Angus became a master mariner. His 1846 Merchant Marine record [1] says that he is 44 years old and born in Applecross.
Angus' death record, registered by his grandson A. McRae, states that he is a crofter. However his history of occupations goes beyond that and it may be that his grandson was unaware of his grandfather's life story.
Angus died age 82 of a "skin disease of the body" that had affected him for 6 months. His parent's names are given as Farquhar McRae and Mary Macdonald, but in the 1841 census [2] , in which Angus gives his occupation as Merchant Seaman, his household incluudes Ann McRae, age 74, who is his mother, as named on Angus' brother Duncan's death record.
When Angus married Helen in 1837 he gave his occupation as Ship Master. The record of marriage makes no mention that Angus is her second husband.
By the 1841 census Angus gives his occupation as Merchant Service. He and Helen have their first child Farquhar, aged 2 and an infant, James, 9 months [3]
In the 1851 census Angus gives his occupation as Master Mariner. In his household is Margaret McRae, age 16 and presented as his daughter, but whose is the daughter of Helen and her first husband Donald Mackenzie, born in Inverness in 1836 and has presumably been adopted. [4]
By 1855 Angus is on record in the Land Valuation Survey [5] alonh with Donald McRae and Duncan McRae as each being Tenant Occupiers in Ardheslage
The 1861 census he is missing - perhaps away at sea.
In 1871, back in Ardheslaig it appears he has retired. He describes himself as a Crofter. The census shows him, his wife Helen, a daughter, two grandchildren and two servants. Then, n 1872 he was declared bankrupt and his possessions were sequestered [6]. The next census, 1881 shows Angus, Helen and one servant and Angus dies in 1883.
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