Murdo Mackenzie gairloch

[davism]

Can anyone help me please.
I am looking for murdo mackenzie, all I have is his son John mackenzie death certificate
John a crofter died 26/4/1873, was married to annabella morrison, lived in mellon udrigle, lists father as murdo mackenzie crofter deceased and mother barbara maclean deceased, informant is johns daughter mackenzie cant make out the first name. any help much appreciated. thank you, margaret

[Kiko]

Chances to find anything about Murdo are low. He lived in the 1700's, and there are very few records in Gairloch prior to 1800. I think John's death certificate states he was 86 at death, which means he was born around 1787.

On the other hand, there is a lot to search in John MacKenzie and Annabella Morrison. It looks like they had a biggish family, at least 11 children according to the 1841 census. These are them, living in Mellon Udrigle (I've added baptism dates for those recorded in OPR):

JOHN 50 Tenant
ANABEL 45
MURDO 25 Woolen hand loom weaver
JACOBINA 20 (bap 1 Jul 1817)
DONALD 20
ANN 19
EMILY 17 (bap 8 Dec 1824)
MARGARET 15
DUNCAN 13 (bap 19 Jun 1829)
JOHN 11 (bap 16 Oct 1831)
KENNETH 9
WILLIAM 6 (bap 10 Sep 1836)
BARBARA 1

I know of the following deaths for these children:

DUNCAN, crofter, died single 17 Mar 1871 in Laide.
ANN, married John MacLennan, died 20 Jul 1865 in Mellon Charles.
MARGARET, married Murdo MacKenzie, died 9 Jul 1861 in Mellon Udrigle.

Cheers,
Kiko