Durness Parish Register

[andy_smed]

Hi wini

Hope you had a great christmas and new year.

I agree with you wini. She has been helping me with our own family tree for years and it didnt take much persausion from me to get her to help with this.

Andy

[sanders]

Hi  Andy.
               When  you get  a chance could you please check the Durness parish register for the following. Henrietta MacKenzie born 1834-1835. ( G. G. grandmother ) Her  mother Barbara Mac kenzie born 07/02/1794. Her father George Mackenzie born 13/11/1786. Their parents. Barbara's parents  John Mackenzie  or Macean ic ean ic ceannich ( son of John of John of Kenneth ) and Isobel Mac Kenzie. George's parents. George Mac Kenzie and Ann Munro. All  Durness.  Many Thanks in advance
                           Sanders 
Hi  Again  Andy.
                           I  think  I  am  on  the  wrong  track.  Sorry  about  this.  Been  talking  to  Muriel.  Oldshoremor.  This  is  the  Henrietta  I  am  looking  for. Henny  Mac Kenzie(  registered  as  Henny )  Born  25th April  1833.  Still  remembered  as  the  having  the  first  clock  in  the  village.   Married  Malcom  Ross  (  ship master. Portlovorchie. This  is  the  head  stone  spelling  of  this  name, about  5  variants. Present  day  spelling  on ordnance survey map Portleorchy, next to Ardmore Loch Laxford.  Hennys parents  are  for  sure.  George  Mac Kenzie  and  Barbara  Mac kay, registered Durness. I  thought  I  had  cracked  it  with  the  Strathnaver  Mackays, now  I  have  to  start  on  this  Durness  branch.  Any  information  to  help  me  tidy  up  the  Durness  end  is  gratefully  appreciated.  I  have  managed  to  acquire  2  Sutherland  maps  one  circa  1880  and  the  other  a  gem  of  a  copy  1654  with  Robert  Gordon  using  Timothy  Ponts  Sutherland  survey  1650, printed  by Johan Blaeu.  Durness  spell  as ( Durenifh )  At  some  point  when  I  get  out  of  this  self  created  tangle  I  am  in,  I  will  be  able  to  help  any  one  trying  to  trace  a  Township  that  has  long, long  gone  from  any  contemporary  map  of  Sutherland

                                     Thanks  Sanders 

Thanks  for  trying  Andy.  I  intend  to  take  the  direct  route  this  spring  by  going  head stone  hunting  in  Durness.  Did  the  Head stones  at  Oldshoremor  and  Scourie  last  spring.  What  held  me  back  was  the  sheer  volume  of   Rosses  discovered  buried  in  Kincardine  parish  (  Easter  Ross)  churchyard,  as  I  made  my  way  west
                                        Good  Hunting.  Sanders     

[andy_smed]

Hi Sanders

Will got onto this for you ASAP.

Andy

[andy_smed]

Hi Sanders

Unfortunately as the register only goes upto 1814 I am unable to trace the birth of your Henny MacKenzie. And could not find a marriage of George MacKenzie and Barbara MacKay, so assume they were married after 1814 also.

Let me know if you out any parents names for George or Barbara and I will try again as I assume that there births are probably in the register but as you can imagine there are numerous births for George's and Barbara's.

Andy

[scourie]

Does anyone know anything about the family of a Margaret Mackay born Durness 1798.She married EVANDER/EDward Maccallumin Durness in 1823.I think her parents were Hugh and Barbara Mackay.Can anyone confirm this and tell me anything about other siblings or maybe parents of this Hugh and Barbara.Ray Scourie

[IanB]

Hi Ray,
I was unable to find a Margaret Mackay baptised in Durness in 1798.  There was a couple, Hugh Mackay and Barbara Mackay who were married Jan 9, 1788 as follows:
Hugh Mackay, alias macUstianmacUiliam macRory, in Hunleam, and BarbaraMackay, alias nin Nish from Melness
(Hugh Mackay, son of Hugh,son of William, son of Roderick/Rory) and (Barbara Mackay, daughter of Angus)

Baptism of their following children:

John     28 Jan, 1789
Angus   12 Nov, 1790
Eupham  6 Jan, 1793
Barbara  5 Apr, 1795

That's all I could see.

Ian

[andy_smed]

Hi Ray

Just to let you know, if the Hugh that Ian has found is the correct one then the following looks like it could have been a previous marriage?

28 Feb 1774 Hugh Machustianmacuilammacrory in Hunleam, Ephie MacKay, alias nin Mhorachy Machustian.

Children
9 Dec 1774 Hugh Machustian Macuilleam rory in Hunleam, John
9 Feb 1778 Hugh MacKay, alias Machustian macuilleam macrory, tenent in Hunleam, Isobel
4 Mar 1781 Hugh MacKay, alias machustian macuileam macrory, tenent and taner in Hunleam and Ephie MacKay, Ann

Andy

[andy_smed]

Hi All

I know this is off topic but thought I would let you know anyway. I have just got hold of pillimore's marriages for cornwall dating from around 1500 to about 1837 and parish register transcriptions for the parishes of St Winnow and Withiel in Cornwall.

If any of you have ancestors in cornwall let me know by posting requests on the cornwall section of rootschat.

Andy

[scourie]

Think I may have given the wrong date of birth for Margaret mackay but she married Evander Maccallum in Durness in 1823. Many thanks for your help sofar .Ray