Murdoch McDonald

[KiwiJes]

Trying my luck again with hopes that my Murdoch has popped up on someone else's family tree. I am wanting to know who his parents were, and confirm where he was born.

Murdoch was born in either Tain or Aberdeen around 1756. He married Isobel Ross in Aberdeen in 1787. Alexander McDonald (shoemaker) and John McDonald (twistmiller) were witnesses (potentially brothers).

Murdoch served in 72nd Foot, Garrison Battalion, 6th Royal Veteran Battalion and served in the East Indies in the 1790's. He was possibly also a tailor within the military. He had at least one son, Donald, who eventually moved to Australia with his 9 adult children and their families.

I have paid for local historians with absolutely no luck finding anything more than I already had so this is very much me clutching at straws! THANKS!!

[Forfarian]

What exactly are the records that say he was born in Aberdeen rather than Tain?

[KiwiJes]

What exactly are the records that say he was born in Aberdeen rather than Tain?

I trust that it is Aberdeen more than Tain which is why I posted in this group. I am ignoring anything found on Ancestry. My records are:

Chelsea Pensioner Discharge Documents 1807 (Find My Past) = Aberdeen
Scotland Parish Deaths and Burials (Find My Past) = Aberdeen
Especial Recommendatory Discharge (Handwritten in 1806) = Aberdeen
Some random typewritten story mainly about his son from 1961 = Tain

[Forfarian]

Now I'm puzzled. In a reply above rosie17 said

On his UK Royal Hospital admissions and discharge  records
Murdoch McDonald birth year 1756  Tain Ross
Discharge date 8 March 1807
Sixth Regiment Royal Veteran Battalion

but you are saying that this says Aberdeen?

[KiwiJes]

but you are saying that this says Aberdeen?
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On the FindMyPast record of 1807 and the paperwork from 1806, it says Aberdeen. You can see my confusion! Tain just keeps popping up!

[Forfarian]

Indeed I can.

But if all the records say Aberdeen, where is Tain 'popping up'?

[KiwiJes]

Indeed I can.

But if all the records say Aberdeen, where is Tain 'popping up'?

I wish I knew, it might at least solve one query!
I hate thinking this is as far as I can get when a clan name like McDonald should be relatively easy. I note it's always spelled McDonald not MacDonald and I am unsure if that has significance either.

[Neale1961]

But if all the records say Aberdeen, where is Tain 'popping up'?

I wish I knew, it might at least solve one query!

You need to look at the 2 available military pension records carefully, since that is where the 2 different birth places come from.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9036202

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9112899

[KiwiJes]

You need to look at the 2 available military pension records carefully, since that is where the 2 different birth places come from.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9036202

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9112899
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Yes - but it even says "Alternate birthplace given as TAIN, Ross and Cromarty". Can you see something I am missing?