Hello,
Am having trouble tracing a family group through the 19th century censuses....
Isabella Simpson was born about 1808 at Ullapool, Parish of Lochbroom, illegitamate to George Simpson, Agent for the British Fisheries Society who then owned the village, and Isabella MacGregor. She died 7 May, 1873 at Inverness. Simpson had another illegitamate child, another George, who rose to become Govenor of the Hudson`s Bay Company, was knighted and littered what has become western Canada with children. Pretty certain Isabella MacGregor was sistor to two other MacGregors from Perthshire who married prominant Coigach MacKenzies.
Isabella Simpson married 24 January, 1827, to Alexander Clarke of Oldany, Parish of Assynt. They had sons Hugh born about 1828 and George born about 1829. Alex died, and Isabella remarried 13 November, 1838 at Killearnan to Kenneth MacKenzie, they are there at Milltown in the 1841 census with both Clarke sons, and a third child, Anne MacKenzie (born 1 March, 1840, christened 11 April, 1840). Neighbouring Hosehold (same houseÉ) had Isabella`s retired father George, who died later that year, and another young Simpson girl, given the history probably another `natural`daughter of George, though may be some other relation....
I have failed to find Kenneth MacKenzie the teacher or Isabella his wife, or their children., till the 1873 death reg of Isabella at Inverness with Kenneth as Informant....
Appreciate any help,
Donald.