Bracadale - Skye

[wini]

CWOODY
this happened to our family too, but I suspect there still may be some descendents living there.
Are there any resources available for tracking possible relatives, who might be able to help with the ancestors?

wini

[CWoody]

Hi Wini
Perhaps we need to discuss!      I also have Campbell and MacAskill!!
My maternal grandmother was from Reinitra (Beaton) and grandfather (Campbell) from Glendale.    However, his sister went to Marishadder and there are relations in Bracadale also - possibly including the person who checked the church as posted earlier in this topic!

[Fergie38]

The reason I was in Skye was to have a look at the place my G. G. G. G. Grandfather was born



Just thought I would try posting a chart here to see how it worked out.

Cheers

(Mmmm...Not very legible. I will have to think of something better, unless someone knows of a good way to do it)

[JMClark]

Awesome chart.  I'm impressed!  I have some Skye ancestry too, including MacAskill and Campbell.  So far have found them in the parishes of Bracadale and Duirinish, late 18th and early 19th centuries.  Will post more later when I have time.  Leaving this coming Wednesday for two weeks in Scotland.  (Skye, then East Lothian) 

[Fergie38]

Glad you liked the chart and your posting reminded me that it was there.

I will really have to get back to this branch of my tree and do some research on the birth marriages and deaths of John, his wife Mary Ann and his siblings. Same thing with John Moffat McLean and his siblings.
That will have to wait though until my next visit to the GRO and goodness knows when that will be.

I wish you luck on your visit to Skye and hope that the weather is reasonably kind to you.

Cheers.

[eachann]

I am very interested in your MacLean Tree, as I think there might be a link with my MacLeans, as they also came from Bracadale, and a lot of the names are the same, my g.g.grandfather was Lachlan MacLean who was married first to Isabella MacDonald and had four sons Hector,Ewan Angus (my g.grandfather)and Norman and four daughters Chirsty,Catherine,Margaret and Mary, his second wife was Ann MacPhie and they had one daughter Margaret, I do not know if there were any more from Anne.

I was also very interested in the photo of Balgown as it is there I was brought up, and the MacLeans are buried in the churchyard in the picture.

I would love to get in touch with you regarding the MacLean.

[Fergie38]

Hello eachann.
I would certainly be interested in knowing more about your g g grandfather and finding out if he is in fact the brother of my g g grandfather James Moffat McLean.
I didn't see any McLean headstones in the churchyard in the photo but there were some at the 'new' church just up over the hill.

Took this photo so I could check up on the names when I got home. You might find it of interest.



Cheers.

[eachann]

Hello Fergie38,
The picture of the gravestone you attached to your message is of my grandfather and grandmother, who are actually buried in the old graveyard in your other picture, when my aunt Effie died who is buried there and who's name is also on the stone we decided to put my grandparents names on the stone and my uncle John's name who was killed in Germany during the war, there is a stone beside the one you attached which is inscribed William Campbell and Jessie MacLean, they were my parents.

I would like to send you a disc of my MacLean tree so that you can compare it with your MacLeans as I think there might be a connection,I would also like to find out more about your MacLeans, I am not sure if I can give you my email address on this site or not, as I am new to this site, please advise.
Thanks eachann

[CWoody]

Eachann

I know you won't be able to add your email address and as you're new you can't PM a member either (at least I think that's still the case).
However, Fergie can send you a message with his email details and you can take it from there.   Hope you get on okay with it.
I have loads of Campbells but most are in Glendale and thereabouts.   I think it's possible they may have originally lived in Bracadale but if so it was before 1840.
Moving forward to last century, do you know of a William Campbell (b. 1911) from Struan who was a Postmaster at one time?