Place name - Kincardine parish - completed thanks

[Barton_Fijian]

I have found an Australian website which suggests that:

(i) Murdoch was the son of William and Henny MacLeod (both born c. 1770); and
(ii) He married Catherine MacLeod from (or in) Bracadale in 1811.

Does this information agree with your data? When I have tried searching for the marriage, I've found more than one possibility:

(a) Marriage to Catherine Graham in Barvas in 1816
(b) Marriage to Catherine Urquhart in Cromarty in 1819 (Not so likely as this Murdoch was a sailor.)

Like you, still looking for the death of Murdoch & Catherine's son, Murdoch (Junior). Been searching the on-line information on gravestones (which I'm sure you have done, but I hadn't looked there before.)

Best wishes, Kevin

[mrsaird]

My husband's ancestors - MacPhersons - lived and worked at Lubachoinnich for many years and some are buried in the churchyard at Croick while others emigrated to USA, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The MacPhersons originally came from the Laggan area in Inverness-shire.

[happyhighlander]

anabanana...you mention balnabruich in your correspondance ,this wouldnt be Balnabruich croft in glencalvie /strathcarron would it ?..if it is this is where my mother Elspeth munro was born her parents are William and johanna munro  and family
Findlay munro
illiam munro
margaret munro
thomasina munro
robert munro
elspeth munro
lindsay munro
donald munro


i still have a large family network in that area.
heather munro

[ifr]

Hi Cinders,  I believe that William Matheson, the founder of the Glenmorangie Distillery, was born in Lubachoinnich.  He subsequently moved to Edderton, when his father became a brewer there (presumably at Balblair Distillery).

[broofer]

Hi mrsaird
"My husband's ancestors - MacPhersons - lived and worked at Lubachoinnich" [ Lubconich ]

Did they go to school down the valley to Croick, or west over the hill to Duag Bridge ?
 which was a sideschool for Lubcroy ( in StrathOykel ) ?
Interest is from helping to look after Duag Schoolhouse for the bothies association

[mrsaird]

To be honest I have no idea, I know that one of the MacPhersons is listed on the census as a school teacher but have never looked in to the school side of things. If you are descended from the MacPhersons of Lubconich you must be related to my husband.

[broofer]

  Ta, no, I do have MacPhersons, but they descended from Neil, a shepherd who lived at Poul-Tigh-Keriken in Assynt

[Sildeag]

Murdoch's parents are in fact William McLeod and Henny McLeod.  Catherine's parents are Angus McLeod and Ann McDonald.  Catherine died in Knochan, Assynt.  (Her maiden name is not Watson, it is McLeod).