Donald
Bain
Born in Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John Bain
and Catherine (Gray) Bain
Brother of
John Bain, Elizabeth (Bain) Sutherland, James Bain, Janet (Bain) McKenzie, Margaret Bain, Barbara Bain, James Bain, Alexander Bain, Jane Bain and Jean Bain
Husband of
Margaret (Taylor) Bain
— married
12 Jul 1832 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
John Bain, William Bain, Isabella (Bain) Sutherland, James Bain, Jane Bain and Catherine Bain
Died
at age 85
in Sibster, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Born 13 Dec 1806
- Westerdale, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- Wit. Donald Gray Westerdale Alexdr Sutherland in Forrnidale?
- NB this date is 1 day after the Halkirk Parish records show his parents as having been married, although the Watten records show a marriage date of some 3 mths earlier [1]
Died 4 Mar 1892 Sibster, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- cert reads: Donald Bain, pauper, formerly meal miller, widower of Margaret Taylor. Died Fourth March 1892, 10:30am Sibster aged 86. Parents John Bain farmer,dec, Catherine Gray, dec. Cause: bronchitis 1 mth & senile debility cert. by D G Braidwood. Informant James Bain, son, present (signed). Registered 4th March [2]
Marriage 12 Jul 1832 Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- Husband: Donald Bain
- Wife: Margaret Taylor
- the Halkirk OPR entry shows Donald in Hilhead, Bower, and Margaret in Gerston Halkirk. A month earlier, when the banns were entered in the Bower OPR they read: Donald Bain of Clayoch, Margaret Taylor of Gerston, Parish of Halkirk were matrimonially contracted the 15th Jun 1832. Cautners John Bain and William Taylor (assumed to be their respective fathers). [3]
Links
Sources
- Source S55 OPRs for Scotland (Halkirk and Bower) via ScotlandsPeople (pre 1855)
- Source S56 BDM certs. for Scotland via ScotlandsPeople (1855+)
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 June 2016, 00:03), entry for Donald Bain(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KH5X-68J); contributed by various users.
- WikiTree profile Bain-261 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 1830)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- R Bain
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY91664, FTDNA kit #154154
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~6.25%
I H McKie :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T883411 [compare]
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~3.12%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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~3.12%
R Bain :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T721742 [compare]
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~1.56%
Margo (Falconer) Mackay :
23andMe, GEDmatch M543750 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A300780 [compare]
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~1.56%
Anonymous (McRae) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A795063 [compare]
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