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Topic: MACDONALDS of Skye (Read 2971 times)
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Nigel1959
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ANYBODY WITH INFO ON A FLORA AND ANGUS MACDONALD OR MCDONALD WHO HAD A DAUGHTER MORAG FROM AROUND THE MID TO LATE 1800s
ANGUS WAS A FISHERMAN AND OPERATED A FERRY--------BUT CANT FIND ANY INFO ON ANY RECORDS
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Nigel1959
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Thankyou
All i have is Morag ( Marion ) Mcdonald marries my great grandad David Barclay in Glasgow around 1896 and her parents are listed as Angus and Flora, and i think Flora's maiden name was mcdonald as well. I know they came from the Ilse of Skye as my grandad used to holyday there. I think Angus was a fisherman amongst other things, and the mcdonald gets spelt macdonald aswell----Morag/Marion died of TB around 1908----thats all i am afraid, tried to get back further and hit a brick wall
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Nigel1959
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No good then Rootschat.  /
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lostribe
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Nigel have you tried searching on the Scotlandspeople website .  lostribe
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Nigel1959
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Is that the one where you pay £6.00 If it is , yes i have, and couldnt get any further back than what i have posted.
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lostribe
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Nigel, There is a fee of 6.00 on the site, I also have Macdonalds but on North Uist . Have you tried Family search site records held by the Morman church .Its free to search. Regards Dave and Teresa 
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Nigel1959
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Thanks Dave + Teresa
From the family memory, our Macdonalds/Mcdonalds came from the Isle Of Skye and are supposed to have run a ferry at one time aswell, i know there was a crofters cottage there as my GG Grandad used to visit it on holiday but i cant find any trace of Angus/Flora anywhere at that time
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Jenny Wood
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Hi - just a couple of thoughts and you may have already looked if you have tried Scotlandspeople , but ...
Have you tried to look for death certificates in that location. They may really be common names so it may cost a bit to look through Scotlandspeople. You can try and limit the dates by whether your Grandfather knew his grandparents or how old he was when he used to holiday there.
They would be statutory certificates which would have their parents names if known at the time.
The other option is to go sideways - were there any siblings - you can use their marriage and death certificates to go back as they tend to state whether the parent is deceased or alive.
A third option is can you find them on the 1881, 1891, 1901 census indices by name (or address if you know where Morag died or got married). This would also have place of birth.
You may have already tried these but thought I would suggest anyway.
Jenny
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AYRES - Surrey, Maitland
ATKINS - Kent, Sydney, Brisbane
CAMPBELL - Isle of Skye, Chatsworth Island NSW
CONNORS - Scotland, Ireland, Sydney
FLANAGAN - Scotland, Sydney
HOUWELING - Netherlands
PETCH - Kent, Australia
TREVITT - Newark
VICKERS - Birmngham, Oaken
WATSON - Isle of Man, Chatsworth Island NSW
WATTS - Kent, Maitland
WOOD - Oaken, Broseley, Barrow, Penkridge, Brisbane
WORTELBOER - Netherlands
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Nigel1959
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Thanks Jenny
My GG Grandmother was down as Marion when she married, but then at birth we found her as Morag, Her parents listed as Angus And Flora disappear when back to Skye, no trace in those names, yet they show up on my GG Grandmothers birth and wedding. I know they came from Skye because of the family stories but i cant find anything more than what i put here and above.
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KathyM
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Hi Nigel
Having just returned from a trip to Skye I can tell you that there are LOTS and LOTS of MacDonalds there !
The famous Flora MacDonald (who saved Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746) lived there and married another MacDonald (Allen) and had 7 children.....the MacDonald Clan have a centre there - just outside Portree....and Lord and Lady (Claire) MacDonald...run a guest house...
at : Kinloch Lodge, Sleat, Isle of Skye, IV43 8QY
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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Nigel1959
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Yes Kathy i have been, great when the sun is shining but a pig of a place when its not which is 364 days of the year, i am on the west of Ireland which has similar weather and i am still not used to it, but i have no more info on my Mcdonalds either
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Nigel1959
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Hi Debbie
Thanks for your help------ Morag died Barclay in 1908, so she must have been born around 1880 to Angus and Flora who i had down as both being mcdonald or macdonald
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