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Christina (MacDonald) MacCuish (abt. 1791 - 1879)

Christina (Kirsty) "Chirsty" MacCuish formerly MacDonald
Born about in Knockintorran, North uist, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Wife of — married 1825 in North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 88 in North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Christina "Kirsty" Macdonald, daughter of Alexander Macdonald and Christina MacQueen, was born in about 1792 in Cnoc an Torran (Knockintorran), North Uist, Scotland.[1][2][3][4] Her father was a farmer.[3]

In 1825, Kirsty married Malcolm MacCuish, son of Neil MacCuish and Ann Macdonald, of Baile Sear (Baleshare), in North Uist.[3][4][5][1][2] Malcolm became a crofter and they settled on Croft #8 in Heisgeir (Heisker), North Uist and had several children:[4][1][2]

  • Neil (1829)
  • Ann (1831)
  • Alexander (1838)

As of the date of the 1851 Census, Kirsty was living in Heisgeir with Malcolm and their three children.[1] Malcolm's occupation was recorded as Chelsea Pensioner.[1]

As of the date of the 1861 Census, she was living in Heisgeir with Malcolm and their son Alexander, plus a 17 year old domestic servant named Chirsty McInnes.[2] Alexander had become a lobster fisherman.[2] Their house had two rooms with windows.[2]

Malcolm died in 1862 at the age of about 72.[4]

Kirsty died at the age of 89 years at 11 a.m. on September 27, 1879 in Heisgeir.[3][4] Her cause of death was recorded as debility from old age, which had lasted for 3 days.[3] The informant for her death was her son, Alexander.[3]

Census Summaries

1851 Census[1]

  • Census date: night of 30/31 March 1851
  • Civil Parish: North Uist
  • County: Inverness
  • Address: Heisker
  • Household Members:
    • Malcolm McCuish, 61, Male, Head, Chelsea Pensioner, b. abt 1790, North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Chirsty McCuish, 59, Female, Wife, Pensioner's Wife, b. abt 1792, North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Neil McCuish, 22, Male, Son, Pensioner's Son, b. abt 1829, North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Ann McCuish, 20, Female, Daur (Daughter), Pensioner's Daughter, b. abt 1831, North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Alexander McCuish, 13, Male, Son, Pensioner's Son, b. abt 1838, North Uist, Invernessshire

1861 Census[2]

  • Census date: night of 7/8 April 1861
  • Registration District: North Uist
  • Civil Parish: North Uist
  • County: Inverness
  • Address: Island of Heisker
  • Household Members:
    • Malcolm McCuish, 71, Male, Head, Chelsea Pensioner, b. North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Chirsty McCuish, 69, Female, Wife, Chelsea Pensioner's Wife, b. North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Alexander McCuish, 23, Male, Son, Lobster Fisher, b. North Uist, Invernessshire
    • Chirsty McInnes, 17, Female, Servant, Domestic Servant, b. North Uist, Invernessshire

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1851 Census. National Records of Scotland. 1851 MCCUISH, CHIRSTY (Census 113/ 9/ 2) Pages 2 and 3 of 4, North Uist, Inverness. JPG copies in the possession of Anne Svihra. Retrieved from ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 21 November 2021).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 1861 Census. National Records of Scotland. 1861 MCCUISH, CHIRSTY (Census 113/ 8/ 5) Page 5 of 6, North Uist, Inverness. JPG copy in the possession of Anne Svihra. Retrieved from ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 24 February 2022).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Death Register. National Records of Scotland. 1879 MACCUISH, CHRISTINA (Statutory registers Deaths 113/ 63), North Uist, Inverness. JPG copy in the possession of Anne Svihra. Retrieved from ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : downloaded 21 November 2021).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Lawson, Bill. Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 6. Northton, Isle of Harris, Scotland: Bill Lawson Publications, 2019. Page 149.
  5. Lawson, Bill. Index to the Marriages (Recorded and Unrecorded) in the Parish of North Uist, 1820-1855. Northton, Isle of Harris, Scotland: Bill Lawson Publications, 1998. Pages 33 & 37.




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