Durness Parish Register

[andy_smed]

Hi Wini

Sorry still no good news as far as the Gunn family goes, but I will keep looking and if I happen across John Gunn or Margaret I will post it straight away.

I did find the following, but it seems that it maybe to early to be your John?

31/08/1779 Angus Gunn weaver in Saingo and Joanna MacLeod, John

This was the only John Gunn that I could find in the DPR though.

Andy

[andy_smed]

Hi Donald

Can you let me know, did you want me to post all the info for Lieut Donald MacKay and Rev John Thomson?

No problem if you do, I already have it on paper so it wont take a few minutes to type up.

Cheers

Andy

[andy_smed]

Hi James

Sorry I was supposed to post you the information I had on your MacIntosh family a while ago. Donald reminded me with post in January this year. I wiil go back over our previous posts and find out what I was going to send you.

Sorry about that.

Andy

[starsista]

Hi Andy

Thanks for that information.     I don't have anything on this Alexander excepting that he was Niel's father, so this is exciting stuff for me...most times I have seen his name it has been spelled Niel instead of Neil...maybe the census enumerator wasn't sure of spelling! 

I am unsure what is meant by N.B.L.W as in your quote: '16/10/1787 Alexander Dingwall, a single man in Craigiemhulin and Mary Sutherland in Crospie, a single woman (N.B.L.W), Alexander'.  Sounds like some sort of League of Women.

Also not sure, was there something after Alexander in this quote?  Was this date that of an earlier marriage, or of a child born to Alexander and Mary?  And was that child also named Alexander?  You don't say...maybe that information isn't there for you to know what it is about anyway.

So many questions, so sorry to not quite understand what is meant here.  Just hoping you can enlighten me anyway, or someone else may understand better than I.

Thanks muchly
Jeni, Aotearoa/New Zealand

[wini]

Thanks for trying Andy.
I will see if I can dig up anything else.
The entire family seem to have been from Durness or Eddrachillis.
I don't know how much travelling was done in those days. Durness must have been pretty  remote in the 19th Century.

wini

[ChristineR]

Jeni,

N. B. L. W.  =  Not being in lawful wedlock
quaint term meaning not married.

Christine
Australia

[Julina]

Thank you Andy but i have no Paterson 's buried there. the Parents of Elizabeth Douglas , George Douglas & Elizabeth McIntosh lived at Thurso, Caithness , but daughter Elizabeth emigated to New Zealand with husband John Paterson & their sons. . Regards- Julina.

[andy_smed]

Hi All

Julina, I will have a look in the MI's for Thurso to see if I can pick up any info on Elizabeth's parents if you would like?

Wini, I will continue to look for your Gunn's and post anything I find.

Jeni, Alexander was also the childs name and check the post from Christine which explains NBLW.

Cheers all

Andy

[wini]

Andy,
John Gunn's son was also John Gunn Married 1st November 1851 Durness
Died Durness 21st Januaury 1894

His wife was Betsy MS Gunn died Durness 1892
Her parents according to her DC were Donald Gunn & Barbara Morrison married in Durness/Eddrachillis 1820

Now although I can find children for Donald & Barbara there is no record of Betsy/Bessie etc.
John Gunn Junior's DC is signed by his son William and parents are as I said John Gunn & Margaret MacAskill
I have some doubts about some of the parents on th DC's espceially the Mothers MS
I have found discrepancies elsewhere

wini