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Topic: 1851/61/71 Inverness census lool up please (Read 1845 times)
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Gadget
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I have a possible birth date for Kenneth, aged 2 in 1861:
IGI (extracted)
Kenneth MacDonald, South Uist. b. 17 May 1859
Parents - Angus MacDonald and Mary Macrae
also Ronald/Ranald, aged 4 - same parents:
Ranald MacDonald, Harris. b. 18 Sept 1856
I'm thinking that Ranald is far more likely than Ronald for your original person.
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McVitie
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Hi Gadget
Thanks for all your help here - the 1871 Benbecula census is definitely my 2x grandfather Angus, Ronald's son, as Angus was a joiner/carpenter. The children also appear the same as the 1881 census, so everything ties in nicely.
Angus was indeed a miller in Lionacleit, Benbecula, and so the 1861 you kindly found him in is most definitely him, as his wife was Mary Macrae, from Harris.
I have never managed to get across to the Western Isles, but have spent a lot of my summer hols in Ardvasar, Sleat, Skye where my dad was born into the Kennedys there. I must try to get up to Kilmuir though, since it would seem Ronald, the Ground Officer, may have a grave up there, but whether he had a headstone is probably doubtful, but they were in charge of a lot of land so who knows....maybe he was buried in the same graveyard as the famous Flora!
Thanks for helping me piece this all together Gadget - I've learned a great deal in just a matter of a few hours.
Kind regards
Mcvitie
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Kennedys (Skye), MacIntyres (Skye), Macleans (South/North Uist), Macdonalds (Skye/South/North Uist), MacKinnons (Skye), MacInnes (Small Isles), Macraes (Kintail/Harris), Morrisons (Kintail), Buchanans (Skye), Maclures (Skye)
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Gadget
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Just found the marriage of Angus to Mary
Benbecula, 12 Dec 1854. it's an IGI submitted entry so will need checking and nothing in the OPRs. Were they Roman Catholic?
Do you need any more info on the family?
Gadget
PS - I was in that part of Skye over Easter - it was very wet - you could see across to Harris very clearly though
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Gadget
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You're in luck
Ranald MacDonald, farmer, died 5 May 1856, Dilista, Kilmuir. Aged 72
Parents - Angus Macdonald and Janet, m.s. Macdonald both Deceased
Cause - palpitations of the heart - 4 weeks
Informant - A MacDonald, son
Gadget
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McVitie
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I just got your last replies Gadget - funnily enough it actually states on Angus' death cert in 1901, that his father was called 'Ranald' - I agree with you that this is more likely his name, than Ronald.
The marraige of Angus and Mary is a real find - I tried without success. The only reference I could get to it was actually on the birth cert of their daughter Mary Bell in 1866, but this is slightly conflicting to your IGI find in that it says they married on 14th Dec 1855, in Borve, Harris. As to their religion, I always thought they were COS, only because Mary Bell married a Maclean in Benbecula, but it wasn't a catholic one.
And I've just got your last reply - superb Gadget, you found his death cert! This beats the lot, and I can't thank you enough. I'll get on to the SP site without delay!!!
Cheers
Mcvitie
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Kennedys (Skye), MacIntyres (Skye), Macleans (South/North Uist), Macdonalds (Skye/South/North Uist), MacKinnons (Skye), MacInnes (Small Isles), Macraes (Kintail/Harris), Morrisons (Kintail), Buchanans (Skye), Maclures (Skye)
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Gadget
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The marriage was only a submitted one - it's more likely that the daughter's birth cert was correct.
It could be common law so wouldn't show. Will have another look.
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Gadget
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Hi again
You're in luck yet again 
Alexander Macdonald, son of Angus and Mary, was b. March 1855. Little Bour (?), Harris. It was an 1855 cert so there is more info.
Marriage info for his parents is 1854, Harris. I still can't see it so it is most likely common law - it was legal though 
I'll be in touch.
Gadget
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McVitie
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Wow Gadget, so much luck in 1 day!!
Thanks for the certificate - it certainly helps to back up his parents marriage year. I'm very interested about this maybe being 'common law' - I've not come across such a situation as yet - most intriguing.
I wonder if the marriage place of 'Little Bour', is 'Borve', as in the birth cert for his other daughter Mary. I'll have a google at Harris maps.
Thanks for your continued help Gadget.
Regards
Mcvite
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Gadget
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Just wondering if it could be Na Buirgh on the West side of Harris:
Click here for map
Gadget
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Gadget
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Not sure - I though it meant The. Beag is small.
Buirgh would be pronounced something like Bo-ur, though.
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