I am trying to obtain any further information on ancesters of mine who lived certainly at one point in Mallaig. In particular, Duncan MacMaster/McMaster, his wife Mary whose maiden name was I believe, Stewart. They had five children that i'm sure of; Sarah, Catherine, Ronald, Angus and Flora. Their son Ronald MacMaster is my great-great-great grandfather.
I know that Duncan was at one point employed as a "Foxhunter" and that he was born c. 1781, though where, i'm not sure. The last I could find record of him is in the 1841 census where he and his family are recorded as living in Mallaig. I'm fairly certain that both he and his wife Mary died prior to 1851, though I can't be certain.
The resulting generations of MacMaster's spread around a little, though there seems to have remained a concentration of them in the Knoydart region; specifically Barrisdale on Loch Hourn. One other branch moved down into Fife and from there individuals went to Australia post World War One; Donald Bain MacMaster and Hector Cecil Stanley MacMaster. One interesting point, is that the occupation of Gamekeeper and a passion for Wild Sports seems to have been passed on from when Duncan MacMaster was employed as a Foxhunter in the early part of the 1800's, down to when my Grandfather was employed as a Gamekeeper from the 1950's onward and in the current generation where both my father and brother are active fisherman.
So basically, to round it off! I'm interested in MacMaster's in and around Mallaig, Glenelg, Barrisdale, Rhunival, Skiary, Inverie, Inverinate. The period being from the 1780's onwards. Just on the off chance that anyone might have or know of any info, any information at all would be most welcomed!
Ceitidh macmaster.