I have the following MIs books

[maclennan25]

even more interesting....

my maclennans lived in those areas too and i have 2 barbara maclennans that i dont know anything about.........

i will need to get my notes out and look at the dates again.   

[weemary]

see you have Beaton in your tree -  wonder if they are connected to my lot

[maclennan25]

sorry mary, i dont know much about my beatons at all - they are an elusive lot!!

i'll start with margaret beaton as i know most about her.

margaret beaton born c1846 (apparently in forres/moray area according to all census records i can find)
she married william fletcher in 1864 in glasgow. (i have info on her husband  & children too, but i will stick to beatons for now)
margaret died in glasgow in 1893.
her parents are listed on her marriage and death certificates as kenneth beaton shoemaker and christina macdonald.

after much searching, (and a shove in the right direction from libindx website) i found a brother for margaret - peter beaton c1852, and managed to find out a little about his family too.

i have only found one other sibling for these two - james. the only other thing i know about him is that he registered his father's death in 1869. at the time james was a railway (something) at ballinluig in perthshire.

kenneth beaton died in 1869 at the northern infirmary in inverness.
his parents are given as duncan beaton a farm greive and mary clark, both deceased.

christina macdonald died in 1879 at 16 king street inverness. informant was peter, their son.
her parents are given as alexander macdonald farm servant and catherine cumming, both deceased.

there is one other possibilty for another child for kenneth and christina which i found on the igi, but it is a submitted record and not exactly next door to forres where margaret was born. (but then it is not a million miles away either).

KENNETH BEATON 
  Male     
 Birth:  20 JUL 1843   
 Christening:  08 AUG 1843   Killearnan, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
  Father:  KENNETH BEATON   
  Mother:  CHRISTIAN MC DONALD 

kind regards,
Lorna.

p.s - sorry for hijacking your thread......... 

[weemary]

don't think we are connected -  just checked -  mines are elusive as well

[BILLDORGAN]

WeeMary:

Thanks for the information.  I have a couple of questions:

1) What does MI stand for?
2.) You listed a Duncan McKenzie who died 10th August aged 36 years. What was the year of his death?
3.) You listed John McKenzie, farmer in "Wellhouse of Kilcoy". What or where is Wellhouse? Was it, and is it today, a small hamlet/town, or was it and is it today, a farmhouse?
4.) My John McKenzie is listed as a "butcher in Kilcoy". His children were baptism in Urray Parish. Is there a cemetery connected with Urray Parish? And, if so, are there records of the gravestones?

Thanks for your help!

Bill Dorgan

[weemary]

1) What does MI stand for

Monumental Inscriptions

2.) You listed a Duncan McKenzie who died 10th August aged 36 years. What was the year of his death?

It didn't say

3.) You listed John McKenzie, farmer in "Wellhouse of Kilcoy". What or where is Wellhouse? Was it, and is it today, a small hamlet/town, or was it and is it today, a farmhouse?

Sorry I don't know -  it could be the name of the farm

4.) My John McKenzie is listed as a "butcher in Kilcoy". His children were baptism in Urray Parish. Is there a cemetery connected with Urray Parish? And, if so, are there records of the gravestones?

Sorry don't know that either

[weemary]

I did a search on Urray parish and came up with the following

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Urray+parish&meta=

[maclennan25]

hello again.

i lived less than 2 miles from wellhouse for most of my life. i know it is/was only a farm/croft not an area. i will check with my dad tomorrow on whether or not it is still inhabitated.

as for burial grounds the closest to killearnan is gilchrist, but i'm not sure if it has been transcribed or not. then there is Urray new and urray old (even the new one has very old stones in it. again, i am not sure if there are transcriptions. you should be able to find out from the registrars in Muir-of-Ord (Urray). the registrar there should be able to tell you about all of these cemeteries.

following info from highland council website:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/landaintra/corporate_services/registrar/registration.htm

Tarradale (Muir of Ord)
Mrs Lorraine Ross, Service Point Office, Seaforth Road, Muir of Ord IV6 7TA
email: lorraine.ross@highland.gov.uk (01463) 870214
Fax (01463) 871047 Mon-Fri
9-1 & 2-4.30

hope this helps.

kind regards,
Lorna.

[maclennan25]

sorry for the delay in getting back to you again.

Wellhouse is still a farm and the current occupiers are Camerons.

kind regards,
Lorna.