Hello,
My elusive great great grandfather, Archibald MCKINNON, was born around 1810 in Kilninian & Kilmore on the Isle of Mull and married Catherine MCARTHUR in the mid - late 1830s. They had 3 known children, Catherine, Donald and Neil at Burg, K & K in the 1840s, then they vanish. For a long time, we did not know what became of Archibald and his wife, although the children turn up on Mull later on.
Recently, we had a breakthrough. It seems that Archibald's wife died between 1847 - 1849 because Archibald married a second time, this time to Christina MCDOUGALL on the island of Coll in 1849. By 1851, they are on Tiree and Archibald's son, Neil MCKINNON, is with them. After that, gone again!
This may be a long shot, but tiny clues point to the possibility that Archibald may have gone to Skye or some other place in Invernesshire.
1) Neil MCKINNON never went to school nor learned English. He must have been raised somewhere fairly isolated.
2) Neil MCKINNON worked as shepherd as a grown man and had many different employers including a position at Struan, Skye at one point (maybe around 1900?).
3) Neil's sister, Catherine, married James MCDOUGALL and they were living somewhere in Invernesshire in 1870 when their daughter, Mary Stuart MCDOUGALL, was born.
Looking for any trace of Archibald MCKINNON and his second wife, Christina/Christy/Chrissy MCDOUGALL, both born circa 1810 on Mull, anywhere Invernessshire or otherwise. Thank you!
Mary
