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Hello. I think I solved the mystery of the two 'John's' when I spoke to my dad about the information you posted. He had no recollection of a second John but said his Uncle Iain was missing from the list. When I looked up the 2011 census to find my Grandmother (born in 1904), I noticed she was recorded as Mary rather than the Gaelic 'Mhairi' I know that when Mhairi went to school the children were punished if they spoke Gaelic so I suspect that all names had to be recorded as their English equivalent on the census forms. 'Iain' is Gaelic for John.
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My Grandmother Mhairi MCDOUGALL, daughter of Donald MACDOUGALL and Katie MACCORQUODALE, was born on 18 December 1904 in Knockintorran, North Uist. Donald MACDOUGALL was the son of John MACDOUGALL and Mary MACDIARMID, and was born in 1862 (estimated).

I have always wanted to know the location of the house where my grandmother lived until she was 16. She always referred to it as 'the old home' and said the family had been crofters on North Uist for 6 generations. I believe she was one of a large family including Kay, John, Iain, Alan and Chrissie (possibly Donald - killed in WW 1??) If anyone could give me information on where they lived I'd really appreciate it.