My great-grandparents, Christina & Duncan Mackenzie, had three children that I know of, but I just wonder if there could have been more, as there seems to be quite a gap between the first and the second - but how would I be able to find out.
Christina & Duncan married on the 18th November 1874 in Ullapool. His normal residence was Stornoway and her usual residence was Rireabach.
Nine months later. on the 8th August 1875, their first son, Murdoch was born at Rireabach.
Their second child (my grandmother) Mary Ann, was born on the 3rd April in Shore Street, Ullapool.
Their third child, Kenneth John, was born on the 1st June 1881, again in Shore Street, Ullapool.
A gap of five years from 1875 until 1880 makes me think there could have been another child.
I know that in the family home in Rireabach, there was a death from TB in 1877 which makes me again think that was why Christina and Duncan moved to Ullapool, as Murdoch would only have been two years old when TB was in the home.
How could I find out if there had been another child born, and even died, within that five years?
I have tried searching through Scotlands People, but there are pages and pages of Mackenzies in Lochbroom, and I can't find a way of narrowing down the search by being able to name the parents.
