MacDonald in Moidart (Argyll/Inverness-Shire)

[Rosinish]

Hi Greg,

My Curries were from South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

I'm unsure of any descendants at this point for this era.

My 3 x g g/father Donald Currie b c 1800 died pre 1855 (no death cert) was married to Marion Steele who died 1862 on the Island of Eriskay, just off South Uist (now accessible by a causeway).

They were moved to Eriskay with the clearances of South Uist Crofts in the 1800's.

1 of his daughters Margaret c1829 - 1885 was my 2 x g g/mother married to Ewen Cumming c 1824 - 1869 (both died Eriskay) another daughter Janet married a Donald MacPhee & emigrated to Ontario, Canada.

2 sons Donald & John who I haven't researched yet.

I have Donald married to Catherine MacKinnon 1854 South Uist although I haven't researched that line any further yet.

Annie

[Rosinish]

Hi Greg,

You have me interested again in my own Currie family.

A few google searches & came up with a list of different things which look interesting & may even yield something of importance?....

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01k40/


Annie

[Greg0220]

Very interesting. I see the McVurich's claim descent from the Irish bardic family  Ó Dálaigh, which is today the name Daly. I descend from Daly's, and in my hunt for them, it is amazing how many have achieved great success in what you would call bardic areas. Makes me think there is a genetic component to certain talents.

I remember reading somewhere that Dr. Boswell toured the islands, and met a very old bard McVurich, and just heaped him with praise. I'll try to find that.

[Rosinish]

Very interesting. I see the McVurich's claim descent from the Irish bardic family  Ó Dálaigh, which is today the name Daly.

Hi Greg,

I wonder if 'Dalilea' is a variant/compound of 'Ó Dálaigh'...it's very similar but also confusing with 'Daly' as 'O' in Irish names is the same as 'Mac' in Scottish names i.e. 'son of'.

I also have the surname Daly/Dale in my tree, not my direct line but by coincidence on 2 different sides of my paternal lines although one seems to be Renfrew & the other Lanark.

I haven't investigated further with either as they were both married into my family.

Annie

[Greg0220]

Thanks Annie for posting,


http://www.moidart.org.uk/datasets/cathchapsaroberts.htm

Very interesting from my standpoint. My direct ancestor who emmigrated was Catholic, but the evidence is emerging that some immediate family members were Protestant. So, I have spent a lot of time figuring out what subbranches of ClanRanald where Catholic and which were Protestant.

Greg

[Skoosh]

Being a Catholic was a hindrance to landowning? or obtaining a commission in the army hence the dyke-jumping!

Skoosh.

[Greg0220]

what do you mean by dyke jumping?

[Skoosh]

Changing ones religion! 

Skoosh.