macphersons of skye

breakish · Post by **breakish** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:19 pm

trying to do some research re my great grandfathers brothers and in turn populate this side of my research, any help to find these branches would be gratefully appreciated
sons of john macpherson and marion robertson were donald macpherson born 1851, ewen macpherson born 1853, archibald born 1853 and my great grandfather faraquar (who i obviously know all about)
they were all born in strath on skye
again any help would be brilliant
second request, i have identified the family grave in breakish on skye but unfortunately it is very weatherbeaten and unreadable, can i do anything to retrieve the information??

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:07 am

Here they are in 1871:

1871 Scotland Census 1871 Scotland Census
Name: Donald MacPherson
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Marion
Gender: Male
Where born: Strath, Inverness
Registration Number: 119
Registration district: Strath
Civil Parish: Strath
County: Invernessshire
Address: 11
Occupation: Fisherman
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 11
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1871_22

Household Members: Name Age
Ann M MacPherson 6
Cathrine MacPherson 3
Donald MacPherson 20
Ewen MacPherson 18
Flora MacPherson 14
John MacPherson 54
Marion MacPherson 41

Carol

breakish · Post by **breakish** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:37 am

thanks for that carol, i am trying to find if any of them married so i can trace my modern day cousins, i have done all the cencus stuff but trying to get marriage or death, thanks again Kenny

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:40 pm

Hi Kenny,

If you've already done the census records, then your next step is to find a bag full of money from somewhere and start searching SP for marriage/death certificates! Unfortunately, with a name as common as MacPherson, you have to see the certificates to check the parents names and other identifiers like place of birth or residence. Lost count of how many of these I've done with the Munros and how much I spent looking for them!

Carol

breakish · Post by **breakish** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:49 am

i have now found that archibald died in infancy and i am happy i found donald, however ewen is causing me problems, aged 18 and a fisherman in the 1871 census then he disappears of the face of scotland, no death, no marriage and not in any other censuses. please help

eilthireach · Post by **eilthireach** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:26 am

It might be worth your while contacting the owners of the sites Skye Kin (http://www.skye-kin.co.uk/) and Skye Roots (http://www.skye-roots.co.uk/research.htm) who specialise in Skye genealogy. Unfortunately, they focus on the north-western parishes (Skye Kin) and north-eastern parishes (Skye Roots) rather than the southern parishes, but they might be able to give you some pointers. Skye Roots, I see, is particularly interested in tracking emigrants. If Ewen disappeared from the records after 1871, perhaps he emigrated?

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:25 am

Hello Kenny,

There’s some discussion about cleaning and reading gravestones in this thread. Also some interesting links. viewtopic.php?t=9462

Alan

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:51 am

Hi Kenny,
Have you checked the death record on SP of the Ewan Macpherson born 1852 who died in Glasgow City in 1877?

All the best,
Sarah

breakish · Post by **breakish** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:57 pm

currie thanks for the graveyard advice and sarah, i will try the glasgow city death, was that ewen born in strath, skye john and marion??

breakish · Post by **breakish** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:02 pm

sarah just checked that with a negative result