Hallo listers, Can anyone tell me whether the Highland Clearances affected either the Tain area or the Kilmuir-Easter areas of Ross-shire. My McKenzie ancestors lived somewhere in the parish of Tain until about 1820. They then moved to the parish of Kilmuir-Easter where my ancestor Alexander McKenzie was a shoemaker at the place called Heathfield in the 1820s. >From about 1840 or so most of the family turn up in Aberdeen. I have just been reading John Prebble's book on the Highland Clearances (having known virtually nothing about it before) and I wondered if that was the reason for them moving to Aberdeen, or if it was just for general economic reasons? Also in John Prebble's book I read about Gustavus Aird the Minister of Glencalvie. I was very interested in this as one of my Alexander McKenzie's sons was called Gustavus Aird McKenzie. He was b. in Kilmuir-Easter in 1822 and I at first wondered if he was named after the famous Minister. Then I discovered that the Rev. Gustavus Aird was only b. in 1813 himself, but also in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter. Does anyone know if his father was also a Minister ( i.e. of Kilmuir-Easter), and perhaps my relation was named after him? Any suggestions gratefully received. Barbara King Cambridge UK

I wondered if there might be SKS who has access to Kilmuir Easter Church records Index (fiche) would please mind doing a lookup for me? Roderick MACKENZIE b prob abt 1800 son of Alexander MACKENZIE and Jane HENDERSON. (I know this is a big ask ) Regards Judy M

Hi Maureen, Wondered if you had been to this site: www.multimap.com - you can search "Clachan".... Also Did you try searching on www.google.com ? I had some time and entered both 'Durinish' (Careful as there is one on Skye too)and 'Clachan'...There are a number of Inns etc by this name but if you have time to scroll thru the lists, you'll find the area (a couple of photos) that you are looking for. Have you searched familysearch for the marriage of Janet = Duncan? My relatives in R&C were: My ggg grandparents were from Stornoway. Donald Macaulay was the father of Annabella (B. abt 1810) who married Kenneth MORRISON (b. abt 1802). They married in 1833. I just thought that I would try to help you, as this list has very little activity and I had a bit of time! Good Luck, Andrea Montreal Quebec Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "m.finlayson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:18 PM Subject: [RossGen] FERNAIG > Dear Listers, > Iwould be very grateful for any information on an area or farm called ''Fernaig'' near Portchcullin in Lochalsh where our family of Macraes and McLennans frequented . I have many letters written about 1920 fromCatherine McKenzie the daughter of Duncan Macrae and Janet[Jessie] McLennan from''Clachan cottage'' Durinish .to my grandparents in New Zealand. > > > Maureen > Orewa Hibiscus Coast New ZEALAND. >

Hi Folks, Looking for any-one who has come across the above names and similar sounding variaitons. Thanks.

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Dear Listers, Iwould be very grateful for any information on an area or farm called ''Fernaig'' near Portchcullin in Lochalsh where our family of Macraes and McLennans frequented . I have many letters written about 1920 fromCatherine McKenzie the daughter of Duncan Macrae and Janet[Jessie] McLennan from''Clachan cottage'' Durinish .to my grandparents in New Zealand. Maureen Orewa Hibiscus Coast New ZEALAND.

Dear Listers, Would anyone know the name of Alexander,s second wife please. Mary Macrae d/o Alexander Macrae of Auchtertyre married Alexander McLENNAN s/oDuncan McLennan of Inchcro and they had four children and Mary died about 1820 and Alexander remarried and had two more children. Who was his second wife. Hopefully someone can help me.. Maureen Orewa New Zealand.

To all , Our new e-mail address is alwen @tpg.com.au. Regards Alan and Wendy Heaslip.

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Hello all, For X-mass I gifted myself with a long overdue membership in the Highland Family History Society (webpage is at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/scot/Highland.FHS.home.html ) With my subscription I noted that I administer the McDonald and Ross listserves on the internet, and would happily forward any postal requests for people without internet access onto the those listserves. I have received a letter full of charts and details on Corbets in Avoch (sister of one of my gt-grandparents married a Corbet in Tarbat Parish), too lengthy to print out here, but if anyone is climbing that tree I'll happily send that info on. Also today a letter from a person with McKenzie and Ross ancestors at Tain and possibly Scotsburn in Logie Easter. Below is a transcription of a letter from John Snowdon, with his postal address, anyone with potential links to his tree should post mail him at his address below. Donald. ======================================================================== [Transcript of postal request] From; Mr J K Snowdon 5 Middle Road Worcester Worcestershire WR2 4HT 21 March 2001 <snip intro paragraph> My interest is in my g.g/mother, Jane McKenzie. I have her marriage certificate, a photo of her grave in the Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia cemetary and the birth certificate of her daughter Ann. These two documents and the photo make it plain that she married Heinrich Adolh Hasselbrock at Beckworth, Victoria, Australia in August 1857. She had two children, Sarah, my grand-mother, born 1859 and Ann, born 1861. She died on 7th February 1867 aged 44. From her marriage certificate and Ann's birth certificate it appears that she was born in Tain, Ross and Cromarty and that her parents were John McKenzie and Ann Ross. The date of her birth would appear to be some time in 1822-23. I have a birth certificate for a Jane McKenzie born to John McKenzie and Ann Ross in the correct parish for Tain. Scotsburn is a medium-sized country house near Tain. The date of the certificate is earlier than one would expect, but I am inclined to accept this as being my g.g/mothers correct date of birth since her husband was aged 25 at the time of his wedding. She would have been appreciably older than him even if she were to have been born in 1822-23, I do not know when or how she arrived in Australia. <snip remainder of letter - which are a few paragraphs of thanks etc.> ===================================================================== John included an "extract of an entry in an OLD PAROCHIAL REGISTER", Parish of Logie Easter, County of Ross and Cromarty, dated December 20th 1814 for Jane McKenzie "daughter to John McKenzie Gardener at Scotsburn and of Ann Ross his spouse was born." ====================================================================== John also included three International Reply Coupons, so if there are any replys on line in the next week or so I will print them out and include them in a mailout to him, or you can respond directly to him yourself at the postal address at the top of the letter (above). All the best, Donald.

Hi there! Just thought I'd bring to everyone's attention my interests in R & C, having just joined the list. Alexander MCKENZIE (shoemaker?) and Isabel ALLEN (don't know any dates for these) had following children James (1808 in Tain) Ann (1810 in Tain) Margaret (1814 in Tain) George (1816 in Tain) m. Mary SMITH Elizabeth (1818 in Tain) m. George MUNRO Gustavus Aird (1822 Kilmuir-Easter) Isabella (1824 Kilmuir Easter) m. (in 1845) John FALCONER (1815 Auldearn) The family moved to Aberdeen somewhere between 1824 and 1845. If anyone has any links to this family or can help with census or records prior to 1881 I would be very interested to hear from you. Many Thanks Alan Webb researching WEBB, WISEMAN (Cumberland), BATT (London), DOBBS (Suffolk/Norfolk), BAKER (Kent), DAY (Kent), FALCONER (Moray), DUNCAN (Moray), TILBURY (Hampshire), GOULD (Berkshire) and PEAKS (Huntingdon), SMITH (Huntingdon), WILLIAMSON, MOSELEY (Birmingham), EVANS (Staffordshire), GRIFFITHS (Wales!) [email protected] http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ad.webb Full family tree at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=alanwebb

Dear Kate, Regarding: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigeach/nother.htm |I was unable to get this link to work. The error message says to check the spelling. Would you mind checking it please? Thanks. Dell Toowoomba, Qld. Oz

Hi If anyone has tried to email me [email protected] and can't, please try again. My mail server is having some on and off problems and a lot of my mail is not getting through. But I'm still here Thanks Robin

I am researching the family of Alexander MACKENZIE & Jane HENDERSON m 1812 and lived Scotsburn (house) I think the estate was sold prior to his death (1843?). Would anyone know anything of the prior & subsequent history of "Scotsburn"? Any connections with the family? I am descended from son Roderick and wife Mary Ann SCOBIE whose family ened up in Aust and NZ after a sojourn in Demerara , Br Guiana (Guyana) Judy Meibusch Qld Aust

Hi Donald, Sorry about the boob re your website address. My enthusiasm got the better of my caution! Kate At 14:43 21/03/01 -0500, Donald MacDonald-Ross wrote: >Hiya Kate! > >Thanks for the kudoes! I am still trying to edit in that bunch of info you >sent me a few days ago, tying myself in knots... soon as I figure out what >the correct questions are I'll ask you for some answers! (there were two >families at Culnacraig and Altandhu with amazing coincidences of names, I >think I mistakedly made a link or two wrongly in my confusion... > >On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, david and kate ferris wrote: > >> which contains Matheson and MacLennan families? It is: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigeach/nother.htm > >Slight correction; >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach (no "e" in Coigach, >though of course some records to include it...) > >By the way, as well as your Mathesons on Tanera, there was a large family >of them at Achiltibuie, where they had the Inn from 1851 to at least the >1891 census. > >> At 00:25 21/03/01 -0000, Hester Smith wrote: >> >Hi >> > >> >I would be interested in any information about Mathesons or MacLennans >> from the Lochbroom area. My great grandfather was Roderick Matheson and he >> married Annie MacLennan in Urray in 1875. They had nine of a family, John, >> Margaret, Mary, William, Annie, Helen, Alexander, Tommy and Kate, any info >> would be appreciated. > >No clear connection to either of the Coigach Matheson families appear to >me,... possibly another tribe at Ullapool or elsewhere in the Parish... > >All the best, > >Donald. > > > Kate and David Ferris [email protected]

Is there any source available that someone could check for me? I am looking for information on THOMAS TODD, The Schoolhouse, ARPAFELIE, KNOCKBAIN in 1913. He may have been there as early as 1908. I know he was the eldest son of John Todd, R.E. Inverness, and of Mrs. Elizabeth Todd, Westdale, Montague Row, Inverness and was married to Maggie Ann Munro of Firthside, Saltburn. They had a son TODD, born 3/14/1913 and Maggie died 3/26/13 at Firthside. Actually, Maggie is on my mother's line but I was hoping information on Thomas would offer more family leads. Thank you. Susan USA

Robin, What do you wish to know? I own North Cadboll! You can see it on my web-site. It is the large white house with the tower. Regards, Mark Mark Sutherland-Fisher Genealogist: Clan Sutherland Co-Genealogist: Clan Mackenzie Professional Genealogist specialising in the Highlands and 18th century see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin VanBelleghem <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:27 PM Subject: [RossGen] CEMETERIES IN URRAY > Hi List > > Can anyone out there tell me what cemeteries would be in Urray near Balnain, and also what cemeteries are in Fearn by North Cadboll? And has there been any transcriptions done on them? > > Thank-You > Robin > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Hello Hester, My Mathesons were in the Lochbroom area for quite a while - on Isle Tanera Mor. I have been researching them for many years now, but I wondered if you knew of Donald MacDonald-Ross's wonderful site on the Coigeach area, which contains Matheson and MacLennan families? It is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigeach/nother.htm I would be pleased to tell you of my Tanera connections and my Mathesons, though I don't really think we connect at that point. What makes you think there is a Lochbroom connection? Anyway, I really recommend Donald's site if you haven't already been there, and if I can help at all please just email me. Kate Ferris Isle of Lewis At 00:25 21/03/01 -0000, Hester Smith wrote: >Hi > >I would be interested in any information about Mathesons or MacLennans from the Lochbroom area. My great grandfather was Roderick Matheson and he married Annie MacLennan in Urray in 1875. They had nine of a family, John, Margaret, Mary, William, Annie, Helen, Alexander, Tommy and Kate, any info would be appreciated. > >Thank you > >Hester > > >==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== >To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > > Kate and David Ferris [email protected]

Hiya Kate! Thanks for the kudoes! I am still trying to edit in that bunch of info you sent me a few days ago, tying myself in knots... soon as I figure out what the correct questions are I'll ask you for some answers! (there were two families at Culnacraig and Altandhu with amazing coincidences of names, I think I mistakedly made a link or two wrongly in my confusion... On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, david and kate ferris wrote: > which contains Matheson and MacLennan families? It is: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigeach/nother.htm Slight correction; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach (no "e" in Coigach, though of course some records to include it...) By the way, as well as your Mathesons on Tanera, there was a large family of them at Achiltibuie, where they had the Inn from 1851 to at least the 1891 census. > At 00:25 21/03/01 -0000, Hester Smith wrote: > >Hi > > > >I would be interested in any information about Mathesons or MacLennans > from the Lochbroom area. My great grandfather was Roderick Matheson and he > married Annie MacLennan in Urray in 1875. They had nine of a family, John, > Margaret, Mary, William, Annie, Helen, Alexander, Tommy and Kate, any info > would be appreciated. No clear connection to either of the Coigach Matheson families appear to me,... possibly another tribe at Ullapool or elsewhere in the Parish... All the best, Donald.

Hi I would be interested in any information about Mathesons or MacLennans from the Lochbroom area. My great grandfather was Roderick Matheson and he married Annie MacLennan in Urray in 1875. They had nine of a family, John, Margaret, Mary, William, Annie, Helen, Alexander, Tommy and Kate, any info would be appreciated. Thank you Hester