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Hi there.  Hoping someone can help me find some historic information on the Priory Hotel in Beauly. 

From an undated picture in belongings of my great grandfather (William McDonald McKay born 1876 Glasgow/died 1960 Saskatoon Canada)  there was a picture of the Hotel.  Wording on back stated “my sister Christina standing at window and cousin Angus at door of my aunts Hotel”.  Also written  “TO Angus Paterson, Star Inn, Grant Street, Inverness”.   

I am still piecing together my family tree info through Ancestry and My Heritage and so far believe William’s mother (my GG grandmother was Isabella (Bella) McDonald (born 1850 Inverness; died Glasgow 1898) and married Alexander McKay (born 1840 Al’ness Rossshire/died pre 1898 Glasgow). 

I am hoping to find out the names of the former owners of the Priory to confirm some family names I have runs across and move forward in my tree.  There is no historic information on the hotel that I could find.  I am assuming William’s aunt mentioned may be Bella’s sister, possibly a Paterson or McDonald ??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Beth

Hello!  First timer here from the US so open to all suggestions please!  My sister in Canada and I are seeking information on our paternal grandmother who died in Dundee in 1983.  Any information would be helpful in doing our family tree but in particular, we are looking for obituaries.

Our grandmother was born Margaret McNally McKay on Aug. 29, 1899 in Pollokshaws to Maggie McNally and William McKay.  They did not marry. 

Our grandmother gave birth to our father, Alexander Reid McKay in Glasgow on Feb. 7, 1923.  We have his BC but no father’s name was listed.  Our father immigrated to Canada in 1948 and died in 2008 in Niagara Falls where most of our family now still live. 

Back to Scotland.  In 1926 in Glasgow, when our father was 3, Margaret married John James Harris (born 1898, died Feb. 1, 1941 in a drowning accident in Rosyth Dockyard, Dunfermline).  Margaret died at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on July 17, 1983.

Margaret and John had 6 children born in Glasgow and Dundee between 1928-1939.  John Thomson Harris, James Harris, William McKay Harris, John Henry Harris, Margaret Harris and David Elder Harris.  We know 2 children passed away, John Thomson Harris (born 1928 Glasgow/died 1929 Glasgow) and John Henry Harris (born 1933 Glasgow/died 1996 Dundee).  We are hoping to find some of our father’s half-siblings still living. 

Any help in finding obituaries or other directories would be very much appreciated. 

Kind regards,
KBurke23