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I have been desperately trying for many years to decipher a marriage record to find the maiden name of my Great Grandmother's (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McPherson-3437) mother. Really hoping that someone can break through this wall for me and help me connect the family (finally). Thank you elves :)
Research Notes
- The 1841 census for Snizort, Inverness showed Flora (4) with parents Don (50), Jean (40), and siblings Effy (20), Ewen (15), Hector (10), and Donald (8).
- The 1851 census recorded Flora (13) with father Don (63) and brothers Ewen (26) and Donald (16). Donald is widowed, indicating that Jean died between 1841 and 1851.
- Search for marriage records 1810-1820 in Inverness for Don* M*cPherson and J* yielded Donald McPherson and Jean MacMillian 23 Jan 1818, Bracadale. The other two options were for brides named Janet McPherson (1812 and 1815) in Kingussie and Insh. The maiden surname on Flora's marriage record is consistent with MacMillian, but not with McPherson. Bracadale is consistent with census records.
- 1863 death record for Donald McPherson confirms that wife's name was Jean MacMillan and provides Donald's parents' names.
Sources
- "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 23 Dec 2023), Donald MacPherson and Jean MacMillian, 23 Jan 1818, Bracadale, Parish 109, 20 / 94
- Free UK Genealogy "Scottish General Register Office: 1841 Census Returns database", FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5efca33bf4040b8393762fe4 : accessed 22 Dec 2023) [data about Flora MCPHERSON in household of Don MCPHERSON]; citing Piece: 117 Place: Snizort Enumeration District: 5 Civil Parish: Snizort Ecclesiastical Parish: - Folio: 5 Page: 13 Schedule: Address: Bernisdale.
- MCPHERSON Don M 50 Tenant Inverness-shire
- MCPHERSON Jean F 40 Inverness-shire
- MCPHERSON Effy F 20 Inverness-shire
- MCPHERSON Ewen M 15 Inverness-shire
- MCPHERSON Hector M 10 Inverness-shire
- MCPHERSON Dond M 8 Inverness-shire
- Flora F 4 Inverness-shire
- - - F 2m Inverness-shire
- "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a14d057f4040b9d6ed5038a : viewed 22 Dec 2023), Flora MCPHERSON in household of Donald MCPHERSON, Inverness-shire, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /117, Folio 87, Page 23, Schedule 73, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- MCPHERSON Donald Head W M 63 Farmer 7 Acres Inverness-shire Bracadale
- MCPHERSON Ewen Son U M 26 Inverness-shire Bracadale
- MCPHERSON Donald Son U M 16 Inverness-shire Duirinish
- MCPHERSON Flora Dau U F 13 Inverness-shire Snizort
- "Statutory registers Deaths" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 23 Dec 2023), 24 Apr 1863, Donald MacPherson, Snizort South, 117 / 2 / 15, 76 yrs, tenant, widower of Jean MacMillan, parents Angus MacPherson, tenant, and Effie MacPherson (maiden surname Chisholm). Reported by son-in-law John McKinnon.
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