Occupation:Salmon fisher.
No will.
!O.P.R.Portree 06Mar1832.Marriage address - Portree.
1841 Census.13/1.Neil age 30 ag lab.
1851 Census Stormy Hill 4.Fisherman.Living with wife and children John,Angus,Malcolm,Donald,John and Jessie.He appeared to have two sons called John.
1861 Census Gortencraig 13.Fisherman.Living with wife and children Angus,Malcolm,Donald,John and Janet and wifes grandfather Malcolm McIntosh.Angus was a baker and Malcolm and Donald were fishermen.His elder son John was not in the house.
1871 Census Gortencraig 9.Cotter.Living with wife and children Angus,Malcolm,Donald,John and Jane.Also grandson Malcolm Nicolson age 4.
A cotter did not have any land.
1881 Census Gortencraig 7.Salmon fisher.Living with children Angus,John and Jessie and grandson Malcolm Nicolson age 13.Wife Margaret not in house.Angus and John aso salmon fishers.
1891 Fisherfield.Fisherman.Living with sons Angus and John both salmon fishers.Johns wife Mary and his two children Malcolm and Jessie were also in the house.Also a 62 year old domestic servant.
I think Neil was living on the croft of Peter Beaton or Widow Rachel Nicoson.
1887 Registered grandson Malcolms birth with his mark.Illiterate.
Cause of death:Infirmity and old age.She had been ill for one year.She did not
have a medical attendant.
No will.
!O.P.R.Portree - 06Mar1832.Marriage address - Shulishader,Portree.
1861 Census - Baker.With parents.
1871 Census - Cotters son.With parents.
1881 Census - 114/1 6/3 7 Gortencraig.Unmarried.Living with father.Salmon fisher.
1891 Census - Living with father at Fisherfield.Unmarried
!Signed his fathers D/C with his mark.
1861 Census - Scholar.
1871 Census - Cotters daughter.
1881 Census - Servant.Unmarried.Living with father
1891 Census not with father.
1861 Census - 13 Gortencraig.Living with parents and siblings.Fisherman as was his father and elder brother Malcolm.
1871 Census - 9 Gortencraig.Living with parents and siblings.Described as a
cotters son,a description used for his father and rest of family.
1875 M/C - Sailor.
1881 Census - Address 1 Back Lane,1st.Floor.Wife and four children Maggie,James,Neil and Flora.Sailor.
1886 Son Neils D/C - Bank St.,Portree
!Occupation:1888 Neilina B/C - Seaman.
Donald was unable to write his name,his mark was witnessed.
1891 Census - Bank St.Portree with wife and five children,James,Flora,Betsy,Dolinaand Neilina..
1901 Census - Not at home.Seaman.12 Bosville Terrace,Portree.His wife was at home with children James,Dolina and Nellina.Two rooms with windows.
1903 D/C - Seaman in merchant service.Died at Bosville Terrace,Portree.His
D/C was signed by his daughter Flora who stayed at the same address. No will.
1925 -On application for relief from Govan Parish Combination by his daughter
Neilina and her husband David Christie he is described as a winchman.
1996 Wrote to Caledonian MacBrayne,Ferry Terminal,Gourock.They had no records of employees as long ago as 1903 or any pieces of information about operations in Portree at that time.
From wifes Application for Relief,Glasgow No.19271 Oct1908:Was a seaman on one of McBraynes boats earning 29/- per week.
Occupation:1875 M/C - Domestic Servant.
1851 Census Carbost Snizort. Living with parents.Place of birth Duirinish.
1861 Census with parents
1871 Census not with parents.
Oct1875 married.
D/C - Daughter Flora signed death certificate.After husbands death it would
appear that Annie,Flora,Neilina and Donaldina came down to Glasgow.
No will.
Application for Relief,Glasgow.No.19271.1st.Oct1908.
Living at 78 Yorkhill Street 1 up mid.One room.Rent 13/1 per month.
She was very ill and unable to maintain herself.She was suffering from
ulceration of back probably malignant.After a medical examination at her home
she appears to have been admitted to Stobhill Hospital.The following day she
was granted medical relief.On the 7th. the Relief Committee at 73 John Street
granted 12/- month for three months.She then probably retuned to her home.This
was known as Outdoor Relief.She then applied for an Old Age Pension and on the
13th.Jan1909 she was given 3/- per week for 12 weeks.Renewed throughout 1909.
Final entry 8th.Dec1909 was 12/- for one month and off Roll.
Other details from Application for Relief No.19271:
Ill since she was 3 years of age,result of an accident,but has been very bad
for a year.Husband previous to death was a seaman on one of McBraynes boats
earning 29/- per week.Since husbands death has been kept by family.House
clean.Very decent.Cannot speak much English but Gaelic.Is hardly ever across
the door.
She had a sister on South Side.She was a member of Gaelic Church,Mains St.
She lived at the followind addresses:
Bosville Terrace,Portree 1898/1903
Mansefield St.,Partick 1903 for 3 months.
26 Arthur St. 1903/6. 74 Lumsden St. 1906/7. 78 Yorkhill St. since 28Aug1907.
She must have come down to Partick from Portree shortly after the death of her husband.
Occupation:1881 Census - Scholar.Living with parents.
1891 with parents.
1901 Census with parents.Single.Able bodied seaman.
1881 Census living with parents.
Cause of death - meningitis..
Occupation:Cooper.
SRO A Directory of Landownership in Scotland c.1770
Portree:Lord Macdonald:Gortencraig,Penifieler,Coillisaidder and
Shillishaddermore.
1841 Census Penifiler.Betsy Nicolson age 65,Norman Nicolson age 20 and Norman Nicolson age 20.
Also 1841 Village of Portree page 15.Betty Nicolson age 70 pauper,Effy
Nicolson age 35 and Christy age 20.
Cause of Death:Infirmities and old age.He had no medical attendant.His daughter Margaret signed his D/C with her mark.
!O.P.R.Portree 14Jul1802.Marriage address - Gortenccraig.
1841 Census Portree Lots.Malcolm McIntosh age 60 ag lab,Janet McIntosh age 55
Betty McIntosh age 30,Malcolm age 15,John age 20 and a John Nicolson age 5.
All born in Inverness-shire.
Portree Lots lie between Glenvaragill and the bridge entering the village of Portree.
1851 Census.Gortencraig.Pauper tenant.Living with daughter Elizabeth.
1861 Census.Gortencraig.Pauper.Living with daughter Margaret and her husband Neil Nicolson and family.
OPR Portree.Not very many McIntosh's in Skye.
Archibald m. Mary Nicolson 1Dec1842. Gortencraig
Christian m.Peter McKinnon 4Feb1817
James m.Marion McLeod 15Feb1804
John m.Cath Murchison 23Jan1812
Angus b.26Jul1817 P.Alex/Mary McKenzie. Tasskraig
Catherine b.8Apr1821 P.Donald/Janet McKinnon. Maligan
Charles b.7Dec1818 P.John/Cath McIntosh
Christy b.26Feb1829 P.Duncan/Ann Nicolson. Gortencraig
Duncan b.17Feb1805 P.James/Marion McLeod
Isabella b.30Mar1824 P.Alex/Flora McKay
Malcolm b.1Aug1829 P.Alex/Ann McQueen
Malcom b.30Jun1805 P.Arch/Nicolson
Also lots of Catherines in Ollach,Portree.
O.P.R.Portree 14Jul1802.Marriage address - Peinafeiler,Portree.
Marriage date also 14Feb1801 Portree IGI
1841 Census.Living at Portree Lots with husband and some of her children.
1851 Census.Not found,probably dead.
Very few Ross's found in Portree.Quite a lot in Snizort,Duirinish,Kilmuir and Bracadale.Ross's in Portree from IGI
Flora Ross m. John McLeod 28Jun1803
Janet m. Norman McLean/McLeod 17Sep1825
James b.29Apr1801 P.Alex/Mgt Anderson
Helen b.25Apr1811 P.George/Agnes Ross
James b.1Jan1819 P.John/Marion Gordon
1851 Census.Living with father at Gortencraig.Unmarried.
OPR Portree.Marriages.
To Isa McDonald 11Jan1838.Children John 1848 and Betty 26Nov1853 Portree
Murdo 2May1850
To Christy Gillies 27Feb1840
Occupation:1851 Census - Servant.
1881 Census not found in Scotland.
1841 Census.Address - Portree Lots.Lies between Glenvarragil and the bridge
entering Portree village.
No marriages in Portree in IGI
1881 Census not found Scotland
1841 Census.Address - Portree Lots.
No marriages in Portree in IGI
1881 Census not found Scotland.
Occupation:Crofter.
Fernilea on south shore of Loch Harport. O.S.Sheet 32.M.R.365340.
1841 Census Braebost,Duirinish.Merchant.Living with his sister Anne.
At time of marriage 10Jan1843,Donald was staying at Braebost,Duirinish Parish.
O.S.Sheet 23.M.R.362538.His wife Flory Mathieson was staying at Skeabost,Snizort Parish.O.S.Sheet 23.M.R.420480.They were married in Duirinish Parish.
His first two children Anne and James were born in Duirinish Parish.He must have moved to Carbost in Snizort Parish between 1846/7 and not later than Sept1849.His daughter Effie was born in Snizort Parish and was one and a half years old on the 31Mar1851 at the Census.
1851 Census Carbost Snizort.Farmer of 6 acres.Living with wife and children
Anne,James and Effie and his unmarried sister Ann.Gives his age as 35 and
birthplace of himself and his sister as Durinish Parish.
1861 Census Carbost Hamlet.Crofter.Living with his wife and children Anne,James,Euphemia,
Roderick,John and Marion.
1871 Census Carbost 2. Tenant,6 acres.Living with his wife and children Roderick,John,Jessie and
Alexander.Anne,James,Effie and Marion not in house.
1881 Census 117/2-4-9.Carbost 10,Snizort.Living with wife and children John,Jessie and Alexander.
Also his grandson James,illegitimate child of daughter Effie,father n/k.
1883 Napier Commission
1886 Crofters Act.Security of tenure.If holding reliquished compensation from landlord for improvements.Tenant could bequeath holding to a member of his family.Crofters Commission was set up as a land court.It was empowered to fix fair rents,subject these rents to a septennial revision and cancel all or part of any accumulated arrears.
The proprietor of Carbost was Lord Macdonald.His estate papers are in the SRO GD221
In June1887 the rent was £7 a year.There were six crofts at Carbost.
Nov1890 D/C - Crofter. Carbost,Snizort.
1897 On Barony Application for Relief No.2139 by son John in Strathclyde
Archives he is described as a cattle dealer.!Cause of Death:Unknown.Ill for one year.No medical attendant.
No will.
Bracadale Parish was on the McLeod estate.Evictions reduced the population from 2103 in 1821 to 1769 in 1831.This drop in population was 'solely to be ascribed to the system of farming which has for some time been adopted,viz., throwing a number of farms into one large tack for sheep grazing and dispossessing and setting adrift the small tenants'-New Statistical Account.The number of tenants 'set adrift' in this way can be gauged from the fact that in 1826 no fewer than 229 people from Bracadale,all of whom had received notices of eviction fro the McaLeod estate management,applied for assisted passages to Canada,their applications being accompanied bt similar requests fro the neighbouring parish of Duirinish where,by 1841, over 3,000 acres had been converted from arable to pasture.The crofters share of the land in Bracadale was eventually so minute as to be almost negligible and the parish was described by a Skye crofter to the Napier Commission as 'practically a desert',it cosisted almost entirely of six sheep farms of which Glenbrittle,Talisker and Drynoch were enormous.
The MacLeod Papers are at Dunvegan Castle.
1851 Census Carbost Snizort.Gives place of birth as Stenscholl,Kilmuir Parish.OS Map 23 Ref.484680
1891 Census Carbost.Widow.Crofter.Could only speak Gaelic.Also in house son John and daughter Jessie both unmarried.Also John 11 months son of Jessie,father N/K.Also James 14 years son of Effy,father N/K.Also Angus McInnes son of Effie,father William McInnes.
Jan1896 D/C - Daughter Effy signed D/C.She gave her address as Quay St.Portree.
No will.
After her death what became of the croft at Carbost and the rest of the people living there in 1891?
John went to Effie in Glasgow Dec1897 but was brought back to Carbost by an inspector May1899.
Occupation:1861 Census - Scholar.
1851 Census Carbost Snizort.Living with parents.Place of birth Duirinish.
1871 Census not with parents
1881 Census not found Scotland
Occupation:1861 Census - Scholar.
1871 Census - Scholar.
1881 Census not with parents.
Occupation:1871 Census - Scholar.1881 Census - Living with parents.
1891 Census - Crofters son.On Census he was described as deaf and dumb.
Application for Relief,Barony Parish,Strathclyde Archives No.2139.14Dec1897.
Living at 42 Scott St.with sister Euphemia,her husband John Mathieson and two
of her children.He is desribed as wholly disabled being deaf,dumb and suffering
from paralysis.He had been staying with his sister for three weeks.Previously
he had been staying with a sister in Portree for 18 months and a sister in
Carbost for six months.Names of sisters not given.Previously had stayed
with parents in Carbost from birth.The application was made by his sister
Euphemia for Outdoor Relief.He left Portree three weeks ago where he was in
receipt of 8/- a month from the Parish of Snizort and paid up to the 11thDec.
He had never been able for any work beyond assisting his parents on their
croft.His father had died 3 years ago and his mother 2 years ago and since then had been residing with sister.
15Dec97.12/-
9Jun98.Instructions from Snizort to increase aliment to 3/- a week and give him an outfit of clothes at a reasonable cost.
10Dec98.Barony wrote Inspector of Snizort as to unsatisfactory surroundings of this patient and commending his removal.
25Feb99.Barony wrote Snizort.
May99.Removed home by Inspector of Snizort.
1995.Wrote Highland District Council.No further records of Snizort exist
Death registered by William Cumming,landlord,present.
1871 Census - Scholar.Living with parents.
1881 Census - Living with parents.
1891 Census not with mother.
Occupation:Crofter.
OPR Bracadale Deaths:
10Jan1838 Margaret McDonald wife of Alex McRae,Fernlea,dropsy age 59
29Jan1837 Christian McRae wfe of Donald Douglas,Fernlea,influenza age 70
15Apr1835 Norman McRae son of William McRae,Fernlea,scrofula age 25
May have been evicted somtime after 1809.
1851 Census Carbost Snizort.Living with brother Donald and family.Not married.Place of birth Duirinish,age 38.
From old papers held by Jean Christie,Hillington.
James Miller born in the army.Was an apprentice calenderer.
1851 Census 544/8 122 Saltmarket,St.Mary's Parish,Glasgow.Sheriff Officer.Living with wife and five children.
Cause of Death - Disease of heart.Burial cost five shillings and six pence.
Parish Records
Birth - Gorbals - Margaret of James Miller and Margaret Cochrane in Gorbals
born 11Jul1830,baptized 18Jul1830.
1851 Census living with parents.Servant.
1851 Census not with parents.
Occupation:Served in Crimea War(1854-6) in the 92nd.Regiment(Gordon
Highlanders).By January 1859 he was in the 48th.Regiment(Canadian).Parish Records
Birth - City,Glasgow - James Miller,clothlapper and Margaret Cochrane,a
lawful son James Robb,born 6May1836.Witnesses James McIndoe and Peter McArthur.
1851 Census living with parents.Scholar.
1851 Census not with parents.
Birth - City Parish,Glasgow - James Miller,grocer and Margaret Cochrane a lawful
daughter Jane,born 25Sep1845.Witnesses William and Charles Yeaman.
1851 Census living with parents.
Applied for relief 17Jan1862,Barony.Living 4 West College St.,right stair,
two up left,lobby right.Condition single,occupation servant.Wholly disabled
due to ill health.Since father died her history as follows
In 4 West College St.(with aunt)Glasgow - six days.
Abbottsford Pl.Govan - three months.
Shamrock St.Barony - six months.
Greenock(Mrs.Jardine) - nine months.
Hospital St.(Mrs.McFarlane) Govan - six months.
Crown St.(with aunt) Govan - six months.
with father all her days.
House on Dr.Fergus list.
Search for her death 1862 644/10/567 Hutcheson:No.644/3/1039 Bridgeton:No.
1863 644/10/500 Hutcheson:No. 644/3/671 Bridgeton:No.
644/4/705 Calton:No. 644/5/827 Clyde:No.
Birth - City Parish,Glasgow - James Miller,sheriff officer and Margaret Cochrane,a
lawful son Thomas Young Robb,born 5Oct1850.Witnesses Thomas King and Thomas
Robb.
1851 Census living with parents.
At 18Jan1862 according to sister Janes application for relief Thomas is on
nursing roll of parish Glasgow(might be Barony)
1881 Census Might be 501/4/3 Drums Cottage,Old Kilpatrick.Married to Margaret Tait 22Nov1872 Blythswood. NO.
Three children Thomas 5,born Glasgow,Robert T. 2 and Margaret 1 last two born Old Kilpatrick
Forres OPR - 26Nov1808.This day William Miller,Private in the 74th.Regiment
of Foot and Anne Robb daughter of Alexander Robb,tailor in town were married.
74th.Regiment was the 2nd.Battalion H.L.I. Muster Rolls at PRO,Kew.
Chronicles at Royal Highland Fusiliers,518 Sauchiehall St. 330 0961
OPR Alves.4Nov1782.James Miller and Elizabeth Falconer in Cleves had a son born this day and baptized the 10th. names William.Witnesses the Rev.William Smith,minister and William Russell,elder. Might be correct William
Second husband was Charles Yeaman,a cooper who worked in the St.Rollex
Works.
OPR.Box 26.Vol.40 Page 229 Glasgow City
Yeaman.Charles Yeaman,cooper in Glasgow and Ann Robb residing there,married 26Dec1823 by Dr.James McLean,Minister of Gorbals.
Forres OPR - 18Sep1785.Anne,daughter of Alexander Rob,taylor in Forres and
Elizabeth Nicolson,his spouse,born the 13th.was baptized.Witness Ludovick
Petrie,shoemaker,Anne Gunn.
Forres OPR - 26Nov1808.This day William Miller,Private in the 74th.Regiment
of Foot and Anne Robb daughter of Alex Robb,tailor in town,were married.74th.was the 2nd.Battalion Highland Light Infantry.
OPR Alves.John Robb m. Bessie Man 31Jan1721
Tailor in Forres at least between 1785 and 1808.Might find death in Forres
records which start in 1825.
Parish Records
Birth - Alves Parish - John,lawful son of Alexander Robb and Elizabeth
Nicolson in Coltfield was born 8th.January and baptized 12th.January.
Witnesses John Brown,John Cowie and Anne Asher in Coltfield and Margaret
Nicolson,Parish of Rafford.
OPR Forres.John m. Sophia Shepherd 13Apr1789?