Towemers, Invernessshire?

[Boreades]

Here's an oddity that has me scratching my head.

Henry Show MacDonald
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7V2-83G

The census record gives his place of birth as : "Towemers N B, Invernessshire".

But that was written at Amersham with Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, in England, presumably by an English-speaking census recorder, who knew not the Gaelic.  Can anyone think of a place in Invernessshire that would be Anglicised as "Towemers"?

I've been through Scotland Places for anything starting with T, but saw nothing likely.
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/alphabet

Thanks
Keith

[manukarik]

It's Inverness NB (North Britain) in both the 1901 and 1911 census. Just badly transcribed! Have looked at the original. Back from the bad old days when Scotland was deemed not to exist!

[Boreades]

Thanks!
Have you got a link to the original please?

[manukarik]

You'll need a Findmypast subscription to view the link:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F07803%2F0397&parentid=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F07803%2F0397%2F3

His name is Henry Shaw Macdonald according to his death notice:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002490%2F19190207&page=6&article=092&stringtohighlight=henry+sh%3Fw+macdonald+%22amersham%22 formerly licensee of the Griffin Hotel, Amersham.

There are a few other newspaper references.

[JenB]

But that was written at Amersham with Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, in England, presumably by an English-speaking census recorder, who knew not the Gaelic. 

Bear in mind that what you are seeing in 1911 is the writing of Henry Shaw Macdonald himself, not that of an enumerator.

[eilthireach]

It's Henry Shaw MacDonald. He and his wife were transcribed in Ancestry's transcribed version of the  1911 England Census as MacDonell, but that entry has been edited to show a corrected transcription. The place of birth, as already mentioned, just says Inverness, N.B. {North Britain, an old and extremely offensive term for Scotland). Yes, the handwriting in the schedules was appalling, which made it difficult for people transcribing these returns. ... and "Gaelic" had nothing to do with the situation,

Henry Shaw MacDonald married Charlotte Broadberry in London in 1898 (1898 2nd qtr Registration District of St George & Hanover Square Vol. 1a, Page 862). The registrar used his own idea of the spelling and recorded Henry as McDonald.

[Boreades]

Thanks to all.