1851/61/71 Inverness census lool up please

[Gadget]

No - Ronald was living Kilmuir Skye in 1851. On that census it says he was born North Uist.

I'll see if I can find something on Alice for you - could she be the Annabella, even 


Gadget

[Gadget]

In 1871, it looks as if Alice might be living in South Uist with a Macmillan family headed by a Malcolm Macmillan. She's down as 'sister'. He's married to a Christina  I'll investigate later as I have to go out now. It looks very strange if it is the correct family.


Gadget

[McVitie]

My brain's not in gear Gadget! Thanks again for clarifying - he was born a NU man, and moved at some point to Skye - and married a girl from Portree.

Yes indeed, Alice could well have been Annabella - it could be down to what the enumerator heard/interpreted? The 1871 South Uist connection is certainly an interesting route - thanks for searching here.
 
Kind regards
Mcvitie

[Gadget]

Problem solved - I've now checked the image - it was all wrongly indexed 

They are next on the page after the Macmillans and someone has grouped them together!


This is the correct entry:

1871
Griminish, S Uist
118/1 ED 4 page 6

Head of family absent, Joiner and Crofter,
Alex Macdonald, s, 16, joiner's son, b. Harris
Ranald, 13, Joiner's son, b. Harris
Kenneth, 11, Joiner's son, b. South Uist
Donald, 9,Joiner's son, b. S Uist
Margaret, 7, Joiner's daughter, b. S Uist
Mary, 5, Joiner's daughter. b. S Uist
Alice, sister, 49, b. Kilmuir, Skye

[Gadget]

North Uist to Skye is not far - Uig to Lochmaddy only a few hours nowadays - did it myself a while ago 

[Gadget]

Think I have the family of the 'absent' head in 1861:

South Uist - Reg District - Benbecula
118 ED 5 Page 11

Angus Macdonald, 32, miller and joiner, b. isle of Skye
Mary, 30, b. Kintail
Ronald, 4,
Kenneth, 2
Mary Ann, 6 months,
Peggy MacIsaac, 20, servant
Alexander Wilson, 14, servant

All b. South Uist unless stated.

This might well be Angus aged 14 on the 1841

[Gadget]

I have a possible birth date for Kenneth, aged 2 in 1861:

IGI (extracted)

Kenneth MacDonald, South Uist. b. 17 May 1859

Parents - Angus MacDonald and Mary Macrae

also Ronald/Ranald, aged 4 - same parents:

Ranald MacDonald, Harris. b. 18 Sept 1856

I'm thinking that Ranald is far more likely than Ronald for your original person.

[McVitie]

Hi Gadget

Thanks for all your help here - the 1871 Benbecula census is definitely my 2x grandfather Angus, Ronald's son, as Angus was a joiner/carpenter. The children also appear the same as the 1881 census, so everything ties in nicely.

Angus was indeed a miller in Lionacleit, Benbecula, and so the 1861 you kindly found him in is most definitely him, as his wife was Mary Macrae, from Harris.

I have never managed to get across to the Western Isles, but have spent a lot of my summer hols in Ardvasar, Sleat, Skye where my dad was born into the Kennedys there. I must try to get up to Kilmuir though, since it would seem Ronald, the Ground Officer, may have a grave up there, but whether he had a headstone is probably doubtful, but they were in charge of a lot of land so who knows....maybe he was buried in the same graveyard as the famous Flora!

Thanks for helping me piece this all together Gadget - I've learned a great deal in just a matter of a few hours.

Kind regards

Mcvitie

[Gadget]

 

Just found the marriage of Angus to Mary


Benbecula, 12 Dec 1854. it's an IGI submitted entry so will need checking and nothing in the OPRs. Were they Roman Catholic?


Do you need any more info on the family?


Gadget

PS - I was in that part of Skye over Easter - it was very wet - you could see across to Harris very clearly though