Looking for information about the following family - Alexander CALDER married Catherine MURRAY in 1865 Children Neil born 1867 Donald born 1867 (twins) John born 1869 William born 1872 Jane (Jean) born 1874 Jessie (Janet) born 1877 Neil and Donald went to America around 1882 and Neil returned to Scotland in 1893 then left again for Australia in 1894. Donald apparently stayed in America. I am not sure yet when Alexander was born or who his parents were. He died in 1888 at Bonar Bridge. Two sisters living with the family in the 1881 census lead me to believe his parents were Donald CALDER and Jean GUNN. The sisters names were Margaret (born c.1825) and Dolina (born c. 1830) I believe Catherine is the daughter of Niel MURRAY and Janet MUNRO of Bonar Bridge. If any one is researching the same family or has any information I would be very happy to here from you. Thanks, Fran

Hello Frances I researched all the Murray Families of Sutherland a number of years ago and this family certainly proved difficult as you will read here. Perhaps together we can 'fix' it? 2-014 CATHERINE MURRAY married ALEXANDER CALDER [7/1/1817-17/7/1886] [1808-19/12/1886] Catherine was born at Cregnaclacul, 200 yards north of Aisdale, Creich, daughter of John Murray and Ann Matheson - see 4-142. She married Alexander, a tenant farmer at Achuan, on 19 December 1865 in Creich (IGI). Achuan was situated half a mile to the south of Cregnaclacul. It is likely that Alexander is the son of Robert Calder and Jean Mackay, tenants at Achuan. According to legend the Mackays were prominant around Bonar. The first Calder came there from Cawdor seeking refuge. He married a daughter of the local chief Mackay. Because of that union the Calders were given for all time the head of the cemetery at Creich as burial ground. As late as the 1970s that was still the case. Catherine and Alexander had the following children (CALDER): Robert, born 1852 [died 10 April 1920] (GY); Margaret, born 15 August 1857; Elspet Murray, born 27 February 1860 [died 1926 Oban - spinster] (IGI94/RLMK); male child, born and died 24 October 1866 Airdins (DC); Neil, born 26 December 1867 (IGI94); and his twin Donald (IGI94): John, born 22 April 1869 (IGI94); William, born 18 December 1872 (IGI94) and Jean, born 17 November 1874 [died 1908 Kentucky, U.S.A.] (IGI94). Catherine and her husband are buried at Creich (GY232/1&63) where Elspeth erected a gravestone in their memory. (editor's note: there are many discrepancies in this reference. According to what is recorded on the IGI Catherine had children before her marriage and continued to have them right up to nearly sixty years of age! This family was also researched by R L Mackay in the 1970s and his information is similar to that shown above. He also showed three more children: Helen, Anne and Andrewina. Neil, Donald and William shown above were not found by R L Mackay but did show up in the latest edition of the IGI. I now wonder if there were two couples named Catherine Murray and Alexander Calder? Certainly more research is needed.) Christine Highland Hearts http://www.highlandhearts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Frances Della Moretta [mailto:dellamor@iinet.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:54 PM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: SUT: CALDER, MURRAY at Bonar Bridge Looking for information about the following family - Alexander CALDER married Catherine MURRAY in 1865 Children Neil born 1867 Donald born 1867 (twins) John born 1869 William born 1872 Jane (Jean) born 1874 Jessie (Janet) born 1877 Neil and Donald went to America around 1882 and Neil returned to Scotland in 1893 then left again for Australia in 1894. Donald apparently stayed in America. I am not sure yet when Alexander was born or who his parents were. He died in 1888 at Bonar Bridge. Two sisters living with the family in the 1881 census lead me to believe his parents were Donald CALDER and Jean GUNN. The sisters names were Margaret (born c.1825) and Dolina (born c. 1830) I believe Catherine is the daughter of Niel MURRAY and Janet MUNRO of Bonar Bridge. If any one is researching the same family or has any information I would be very happy to here from you. Thanks, Fran ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 5/17/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 5/17/01