75281: Margaret MacAskill

Magaidh Iain-Òig Nèill-Ghobha

Margaret (born 1890) was the daughter of John MacAskill and Marion MacMillan of Quay, Berneray. Her father and elder brother Alexander tragically drowned in 1899, when Maggie was only nine and the family subsequently moved to Rubha Mor. Margaret became a domestic servant.

In 1908 she married seaman, Roderick MacKinnon from 11 Cluer. Margaret and Roderick lived at 11 Cluer and they had two children, only one of whom survived.

Margaret was widowed in 1914 and in 1915, she married widower Malcolm Shaw of Backhill. Malcolm and Margaret lived at Backhill and they had a daughter, Kate, in 1918. Malcolm died of  influenza just 15 months later. Margaret  and Kate continued to live at Backhill until 1928, when they moved to Inverness.

Margaret later married James Rae.