My Grandparents, Duncan and Cecilia CLARK were married in Famington, Lanarkshire, in late 1880, but appear in the 1881 census in Reay, Caithness. Since Duncan CLARK was a gardener and "Domestic Servant", he had to be working for "someone of substance". The census does not proved a place of residence but he (and his new wife) were not listed being on some employer's estate.




I cannot identify any event that would cause these newlywed to flee north in late 1880. So I assume his employer in the Famington/Airdrie area traveled north to other landholdings and took some staff with him.




Does anyone have a guess of the family names of "landed gentry" with estates in the Reay area?




Any help or clue will be appreciated.


Jim Clark