Hi everyone!I googled "kerr+laggan" on the internet a few days ago and found this link.
Angus Campbell and Elspeth Kerr are my great-great-great-great-grandparents.
Angus Campbell and Elspeth's death cert. (
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)
Angus Campbell , Pauper (formerly gamekeeper) widower of Elizabeth Campbell)
died 24th december 1882 , Taigour, Parish of Laggan, 91 years.
Father: Niel Campbell, farmer, deceased
Mother: Grace Campbell, MS MacDonald.
cause of death : senile debility, no regular medical attendant
witness: Jane Campbell, daughter
Elizabeth Campbell (Pauper) married to Angus Campbell ( formerly gamekeeper) pauper
died 26th december 1875, Taigour, Parish of Laggan, 81 years
Father: John Kerr,agricultural labourer, deceased
Mother: Anne Kerr, MS Miller,
cause: decay of nature, no regular medical attendant
witness: Jane Campbell, daughter.
Their daughter Grace Campbell is my ancestor:
married John Maclauchlan (carpenter,from Fort Augustus?) in 1845
died 11th august 1865 , Torcroy, Kingussie&Insh, age 44 years, father Angus Campbell shepherd, mother Elizabeth Kerr, cause : disease of stomach.
children:
-Angus MacLauchlan b 1855 Torcroy, Insh, d 1914 Aviemore, m Jane Anne MacKenzie , Aviemore 1875, carpenter, joiner contractor, owner of the Temperance Hotel Aviemore ( 7 children with Jane Anne MacKenzie, + 1 child with Helen MacKIllop: John Maclauchlan b Balgown 1877, died Laggan 1877)
- John Maclauchlan b 1859 Insh
-Betty/ Betsy Maclauchlan b 1847 Duthil&Rothiemurchus
-Niel Campbell Maclauchlan b 1861 Kingussie & Insh
-Euan Duncan Maclauchlan b 1853
-Isabella Anne Maclauchlan b1846 Laggan
Torcroy is near the Kingussie-Insh road.
I haven't found Taigour, but there is a place called Feagour on the road between Laggan and Spean Bridge.
If you would like more data I will be happy to help.
Laurent, France.