Hector McPherson, Sutherland 1828.
Recent downloads from ‘Find my Past’ do not appear to have the same terminology as that used on ‘Scotlands People’ and so I am now very confused. There may well be two different Hectors, with lots in common and not just one person! Can anyone unravel this?
I am trying to work my way backwards from my grandmother:
1884 Mary C (Cochrane) MacPherson born 8 Dec. 1884 in Dundee, parents John MacPherson, railway porter and Jane MacPherson (ms Bain).
Mary’s sister is Williamina, whose grandson is my cousin Kenneth Bain Shanks, so I’m confident at this point these are the right people.
I believe Mary’s grandfather is a Hector McPherson.
Merchant Seaman Transcription of 1845 says:
Hector McPherson born 5th Sept. 1828 in Helmsdale, Sutherland.
A Fisherman.
OPR Banns and Marriages for Latheron says:
06/12/1850 Hector McPherson and Williamina Munro, Latheron, Caithness.
Hector would be around 22 years old.
1851 Census has John MacPherson as head and a son Hector MacPherson aged 23 (age is hard to read) and has his occupation as slater, and also lists Williamina as ‘son’s wife’. Are they the correct people? He’s supposed to be a fisherman.
1861 Census has a Hector McPherson aged 32, a mason (a profession perhaps not too far removed from that of a ‘slater’? + Williamina+ kids.
Earlier, the 1841 Census for John McPherson has Hector McPherson aged 12-14 for Caithness has no result on Scotland’s People, but does for Bogholes, (Bagholes?), Loth, Sutherland. Is this the correct Hector?
1891 Census has Hector McPherson, 62, Fisherman, and Williamina, wife aged 62, and birthplace Sutherland.
I don't know if the "Mac" v. "Mc" is a clue or a problem!