durness cemetries

[rockydog]

Hi Wini
Yes, there are quite a few GUNNS in the Durness Cemetaries.  Please give me some more details and I will see what I can find for you.
Regards
Carol

[wini]

Carol
John Gunn's second wife was Bessy, Betsy etc Gunn she died in Durness in 1892. Her parennts were Donald Gunn and Barbara Morrison.
They never left Durness, Laid area.
Johns children by Isobel Ross were
Mary,Peter,Thomas,Margaret, Dolina, John

John & Bessie had
Isabel. Catherine,Helen and Wiliam,
John Gunn died in 1894 looking at his
DC it says died Laid, Parish of Durness so  that may be a different cemetery.
Thanks a lot for looking.

wini

[rockydog]

Hi Wini
Afraid I am not having any luck.  Only one Gunn family died in Laid, here it is.
In loving memory of Donald GUNN died at Laid Durness 17th Jan 1927 aged 78. His wife Johan MORRISON died 24th Feb 1934 aged 74. Their sons Neil died Mar 1908 aged 23. Hugh Cpl Scots Guards killed 1st Jan 1915 aged 28. Jessan LCpl Cameron Hghr missing July 1917 aged 21. James died Decr 1923 aged 21. Also Hugh GUNN died May 1934 aged 87. Brother of Donald GUNN. Also the last of the family of Johan and Donald, sons Hugh, Murdo and Malcolm and daughters Mary and Isabel
Regards
Carol

[Judy M]

hi
does anybody know where i could get inscriptions for the burial grouns in durness?

Did you know that there is now a free index to burials in Sutherland online by following the links at http://www.countysutherland.co.uk/11.html

Payment of a very reasonable one off fee allows access to actual gravestone photographs!..Revamped payment options.
Judy

[JoGevers]

Hi Carol - you seem to be a fount of information!   Any chance you could check your Durness burials for me? 

I'm looking for George Mackay (Bain) and his wife Catherine Mackay (Gow) - they were married at Westmoine Mission (Durness) in 1782, and went on having children at least until 1795, but I've no idea how long they livedafter that.   They lived at Ach a Ghearraiseich, on the east side of Loch Eriboll, sometimes spelt Achucharasait, or other variations...
Children were (at least) Hugh, Margaret, John and James.

Thanks!

[rockydog]

Hello Jo, Sorry to say I have had no luck in finding any of your family.  Are you a member of county-Sutherland?  I highly recommend you join, if you are not, as everyone on the site is very helpful and friendly, and am sure you will get help from it.
Good luck
Regards
Carol

[IanB]

Jo:

If you "Google" for Achucharasait, you will get 2 or 3 hits, including one for jandj roots/ Mackay, an Ancestry.com site that is a huge data base for Mackays and others. It contains a pedigree for George Bain Mackay. However, a word of caution; I have seen several errors when families are connected to the Chiefly line, as they have done with George Bain Mackay.
In one of the entries in the Parish Register, the minister notes that George drowned while serving with the army in Ireland.

Ian
 

[JoGevers]

Carol, Ian

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.   

Carol - I had a look on the county-Sutherland site, and it does look good.   Haven't joined yet, but perhaps I will...   This search isn't for my own forbears (who aren't from Sutherland), so not enough reason to join yet, but it does look like a really useful site.   I tried looking at the MIs, but couldn't find one either - I just wasn't sure if you had access to more than what was on the website.   thanks for checking!

Ian - I had seen that note about drowning in Ireland as well, but couldn't decide if it meant George had drowned, or his father.   It's a bit ambiguous - I'll have a look at the Fencibles record, and see if I can find when they served in Ireland - might help identify which one it was.   The pedigree on Ancestry is really interesting, although there don't seem to be any sources, so you're right about exercising caution.   Still, it makes intriguing reading.   

Thanks again for helping - this is the first time I've posted on here, so it's quite exciting to find people really answering!

Jo