MACDONALDS of Skye

[Nigel1959]

ANYBODY WITH INFO ON A FLORA AND ANGUS MACDONALD OR MCDONALD WHO HAD A DAUGHTER MORAG FROM AROUND THE MID TO LATE 1800s

ANGUS WAS A FISHERMAN AND OPERATED A FERRY--------BUT CANT FIND ANY INFO ON ANY RECORDS

[RootsChat]

Hi Nigel,

What information do you already have 

Rootschat

[Nigel1959]

Thankyou

All i have is Morag ( Marion ) Mcdonald marries my great grandad David Barclay in Glasgow around 1896 and her parents are listed as Angus and Flora, and i think Flora's maiden name was mcdonald as well. I know they came from the Ilse of Skye as my grandad used to holyday there. I think Angus was a fisherman amongst other things, and the mcdonald gets spelt macdonald aswell----Morag/Marion died of TB around 1908----thats all i am afraid, tried to get back further and hit a brick wall

[Nigel1959]

No good then Rootschat.   /

[lostribe]

Nigel have you tried searching on the Scotlandspeople website . lostribe

[Nigel1959]

Is that the one where you pay £6.00 If it is , yes i have, and couldnt get any further back than what i have posted.

[lostribe]

Nigel, There is a fee of 6.00 on the site, I also have  Macdonalds but on North Uist  . Have you tried Family search site  records held by the Morman church .Its free to search. Regards Dave and Teresa

[Nigel1959]

Thanks Dave + Teresa

From the family memory, our Macdonalds/Mcdonalds  came from the Isle Of Skye and are supposed to have run a ferry at one time aswell, i know there was a crofters cottage there as my GG Grandad used to visit it on holiday but i cant find any trace of Angus/Flora anywhere at that time

[Jenny Wood]

Hi - just a couple of thoughts and you may have already looked if you have tried Scotlandspeople , but ...

Have you tried to look for death certificates in that location.  They may really be common names so it may cost a bit to look through Scotlandspeople.  You can try and limit the dates by whether your Grandfather knew his grandparents or how old he was when he used to holiday there.

They would be statutory certificates which would have their parents names if known at the time.

The other option is to go sideways - were there any siblings - you can use their marriage and death certificates to go back as they tend to state whether the parent is deceased or alive.

A third option is can you find them on the 1881, 1891, 1901 census indices by name (or address if you know where Morag died or got married).  This would also have place of birth.

You may have already tried these but thought I would suggest anyway.

Jenny