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Donald McRae

Male 1762 - 1833  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Donald McRae 
    Born Jan 1762  Black Isle Parish, Knockbain, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-171831 
    Died 2 Apr 1833 
    Person ID I171831  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Family Isabel Young,   b. Sep 1774,   d. 10 Dec 1813  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Children 
     1. Isabella McRae,   b. CALC 24 Nov 1799, Black Isle Parish, Knockbain, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1868, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
     2. Murdo McRae,   b. 1810, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1861, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F49877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Donald Macrae was born on the Black Isle, Ross-shire in January 1762 and died on 02 April 1833. A Donald Macrae was buried in Petty Old Churchyard 1833 aged 71: this is likely to be him. At the time of his marriage he was a tenant farmer at Torgorma(i)g, near Redcastle. In 1833 there is a reference to Donald Macrae being a tenant farmer at Culcabock, Inverness and son and heir to Alexander Macrae, a farmer of Wester Kessock. At the Black Isle Episcopal Chapel at Arpafeelie, Knockbain parish on 09 December 1791 he married Isabel Young (of the same parish). She was born in September 1774 and died on 10 December 1813 and she is believed to have been closely related to Murdo Young who edited "The Sun" newspaper in London. Following Isabel's death, Donald married Catherine Grant in the Inverness-shire parish of Croy & Dalcross on 09 or 11 December 1817: she was born in October 1796 and died on 30 March 1844. When Donald and Catherine's first three children were born, the family were living at Galcantray (a farm near Cawdor, Nairn): their last three children were born in the village of Culcabock (now part of Inverness). At the time of the 1841 census the family were living at Culcabock though Donald had died by that time: present were Donald's widow Catherine aged 40 who was a female servant, Alexander a tailor apprentice aged 15, Ronald aged 12, Margaret aged 10 and Catherine aged 8.

      Email - John Macrae, Rivenhall End, Essex, England 2015

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