I was having a look around to try and follow up on Kitty/Catherine, sister to Philip and living in Ullapool.
There are four marriages showing in Lochbroom in the 1820s and one in 1854 (likely too late). The one that caught my eye is the 1826 one between a Murdoch Stuart and a Catherine McRea. If you have still a subs to Ancestry, there is this family tree for her
www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/77043979/person/48357988776/factsThe 1841 census:
Murdo Stewart 40 shoemaker
Catharine Stewart 35
Farguhar Stewart 10
John Stewart 8
Alexander Stewart 3
Address: Ullapool
The 1851 census, with a widowed Catherine, everyone showing as born in Lochbroom:
Cathrine Stewart 55 Head, widow of a shoemaker
Alex Stewart 13
John McDond 70 Visitor
William Mkenzie 30 Visitor tailor employing 2 men
Rodk Mkenzie 19 Visitor tailor appr
Address Market St, Ullapool
Catherine died at the age of 60 in Ullapool in 1855. Her parents are the same as Mary MaCrae, Farquhar McRea and Ann Munro.
So, I think it is a possibility that this is the Catherine/Kitty that Philip referred to as his sister in his papers in 1833. His father showed as Christopher when he married Mary Ann. I am wondering if this is an error?
With Alexander MaCree showing as nephew with Mary MaCree in the household in 1871 and then, with cousin with Lexy as head of household in 1881, showing as cousin....I think that is exactly what he was.
I think this is helpful in possibly establishing why Alexander McCree was living with Mary McCree and her daughter Lexy in Ullapool from at least the mid 1860s. There was some discussion on this on your original post here
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=678701.0However, this doesn't really explain if there was any direct familial relationship between him and your g grandmother Christina Mackenzie with whom he showed as living with in 1911. Given his disabilities, I wonder if she was receiving assistance to have him boarding with her?
Monica