Catherine (MacDonald) MacPherson (abt. 1851 - 1936)

Born about Feb 1851 in Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Lachlan MacPherson — married 29 Jun 1876 in Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 12 May 1936 at about age 85 in Ollach, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Catherine MacDonald, daughter of weaver and crofter Duncan MacDonald and Mary Buchanan, was born in about February 1851 on Isle of Skye in the Parish of Portree, Invernessshire, Scotland.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} She had several siblings:

• Farquhar MacDonald (~1843)^[1][2]
• Alexander "Sandy Ollach" MacDonald (~1847)^[1][2][10]
• Janet MacDonald (~1849)^[1][2]
• Mary Ann MacDonald (~1854)^[2]

At the age of 24, Catherine married Lachlan MacPherson, 34 years, on June 29, 1876 in Parish of Portree, Isle of Skye.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

They had several children:

• William (1877-1878) ^[13]
• Archibald (1879-1956)^[3][4][5][8]
• Jessie Mary (1881-1968)^[4][5][9]
• Mary^[4][5]
• Duncan (1886-1971)^[4][5]
• Angus (1889-1959)^[4][5]
• William (1890-1954)^[4][5]
• Johanna (1894-)^[5]
• Dolina "Lina" (1898-1976)^[5][9][10]

Their firstborn, William, died shortly after his first birthday from liver congestion, from which he had suffered for 14 days.^[13]

Lachlan died in 1923.^[9][10]

Catherine died of cardiac weakness and cerebral thrombosis at 1 p.m. on May 12, 1936 in Upper Ollach, Isle of Skye.^[8][9][10] She was 85 years of age.^[8][9] The informant for her death was her son, Archibald MacPherson.^[8]

Census Summaries

1851 Census^[1]

• Census date: night of 30/31 March 1851
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: Lower Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Duncan Mcdonald, 31, Male, Head, Weaver, b. abt 1820, Applecross, rossshire
  • Mary Macdonald, 33, Female, Wife, Weaver's Wife, b. abt 1818, Portree, invernessshire
  • Farguhar Macdonald, 8, Male, Son, Weaver's Son, b. abt 1843, Portree, invernessshire
  • Alexander Macdonald, 6, Male, Son, Weaver's Son, b. abt 1846, Portree, invernessshire
  • Janet Macdonald, 3, Female, Daughter, Weaver's Daughter, b. abt 1848, Portree, invernessshire
  • Catherine Macdonald, 1 Mo, Female, Daughter, Weaver's Daughter, b. abt 1851, Portree, invernessshire
  • Mary Mcpherson, 68, Female, Mother-in-law, Weaver Mother In Law, b. abt 1783, Snizort, invernessshire

1861 Census^[2]

• Census date: night of 7/8 April 1861
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: 12 Lower Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Duncan Mcdonald, 40, Male, Head, Woolen Weaver, b. abt 1821, Applecross, rossshire
  • Mary Mcdonald, 42, Female, Wife, Woolen Wife, b. abt 1819, Portree, invernessshire
  • Farquhar Mcdonald, 18, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1843, Portree, invernessshire
  • Alexander Mcdonald, 16, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1846, Portree, invernessshire
  • Janet Mcdonald, 12, Female, Daughter, Scholar, b. abt 1849, Portree, invernessshire
  • Catherine Mcdonald, 10, Female, Daughter, Scholar, b. abt 1851, Portree, invernessshire
  • Mary Ann Mcdonald, 7, Female, Daughter, Weaver Daur, b. abt 1854, Portree, invernessshire

1881 Census^[3]

• Census date: night of 3/4 April 1881
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Invernessshire
• Address: 2 Upper Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Lachlan Macpherson, 38, Male, Head, Fisherman, b. abt 1843, Sleat (G), Invernessshire
  • Catharine Macpherson, 30, Female, Wife, Fisherman's Wife, b. abt 1851, Portree (G), Invernessshire
  • Archibald Macpherson, 1, Male, Son, b. abt 1880, Portree (G), Invernessshire
  • Catharine Macpherson, 11, Female, Servant, Serv. (Domestic), b. abt 1870, Portree (G), Invernessshire

1891 Census^[4]

• Census date: night of 5/6 April 1891
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: 1, Upper Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Lachlan Macpherson, 49, Male, Head, Crofter & Fisherman, b. abt 1842, Sleat, Invernessshire
  • Catherine Macpherson, 39, Female, Wife, Crofter's Wife, b. abt 1852, Portree, Invernessshire
  • Archibald Macpherson, 11, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1880, Portree, Invernessshire
  • Jessie M Macpherson, 9, Female, Daur (Daughter), Scholar, b. abt 1882, Portree, Invernessshire
  • Mary Macpherson, 7, Female, Daur (Daughter), Scholar, b. abt 1884, Portree, Invernessshire
  • Duncan Macpherson, 5, Male, Son, b. abt 1886, Portree, Invernessshire
  • Angus Macpherson, 2, Male, Son, b. abt 1889, Portree, Invernessshire
  • William Macpherson, 6 Mo, Male, Son, b. abt 1890, Portree, Invernessshire

1901 Census^[5]

• Census date: night of 31 March/1 April 1901
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: Upper Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Lachlan Macpherson, 58, Male, Head, Farmer, b. abt 1843, Sleat, invernessshire
  • Catherine Macpherson, 49, Female, Wife, Farmer's Wife, b. abt 1852, Portree, invernessshire
  • Archibald Macpherson, 21, Male, Son, Railway Clerk, b. abt 1880, Portree, invernessshire
  • Jessie Macpherson, 19, Female, Daur (Daughter), Farmer's Daughter, b. abt 1882, Portree, invernessshire
  • Mary Macpherson, 17, Female, Daur (Daughter), Farmer's Daughter, b. abt 1884, Portree, invernessshire
  • Duncan Macpherson, 15, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1886, Portree, invernessshire
  • Angus Macpherson, 12, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1889, Portree, invernessshire
  • William Macpherson, 10, Male, Son, Scholar, b. abt 1891, Portree, invernessshire

1911 Census^[6]

• Census date: night of 2/3 April 1911
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: Upper Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Lachlan McPherson, 70, Head, Gaelic & English, Married, Crofter (Own Account, at Home), b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • Catherine McPherson, 59, Wife, Gaelic & English, Married 34 years, 9 Children born Alive, 8 Children still Living, b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • Jessie Mary McPherson, 29, Daughter, Gaelic & English, Single, Crofter's Daughter, b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • Duncan McPherson, 25, Son, Gaelic & English, Single, Seaman Mercantile Service (Worker), b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • William McPherson, 20, Son, Gaelic & English, Single, Crofter's Son, b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • Dolina McPherson, 13, Daughter, Gaelic & English, in School, b. Portree, Invernessshire
  • Farquhar Matheson, 14, Boarder, Gaelic & English, in School, b. Portree, Invernessshire

1921 Census^[7]

• Census date: night of 19 June 1921
• Registration District: Portree
• Civil Parish: Portree
• County: Inverness
• Address: Upper Ollach
• Household Members:
  • Lachlan Macpherson, 81, Male, Head, Crofter (retired), b. Sleat, Inverness
  • Catherine Macpherson, 70, Female, Wife, Household duties, b. Portree, Inverness
  • Jessie M. Macpherson, 38, Female, Daughter, Household duties, b. Portree, Inverness
  • Angus Macpherson, 32, Male, Son, Crofter's son (Lachlan Macpherson, Crofter, Upper Ollach, The Braes), b. Portree, Inverness
  • Joan Macpherson, 27, Female, Daughter, School Teacher (Inverness County Education Authority), b. Portree, Inverness
  • Jessie Macpherson, 29, Female, Visitor, Domestic Servant (Private), b. Sleat, Inverness
  • Donald Ross, 37, Male, Boarder, School Teacher (Inverness County Education Authority), b. Duirinish, Inverness

Research Notes

Catherine's father, Duncan Macdonald, was born in the Parish of Applecross, Rossshire. Her mother, Mary Buchanan, was born in the Parish of Portree, Invernessshire.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Portree; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_27; Year: 1851. Available online, no image, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851Scotland&indiv=try&h=433030 : accessed 26 March 2021).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Portree; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_16. Available online, no image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/2038897:1080 : accessed 26 March 2021).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Portree; ED: 2; Page: 15; Line: 8; Roll: cssct1881_33. Available online, no image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1408525:1119 : accessed 26 March 2021).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Portree; ED: 2; Page: 16; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_33. Available online, no image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/650908:1108 : accessed 26 March 2021).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Portree; ED: 2; Page: 14; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_34. Available online, no image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/133374:1101 : accessed 26 March 2021).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 1911 Census. National Records of Scotland. 1911 MCPHERSON, CATHERINE (Census 114/1 2/ 8) Page 8 of 10, Portree, Inverness. JPG copy in the possession of Anne Svihra. Retrieved from ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 6 December 2022).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1921 Census. National Records of Scotland. 1921 MACPHERSON, CATHERINE (Census 114/1 2/ 1) Page 1 of 7, Portree, Inverness. JPG copy in the possession of Anne Svihra. Retrieved from ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 2 December 2022).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Death Register. National Records of Scotland. 1936, Catharine Macpherson, Portree, Inverness, Scotland, 114/01 0010. Digital copy (JPEG image file), in the possession of [Svihra-6|Anne Svihra]. Available for download online for a fee, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for Catherine MacDonald MacPherson (1851–12 May 1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #163433644, citing Portree Old Cemetery, Portree, Highland, Scotland; Maintained by Gordon J Callon (contributor 48186026).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5} Macdonald, Norman, Maclean, Cailean. The Great Book of Skye 3. Portree: Great Book Publishing, 2018. Pages 277-278.
11. ↑ Marriage Register. National Records of Scotland. 29 June 1876, Lachlan Macpherson and Catherine Macdonald, Portree, Inverness, Scotland, Page 6. Digital copy in the possession of [Svihra-6|Anne Svihra].
12. ↑ Birth Register. National Records of Scotland. Statutory Registers, Births 114/1 52. 1890 MACPHERSON, WILLIAM, Portree, Inverness. PDF copy in the possession of Anne Svihra. Available online, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 7 June 2021).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Death Register. National Records of Scotland. 1878 MACPHERSON, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 114/1 21). Portree, Inverness. Digital copy (PDF image file), in the possession of Anne Svihra. Available online, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 8 June 2021).

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Anne Svihra.