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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Census lookups please!?!
« on: Sunday 25 March 07 00:01 GMT (UK)  »
Wow!

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I might just do a count for you in the next few days 

I did my thesis on one of Matthew's Mclean relatives. 

Both would be of great interest, always looking for more fodder for the webpage (nudge nudge)

Donald MacDonald-Ross, son of Donald MacDonald-Ross, son of Ross MacDonald Ross, son of Chirsty MacDonald, daughter of Elizabeth MacLeod, daughter of Margaret MacLean (born 1777-1781), who lived at Reiff

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Census lookups please!?!
« on: Saturday 24 March 07 22:44 GMT (UK)  »
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Not all Macleans though, Don, some where at the far end of Polbain and  in Achduart

Yup! and a crop on Tanera.... but Altandhu is a good bet to start in most cases...

I recently completed transcription of the 1825 Lochbroom Militia List,... MacLeans were fourth most common in the Parish over all;


MacKenzie (83)
MacLeod (68)
MacDonald (22)
MacLean (20)
Campbell (17)
Fraser (13)
Ross (13)
MacRae (12)
Munro (10)
Urquhart (8)
MacLennan (7)
Cameron (6)
Stewart (6)
MacAulay (5)
Matheson (5)
Morrison (5)
Grant (4)
MacGregor (4)
MacPherson (3)
Graham (2)
Kerr (2)
Lamand (2)
McLea (2)
MacPhail (2)
Bain (1)
Bethune (1)
Bunchail (1)
Carmichael (1)
Imack (1)
McKillikan (1)
MacIntosh (1)
Mayne (1)
Robertson (1)
Rose (1)
Scott (1)
Sinclar (1)
Watson (1)



All the best,

Donald.

156
Scotland / Re: McLeod/MacLeod
« on: Saturday 24 March 07 19:23 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya Sue,

That family is in the 1841 census at Achiltibuie, I do not have much data on them, but you can see them at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/achil.htm#41-21

The Parish register notes the marriage as 11 March, 1826, both resident at Coigach.

All the best,

Donald.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Census lookups please!?!
« on: Saturday 24 March 07 18:04 GMT (UK)  »

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Phew! I'm so pleased you found Alexa in 1841. Gadget and I went round in circles on this one 

I did not notice the thread till now...

Rule of thumb for Coigach genealogy is if there is a surname McLean start looking at Altandhu, then extend the circle.. In 1841 12 of the 16 households there were McLeans.. seeing MacLeod directed me to Reiff, and there was young "Alex", 6 households after my MacLeod ancestors, and 5 before my MacDonald ancestors...

All the best,

Donald.

158
Scotland / Re: Jacobite Army Muster Roll
« on: Saturday 24 March 07 15:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya,

There was a book published late 19th or ealy 20th century attempting to recreate the muster roll from various sources. As far as I am aware it is not on the internet.

Someone extracted the data for Cromartie's Regiment, and those in other Reg'ts from Lochbroom, it is a booklet that can be viewed at the Ullapool Museum.

A volunteer sent me a copy some years back to see if I could identify those in the Regiment from Coigach... I have not added it to my website as the work is copyright, but if there is a particular person you are looking for I'd be happy to look him up.

All the best,

Donald.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Census lookups please!?!
« on: Saturday 24 March 07 14:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya,

your Lexy is in the 1841 census at Reiff, mistakedly enumerated as "Alex" in the males column. She was christened "Lexy" 11 August 1834 at Reiff.

Jno McLeod                                55      Cotter
Angus McLeod                               9
Isabella McLeod                              40
Isabella McLeod                              15
Peggy McLeod                                 10
Doliena McLeod                                8
Alex McLeod                                5

There is some descent traced for Lexy's sister Peggy, you can follow the links up and down the tree at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/n41reiff.htm#13

All the best,

Donald.

160
Ross & Cromarty / Re: Donald Mclean Lochbroom
« on: Saturday 03 February 07 00:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya Jim,

before I forget, there is a cousin of your wife also posting occasionally on this board; see the thread titled "Lochbroom, Rossshire" started by Jane "jmack".

I have your email address from another of your postings and will send you the Reiff MacKenzie descendancy chart directly, it contains some details on living people so is not a publically accessable file.

The connection between your Donald and his cousin Murdo both working at the same time at the Inverness Asylum is striking, I wonder if others of their extended family were also there? I am in occasional email contact with a grandson of Murdo, Ron MacKenzie of Kamloops,  B.C., (lousy correspondant as I am, it has been more than a year, arggg), Ron is a great guy and has visited us here in Niagara, I am sure he would love to hear from you and Jaqui!

Donald is in the 1861 census as a 4 year old at; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/n61altan.htm#13 The notes there include hypertext links to earlier and later notings of the family, lacking the new data you have provided though!

All the best,

Donald.

161
Ross & Cromarty / Re: Donald Mclean Lochbroom
« on: Friday 02 February 07 03:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya jimjaqu,

Donald was from Altandhu in Coigach, up in the north-west third of Lochbroom Parish. His age in the 1861 census was 4, and in 1871 he was 14, occupation "hird", in 1881 he was 23, a fisherman. Interesting though that he does not appear in the IGI even though it includes the index to civil registration for that period....

His mother was from Polglass, the Coigach Stewarts all said to descend from four brothers who fled with their families as refugees following the Battle of Culloden.

His paternal grandmother was one of the large tribe of Reiff MacKenzies, there are many genealogists in the descent from that family, and through their shared research and my own there are almost 1,400 descendants traced through ten generations. If you descend from Donald I'd be happy to share their tree.

Murdo MacKenzie from Reiff born 1853, a second cousin of Donald, also worked at the Inverness Asylum, as did his wife and several of their sons.

All the best,

Donald.

162
Sutherland / Re: lamont/mcfarlane
« on: Sunday 14 January 07 16:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya Martha,

Angus was schoolmaster at Altandhu in Coigach, just south of Assynt, in the 1841 census. You can see the family there in the annotated transcription of the Coigach censuses at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/n41altan.htm#10

The notes there are based mostly on information researched by a descendant, Mary McFarlane, and include a link to her contact info.

All the best,

Donald.

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