in Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvannia, USA. Howard was born on 15 Sep 1932 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA and was baptized on 6 Nov 1932 in The Church Of The Holy Cross, Brooklyn, New York.

Their children were:

   24 M    i. Guy Allan MACDONALD was born on 25 Jul 1956 in Hempstead, New York.

+ 25 M    ii. Craig Allan MACDONALD was born on 13 Jul 1961 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

  Seventh Generation  

Craig married Julie Michelle JUDD on 21 Mar 1983. Julie was born on 21 Nov 1958.

Craig next married Kimberly Ann FARMER, daughter of James Clyde FARMER and Lucille Lee REED, on 25 Oct 1997 in Fairlawn, Ohio. Kimberly was born on 15 Oct 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Their children were:

   26 M    i. Ian Bran MACDONALD was born on 5 Oct 1999 in Barberton, Ohio.