OPR - 6Jan1788.Margaret Fraser.Father Donald Fraser,mailer in Halfdavoch.
Mother Margaret McKenzie.
A mailer is a tenant farmer.
1791.Father tenant in Halfdavoch
OPR - Donald Fraser.Born 09Jan1823.Bapt.15Jan1823.Father James Fraser,tenant
Halfdavoch.Mother Helen Fraser.Baptism administered by dissenting clergy.
1861 Census - Living at Crosshill farm with wife Christina and children
Ann,Helen,Christina,Janet and Alexander and three servants.Farm 40 acres and
two rooms.
1881 Census Crosshill 20 acres.two servants.Living with wife children Alex,Helen,Christina and Jessie.Also grand-daughter Ann Dawson age 1 month born Avoch.
Will:Fraser,Donald sometime Farmer,Crosshill,Parish of Avoch,thereafter
residing in Union Street,Fortrose,died 7 January 1903,at Fortrose,testate.
Confirmation granted at Dingwall,28 March,to James Falconer Thomson,Farmer,
Castleton,Avoch,and Alexander Junor,Farmer,Bay Cottage there,Executors
nominated in Will or Deed,dated 20 June 1902,and recorded in Court Books of
Commissariot of Ross and Cromarty,26 March 1903.Value of Estate #682,15s 7d.
SRO:SC25/44/22 Pages 427-431.
Gave birth to an illegitimate daughter Ann 31Aug1881 at Crosshill Farm,Avoch.
No will.
Death NRH 1865 059/5 Do not have certificate.
1841 Census 59/1/15 Milltown.David living with his brothers Alexander,Donald,Simon and John,all unmarried.David was a farmer.
1851 Census 59/6/6 Milltown of Rosehaugh,Avoch.David,unmarried,miller and farmer of 16 acres land.Living with brothers Donald,Simon and John all unmarried with no occupation given so probably millers and farmers.Also in the house five servants one of whom Catherine Young age 32,unmarried,born Inverness-shire David married in 1853.
1861 Census Miltown of Rosehaugh and Pitfour not found.
1871 Census Pitfour had reappeared but did not seem to be a farm.I think Pitfour was now a hamlet of three houses.Three families lived there,headed by a cattleman,a shepherd and a domestic servant.
In the middle of the 19th.century the owners of the Avoch estates did a lot of improvements.Small farms disappeared,they were either joined onto larger farms or several small farms were joined together to make a larger farm.With the innovations in agriculture a larger farm was more productive and more profitable.Sometime between 1851 and 1861 Miltown of Rosehaugh was probably demolished and the families living there had to leave.The ground that Miltown stood on was probably incorporated into the grounds of Rosehaugh House.Pitfour farm was probably added to Easter Suddie.
It would appear that David Young opened a grocers shop in Fortrose.His brother Simon by 1854 had opened a shop in Cromarty and the emigrated to Canada in 1871.
According to Fowler Young,a Donald Young went to Montreal and two other brothers ended up in New York.They might have been John and also Donald.I think all the sons born to Robert Young and Janet Leitch would have been to old by 1871 to emigrate.What became of William,Robert,James,Hector and Alexander?None of them are in Scotland in the 1881 Census.By 1881 they may all have been dead.
Occupation:Grocer.Wife Catherine.
Will SRO. SC.25/44/7 Pages 515-7.
David Young did not leave a will.An inventory of his estate was recorded at
Tain on the 21May1862 and signed by his widow Catherine Young.At Fortrose on
the 7May1862 before a Justice of the Peace,Catherine Young was sworn and
examined and inherited her husbands estate.Total value £1610.15s.8d.
Summary of Inventory:
Household effects #36.
Fortrose Branch of City of Glasgow Bank #55.
Debts due to deceased- Simon Young,Merchant,Cromarty #250.
Colin MacKintosh,Banker,Fortrose #140.
Robert Munro and others #13.
Rent of shop due by John Squair #3.
Income Tax rebate #3.
Shares in Inverness and Aberdeen Railway Co. #700.
Shares in Caledonian Banking Co. #387.
His name appears on two gravestones in Avoch churchyard:
Gravestone 1.David Young,Milton of Rosehaugh and his wife Catherine.
Gravestone 2.David Young,late farmer at Mill of Milton and his parents.
1851 Census house servant to David Young who she married in 1853.
1881 Census High Street,Fortrose. 080/1/15 Widow.Living with son David who was a bankers clerk.
Not found Scotland 1881 Census
1881 Census living with mother.Bankers clerk.
!Not found Scotland 1881 Census
Occupation - Dock watchman.
Address on M/C - 789 Dumbarton Road,Glasgow.Occupation - Cattle stunner.
Occupation:1871 Census-Ploughman to father at Poyntzfield.
At marriage - Railway fitter which he was for the remainder of his working
life.
1891 Census - Living at 14 Glebe Street,Inverness with his wife and five
children.He was an engine fitter and could speak Gaelic and English.His house
had two rooms with one or more windows.
1901 Census 98/20/059 needs checked.Living with wife and four children.9 Anderson St,Inverness?
!1906-Living at 8 Manse Place,Inverness.Married with at least one son
Hugh who was an engineer.
Tomnaheuricht Cemetery,Inverness.
There is a gravestone between lairs 228 and 229.In lair 229 are George,his
wife and his daughter Jane.In lair 228 are his wifes parents and two of the
latters children,Ann and Thomas.
Will:Munro,George Innes Gunn,Engine Fitter,32 Madras Street,Inverness,died
27April1919,at Inverness,intestate.Confirmation granted at Inverness,9th.Dec.
to Hugh Munro,Fitter,25 Telford Street,Inverness,his son,Executor dative qua
next of kin. Value of Estate £117.12s.8d.
Inverness Courier Tuesday 29Apr1919.
Died at 32 Madras Street,Inverness on the 27th.inst.,George Munro,fitter,H.R.
eldest son of the late Hugh Munro,farm manager,Poyntzfield.Funeral tomorrow
Wednesday 30th.inst. to Tomnahurich Cemetery.All friends respectfully invited.
Address at marriage - 32 Madras Street,Inverness.
Gaelic and English.
1891 Census-Scholar living with her parents at 14 Glebe Street,Inverness.
1901 Census not with parents.
Inverness Courier Tuesday 26May1959.
Munro.At 32 Madras Street,Inverness on the 23May1959,Jane Ann Munro,second
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Munro.Funeral service today Tuesday at 12.45 PM. at Messrs.Chisholms,10 George Street,Inverness.Thereafter funeral private.
Death registered by her nephew Andrew Russell,3 Pumpgate St,Inverness
Donald was a private in the 5th.Battalion,Seaforth Highlanders.He enlisted
in Inverness,his number was S/11411.Wimereux was an army hospital.Cause of
death gassed and bronchitis.He is mentioned on his parents gravestone in
Tomnahurich Cemetery,Inverness.
1891 Census- Scholar living with his parents at 14 Glebe Street,Inverness.
Inverness Courier Tuesday 3Sept1918.
1901 Census with parents.Scholar.
Died at Australian General Hospital,Wimereux,France on the 28Aug1918 from the
effects of gas poisoning,Pte. Donald(Donnie) Munro,Seaforth Highlanders,
second son of Geo.Munro H.R.,32 Madras Street,Inverness.
H.R. means Highland Railway.
Private in the 1st/5th.Batt.,Seaforth Highlanders.Service No.S/11411.Died 28/8/1918.Age 32.Buried Terlincthun British Cemetery,Wimille,France.Plot 2.Row E.Grave 47.
1891 Census-Living with parents at 14 Glebe Street,Inverness.
1901 Census with parents.Scholar.
1881 Census:Farmer with 12 acres near Skelbo Lodge,Dornoch.Living with wife
and six children.
OPR Dornoch:24Oct1815.Thomas lawful son to John Mackay and Cristian
Benderman,Achavandrewmuir was baptized.
1851 Census:Living with parents at Skelbomuir.
Death not found in Inverness Courier or North Star(very few intimations)
1861 Census:Living at Skelbomuir with wife Helen and son John.He was a farmer
with ten acres.House had two rooms with at least one window.
1891 Census:Living at Achvandra with wife and four of his children.A
grand-daughter Ellin was also in the house.He was a crofter.His house had four rooms.They could all speak Gaelic and English except the grand-daughter.
1901 Census Achavandra.Crofter.Living with wife Helen,his children Helen and Thomas and a 5 year old Annie Mackay born Edinburgh,Midlothian.Might be a grand-daughter.All had gaelic and english.
On his son Donalds D/C Thomas is described as a landholder.
Will.MacKay,Thomas,Crofter,Achavandra Muir,Dornoch,died 11Feb1903,at Achvandra Muir aforesaid,intestate.Inventory given up at Dornoch,2Aug,by Helen MCKenzie or MacKay,Achavandra Muir aforesaid.Executrix dative qua relict.Value of Estate, £29..
Inverness Courier:Death not found.
1881 Census:Occupation-agricultural labourer.Living with parents near
Skelbo Lodge.
1881 Census:Living with parents near Skelbo Lodge.Agricultural labourer.
Buried with parents in Dornoch Golf Road Burial Ground.
1891 Census:As above.
Did not marry.Described on D/C as landholder.
Name on parents gravestone.Interned Edinburgh.
From D/C - Domestic servant.Usual address 51 Longstone Street,Slateford,
Edinburgh.Her nephew Thomas D. Mackay registered her death.
1891 Census:Living with parents at Achvandra.Spoke Gaelic and English.
1901 Census living with parents.Labourer on fathers croft.Spoke gaelic and english.
Occupation:Engineer.There is a gravestone in Tomnnahurich Cemetery.
Address at marriage - 1a Queensgate Street,Inverness.
1891 Census-Scholar living with his parents at 14 Glebe Street,Inverness.
1901 Census with parents.Apprentice fitter.Engine works.
1916 - Fitter.On D/C - Shipping engineer.
Inverness Courier 29Feb1916
Munro/Robertson.At the Queens Gate Hotel,Inverness on Friday the 25th.last by
the Rev.Donald McLeod B.D.,Hugh,eldest son of George I.G. Munro,H.R.,to
Jeanie,second daughter of the late George Dalziel Robertson and Mrs. Robertson 21 Lower Kessock Street,Inverness(late of Glasgow).
Death not in Inverness Courier
Occupation at marriage - Weaver.Address at marriage - 21 Low Kessock St.
Inverness.
Occupation - Merchants porter.