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Thanks I'll have a look at the Hendersons.
I did read somewhere that if a couple were of different religious denominations, the sons would be baptised in the father's denomination and the girls in the mother's, but I cannot be certain that I have ever come across a verifiable example of this.
These seem to be the relevant Mansons in the Arnaboll burial ground.
Barbara Manson MACKAY widow of the late Angus MACKAY, Badlehavish, who departed this life 4th June 1842 aged 71 years.
https://public.fotki.com/rhemusaig/burial_grounds/durness_parish/durness_arnaboll/ard1.html
Angus MACKAY, Badlehavish, who departed this life 9th January 1840 aged 91 years
https://public.fotki.com/rhemusaig/burial_grounds/durness_parish/durness_arnaboll/ard2_x_2.html
In memory of Jane SINCLAIR, widow of Alexander MANSON M D Thurso, who died at Eriboll August 18th 1851 aged 76 years. Also of Jane MANSON her daughter who died at Edinburgh July 2nd 1872 aged 63 years
https://public.fotki.com/rhemusaig/burial_grounds/durness_parish/durness_arnaboll/ard12.html
In memory of Helen Sinclair MANSON born Thurso December 27 1805 died at Nairn September 13th 1886
https://public.fotki.com/rhemusaig/burial_grounds/durness_parish/durness_arnaboll/ard13.html
Apologies my post above is tosh. Barbara Manson's sister Marianne lived and died in Edinburgh unmarried. Another sister Anne married a James Simpson. So I know of no connection between Barbara Manson wife of Angus Mackay, miller, Badlehavish and Marion Manson who married Alexander Clarke of Eriboll.Thankyou very much for that. I do find it interesting that Marion Macbeth Manson was a governess to your ancestors, the Clarkes, in Keoldale, as Barbara Manson was living in Keoldale when she married Angus Mackay. Maybe she also worked for your family which could account for her being in Keoldale.
Anyway I will certainly share with you anything I find that may be relevant.
My 4 x great granny was Barbara Mackay (nee Manson) I came across your posts and discovered about her sisters Marion and Ann and her parents. New info for me - thank you! I've done some research on them. I'd be keen to compare notes. Not sure if this old RootsChat is still alive but hope so
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Yes it is still alive and very pleased to hear from you. I responded to your original message but may have been months or years after you posted it so guess you didn't see it. From memory Marion married the Clarke who had the Eriboll farm and Ann was in Edinburgh and I found her will I think. I have it somewhere but need to find it.
So if Barbara and Angus were your 4 times which of their children was your 3x?
If you've found Barbara's parents then that's something I haven't managed to do despite years of looking.
Mind you being named John Jean Mackay made him quite easy to find in America where a daughter became a minor Broadway star in Ziegfeld's Follies.Different Cathrine Morrison. This one (1832-1922) married Robert MacDonald and farmed at Sangobeg. The croft share is still in family hands but the croft is uninhabitable.Sorry got centuries mixed up. Angus did have twins John and Jean with a Catherine Morrison but in 1780. Must have lost them because he named a subsequent child John Jean. Reminds me of Johnny Cash and a boy named Sue.
Different Cathrine Morrison. This one (1832-1922) married Robert MacDonald and farmed at Sangobeg. The croft share is still in family hands but the croft is uninhabitable.Sorry got centuries mixed up. Angus did have twins John and Jean with a Catherine Morrison but in 1780. Must have lost them because he named a subsequent child John Jean. Reminds me of Johnny Cash and a boy named Sue.
Alexander Falconer Clarke (1802-77) and Marion MacBeth Manson had a son (probably Assistant Surgeon John Clarke) who got my Great-great-grandmother Cathrine Morrison pregnant out of wedlock in 1857
David Morrison (later David Clarke) died in a fishing accident in the Pentland Firth in June 1891. He is commemorated on his mother and stepfather's gravestone as their son, and sits for eternity as a silent rebuke twelve feet from the Clarke Gravestone
Thankyou very much for that. I do find it interesting that Marion Macbeth Manson was a governess to your ancestors, the Clarkes, in Keoldale, as Barbara Manson was living in Keoldale when she married Angus Mackay. Maybe she also worked for your family which could account for her being in Keoldale.
Anyway I will certainly share with you anything I find that may be relevant.
My 4 x great granny was Barbara Mackay (nee Manson) I came across your posts and discovered about her sisters Marion and Ann and her parents. New info for me - thank you! I've done some research on them. I'd be keen to compare notes. Not sure if this old RootsChat is still alive but hope so
Hi, I'm new to this forum so apologies if I'm entering an already concluded line of research. My 4x grandparents were John Mackenzie and Elizabeth Munro living together in Braetongue around the 1830's. I noticed that John has a possible place name, Baulchry, beside his 1834 Roll of Male Heads record. I have been unable to track this location and just found your question on the same location. Have you been able to get any further since your 2021 question?No I haven't got any further on the Baulchry issue but delighted to hear from you as John Mackenzie and Elizabeth Munro were also my 4xgrandparents! Who were your 3x? Mine were Robert Mackenzie and Johan Mackay.