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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Matooskie's blue blanket
« on: Tuesday 24 April 07 00:16 BST (UK)  »
Kali wrote:

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just a bit of fun don, but she does look more at home,

Har!

Though I wonder if the fellow looks Sioux? She might have been a bit nervous if so...

Heres her brother John, as painted by the famous Canadian Portrait artist Berczy around 1814...

Embracing the Scottish side of his heritage...

Their father Roderick was first cousin of Sir Alexander MacKenzie, first European to travel the third longest river in North America to the arctic, afterwards named for him, and first to cross the continent north of America.

All the best,

Donald.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Matooskie's blue blanket
« on: Sunday 22 April 07 01:08 BST (UK)  »
Nancy MacKenzie, "Matooskie", was born 1790 at Fort Chipewyan in what is now northern Alberta. Her father Roderick was a fur trader born at Achiltibuie in Coigach, her mother a local native woman.  She held an important place in fur trade society until her husband of 17 years dumped her for a Scottish wife in 1830. The new female head of fur trade society Frances Simpson, the Govenor's wife, looked down on her, but allowed her as one of two mixed blood women allowed into Fort Garry, she wrote of Matooskie;

“a complete savage, with a coarse blue sort of woollen gown without shape and a blanket fastened round her neck.”

A descendant emailed me a copy of a copy of a glass plate picture of Matooskie yesterday, quite early as she died 1851, I wonder if colourizing might give her some dignity? A scratch bio of her is at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/matooskie.htm

Thanks,

Donald.



Here she is;


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Here is another pair of Mounties (from my file on the descent from the Mackenzie of Achiltibuie family at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/altimack.htm

Dudley suffers a bit from fuzziness; changes from size and resolution at fault, sigh....


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The Common Room / Re: Help reading census image please
« on: Sunday 01 April 07 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Hiya,

the last three words look to me to be "of not marrd", that final "d" being elevated, indicating letters ommitted, in Scottish records you see "Mc" with the "c" elevated, indicating "Mac", or "Dond" with the "d" elevated indicating "Donald". So I'd read the three words as "of not married"

There is a hard stroke under the "daughter" s name above, did her age match as a possible mother of an illegitimate daughter?

All the best,

Dond

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Sutherland / Re: 1891 n later Assynt on Scot'People
« on: Saturday 31 March 07 16:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Monica!

I have pulled up a number of regs now, yes, Torbreck is listed as in Stoer, looks like with civil registration the Parish of Assynt was divided into separate reg districts.... the things I do not know could fill encyclopoedias!

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A likely entry for Susannah, also showing under Stoer (was her maiden name also McKenzie?):

Yup, thats her.... her father was William MacKenzie, Tacksman of Badentarbat, her mother Elizabeth was a McGregor from Fortingall in Perth (prominant family there, 17 generations of genealogy). Her father was part of the "Mackenzie of Corry" family, who were Tacksmen at Achnahaird in Coigach from the early 1700s to the mid 1850s. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/corrie.htm Susanna is in that descent chart at 1-1-3-3

All the best,

Donald.


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Sutherland / 1891 n later Assynt on Scot'People
« on: Saturday 31 March 07 01:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

trying to find civil reg and census data for Assynt after 1881, and cannot see any census data for Assynt at all! Did Assynt declare independance?

The family I am looking at was at Torbreck in Assynt, in 1881, Kenneth McKenzie then 67 years old, born Assynt. His wife Susanna age 54, born at Badentarbat (a place in Coigach, Lochbroom).

I have a fair bit of background on Susanna (many spelling variations), it is Kenneth I was hoping to find a death reg for...

Kenneth was I think in the 1841 census at Torbreck, aged 25-29;

Kenneth   McKenzie / 25 / Independent Means
George  McKenzie / 14
Janet  McKenzie / 60
Christina McLeod / 20 / Female Servant
William Ross / 15 / Male Servant

Kenneth, Christina, and William born in County, the other two elsewhere in Scotland.

Young George in the household was I think christened 21 June, 1827 at Achnahaird in Coigach, his mother Margaret was from Torbreck, and died a few years after marriage. His father Donald was a son of the Tacksman of Achnahaird, brother of the father of the Susanna who later married Kenneth above....

Appreciate any help!!

Donald.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Census lookups please!?!
« on: Monday 26 March 07 04:59 BST (UK)  »
Hiya Matthew,

you wrote;

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This is facinating stuff, thanks for the census Donald, appreciated. Ive had a few days off the genealogy but back on it now! Addictive like nobody's business!
On the census Gadget, looks like Ive got a strong lead from the 1841.

Lots of fun...

I have some data on descent from Margaret, sister of your ancestor Lexey, who married Alexander MacLennan. Not clear if the current generation of MacLennans at Reiff descend from Margaret, or from her brother-in-law, Kenneth MacLennan...

Regardless, there is a fair bit of descent traced for the Reiff MacLennans, as they intermarried with the well researched MacKenzie family there, and with my own MacLeods.

I'll extract what data I have on descent from Margaret and Alexander, and send it to you off post.

All the best,

Donald.

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Ross & Cromarty / Garve Cemetery lookup?
« on: Sunday 25 March 07 05:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

Much appreciate if anyone can provide details re a monumental inscription at Garve. A recent visitor mentionned that on holiday some years back she noticed a stone for a John MacKenzie at Garve, followed by a word beginning with "R" that night have been a spelling variation of "Rhiddorach" or "Rhiavaich". Period anytime 1780-1820.

Also of course any details for adjoining stones that might be pertinant.

Less likely, but also any stones that note MacKenzies at Achnaclerach (same family).

Thanks,

Donald.

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Scotland / Re: Jacobite Army Muster Roll
« on: Sunday 25 March 07 00:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya Sarra,

No luck, he was not in Cromartie's Regiment. I'd reccomend you look up the book... probably at reference libraries in most major cities, or available through inter library loan.

All the best,

Donald.

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