Hi again
I have a gut feeling that the Reiff one isn't yours.
I've just returned from hospital and feeling whoozie from the sedation, so shall have look when I'm compos mentis.
I'm going up to Coigach this weekend but I don't think the Ullapool Museum is open yet - it's being refurbished.
Gadget
At least you have a reason to feel whoozie..................my dizzy head is just caused by this frustrating research.
My own research into my great-grandfather, Duncan Mackenzie and his family came up with a family of "McKinsie" living at Camusteel, Applecross, in the 1851 census.
The family consists of:
John, head, age 37, agiricultural labourer, born about 1814, Applecross.
Catherine, wife, age 30, born about 1821, Contin.
Duncan, age 5, born about 1846, Inverness.
Margaret, age 2, born about 1849, Inverness.
Mary, age 8 months, born about 1851, Applecross.
This then follows on to the 1861 census, which shows a Mackenzie family living at Knockbain, North Kessock.
The family consists of:
John, age 47, ferryman, born about 1814, Applecross.
Catherine, age 45, born about 1816, Contin.
Duncan, age 13, born about 1848, Inverness.
Margaret, age 13, born about 1848, Inverness.
Mary, age 7, born about 1854, Knockbain.
I also found an OPR marriage record which shows that a John Mackenzie residing at Stronguie and a Catherine Macdonald residing at Woodlands, both in the Parish of Kiltearn were married on 14 July 1837.
I just don't know where I am with this family............