munros from lochbroom

[docfraser]

hi there iam trying to trace my g grandmothers family i have found her father and mother hee grandfather and mother but cant find her brothers and sisters. here is the information i have.

kenneth munro died1901?
catherine munro(forbes) died 1885
children alexander catherine and another who name is not listed in the regester and she was born in 1855 they got married in 1851
there son alexander married christina mackenzie in 1887 she died in 1929 he died in 1933
they had the following children who i cant find
murdo,kenneth,john,james, alexander and catherine.
is there anybody out there who can help me

[Gadget]

Hi doc 

Welcome to Rootschat.

I might be able to help as I live in the area, but can you confirm  the family for me. On the 1871 census :

Moss, Lochbroom District 75/1 Ed 1 Page 34

Kenneth Munro, hd, 46, dyker, b. Ullapool
Catherine, 50, b. Strath?garve Strathglass
Bella, d, 16, b. Ullapool
Alexander, s, 12, b. Ullapool

Are these yours before I investigate further?

Regards

Gadget

[Gadget]

Hope you don't mind this correction - Lochbroom is in Ross and Cromarty and Ullapool ( a township in Lochbroom) is on the west coast of the county on the shores of Loch Broom 

Gadget

Added - now moved from Caithness to Ross & Cromarty - Thanks Kris 

[docfraser]

yes i checked the scotlands people website to find out some information on them but when i went to find the child that was born in 1855 it says in one of the colums that they had i girl child living and one girl child has having died i think they had a child catherine as well

[runningbear]

they are at the same address gadget in 1861

Joe

[docfraser]

they got married in 1851 and catherine died in 1885 aged 75
on the 1891 census he is down as lliving with his son alexander

[runningbear]

1861 census- kenneth...age 40...farmer
catherine...age 43...born strathglass
bell...age 6
alexander...age 9 months
isabella forbes...age 56...strathglass

Joe

[Gadget]

Hi Joe

I was just looking at that.

There is just the daughter Bell (I assume Isabella) aged 6 with them and baby Alexander Forbes Munro aged 9 months. Interestingly, it looks as if one of Catherines relatives is with them, Isabella Forbes, aged 56- entered as 'visitor', born Strathglass.

Gadget

[Gadget]

doc -

I'm assuming that the female child b. 1855 who lived is this Bell/Bella. I would also think that the daughter Catherine must have died as Catherine is down as 50 in 1871 and only the two children appear on the two censuses. Have you checked for the birth of a Catherine Munro 1851 - 1870?

Gadget