1306: Murdo Mackenzie
Murchadh Iain Dhòmhnaill
Murdo (1852-1929) was a son of John Mackenzie and Flora Macinnes, 4 Gravir.
In Lochs, in 1879, he married Mary Maclennan, 28 Gravir. Murdo and Mary were Cottars at 28 Gravir and they had four children. After Mary's death in 1886 the family moved to 4 Gravir where Murdo built a house on his father's croft.
In 1889, at Pultenytown, Wick, he married Ann Kennedy, 2 Calbost, where presumably they were engaged in the herring fishing. Murdo and Ann settled at 4 Gravir and they had four children.
Murdo was an energetic community leader in his day, combining the roles of crofter, shoemaker and compulsory attendance officer the whipper-in for Gravir and Lemreway schools from 1916 with being an elder in the Church of Scotland from 1913.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Also Known As:
- Murchadh Thaboist
- Date Of Birth:
- 1852
- Date of Death:
- 10 Jun 1929
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEP 102
- Occupation:
- Fisherman; Weaver; Shoemaker; Elder; Compulsory Attendance Officer
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP
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