Marriage entry lists John MacDonald's parents as Ranald MacDonald (deceased) and Ann Stewart (wool spinner) but does NOT indicate they were married. It shows that he was born c1862. None of the John MacDonald births in North Uist for 1862/1863 are him. An Ann Stewart (stocking knitter) with a John MacDonald aged 9 appear as boarders in 1871 census of Rhudub, North Uist. John's birthplace is given as "Milton, Invernesshire" Again, I have been unable to identify his birth in that area. There are just too many John MacDonalds. Has anyone come across this family?
Meanwhile.....I believe that Ranald is the one who married Catherine MacDougald 23rd Aug 1864 North Uist. Their son Donald was born 4 days later:) Ranald died 28th May 1868. Catherine had two illegitimate children John Archibald and Mary MacDougal in 1876.
My interest is that John MacDonald and Euphemia MacIness had a son Ranald who married Kate Stewart in Govan, Glasgow, 20th Sept 1928. Ranald and Kate are the grandparents of a friend who, as is so often the case, left it too late to enquire of the family about his Hebridean roots.
But what I really want to find is the birth registration for John MacDonald c1862/1863.
