McBEATH, MATHESON, MACKAY, PAUL, FORBES

My McBEATH line start in Kildonan and ends up mainly in Dornoch, from the early 1800's. Other names include MATHESON from Clashnagrave, Dornoch. This line has Alexander who was married to Marion Murray.

The MACKAY's also came from Dornoch, George Mackay and Elizabeth Sutherland are as far back as I have so far for this family.

Other family names include the PAUL's from Golspie and the FORBES family from Dornoch. You can check out all the names on my web-site

http://uk.geocities .com/mcbtree/ index.htm

Carole McBeath
Glasgow, Scotland

ROSS, MACKAY, CLARKE & others

I am researching the ROSS family from Lairg, mainly, however, once a family starts being researched it enlarges and many other names come along too.

Jenelle's POLSON family is one that has come along into my family albeit on my Dad's side rather than my Mum's that has the ROSS family.

Some of the families on my Mum's side:
ROSS, Donald - Lairg, Sutherland
MacKAY, Janet - Lairg, Sutherland
CLARKE, John and Nicholas maiden surname Carruthers - Rosehall, Sutherland
ARMSTRONG, Joseph Gordon - Creich, Sutherland
DINGWALL, Kennethina, parents Niel and Merran maiden surname MacLeod - Durness, Sutherland
MacKAY, Alexander -
FRASER, Margaret, parents Charles and Jessie maiden surname ROSS - Scotland
MacDONALD, Annie, parents Murdoch and Henrietta maiden surname MATHERSON - Lairg, Sutherland

then on my Dad's side:
POLSON, Angus Sutherland - Marrel, Sutherland
MURRAY, Elspeth - Rogart, Sutherland

Jeni Simpson Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand

MATHESON, MACLEOD, McASKILL, MACKENZIE in Assynt

I am researching JOHN MACLEOD s/o John Macleod and Janet Macleod born 1795 Assynt married to MARGARET BANNERMAN (photo on left) born 1798 Loth and their family from Balchladich Stoer - my 4x great grandparents
their children -
WILLIAM MACLEOD - born 1819 brought up by his uncle Rev Alex Macleod. Went on to become Doctor - Royal Navy surgeon,
and eventually inspector general of hospitals and fleets.
JONATHAN MACLEOD - born 1823 never married died 1885 Balchladich
DOLINA MACLEOD - my 3x g grandmother born 1826 married 1846 her cousin William Matheson, s/o William Matheson and Anne Macleod Dolina died 1866.
MARGARET MACLEOD - born 1828 never married died 1872
JANET/JESSIE MACLEOD - born 1831 married 1. 1853 Norman Macleod s/o Murdoch and Christina and married 2. William Kerr . Jessie died 1870
ALEXANDER MACLEOD - born 1834 no info on him. Its thought he went to the US
ANN MACLEOD - born 1837 married 1873 to Alexander Macleod s/o Donald Macleod and Margaret Macrae. Ann died 1890 Balchladich.
JOHN MACLEOD - born 1842 went to NZ died 1919 in Christchurch NZ.
WILLIAM MACLEOD - born 1844 married 1865 Mary Macleod in Glasgow. No other info known


WILLIAM MATHESON born 1792 and ANNE MACLEOD born 1799 married 1818 Balchladich Stoer my 3x great grandparents
their children -
WILLIAM MATHESON born 1819 married his cousin Dolina Macleod 1846
ALEXANDER MATHESON born 1821 nothing known about him
BARBARA MATHESON born 1825 married hector Mackenzie 1851
JANET/JESSIE MATHESON born 1827 never married
ANNE MATHESON born 1830 married Donald Macaskill
HENRIETTA (HENNY) MATHESON born 1835 married Duncan Macleod 1857
CATHERINE MATHESON born 1857 born 1836 never married my 2x great grandmother
GEORGE MATHESON born 1840 married Isabella Matheson and Sarah Mackenzie
ISABELLA MATHESON born 1844 married George Matheson

WILLIAM MATHESON AND DOLINA MACLEOD married 1846 my 3x great grandparents
their children -
DONALD MATHESON born 1847
JOHN MATHESON born 1849
MARGARET MATHESON born 1851
GEORGE MATHESON born 1853
WILLIAM MATHESON born 1855 died 1859
BARBARA MATHESON my 2x great grandmother born 1858 married William Morrison
JANET MATHESON born 1861
WILLIAM MATHESON born 1863 died 1866
ANNIE MATHESON born 1866 died 1866

GEORGE MUNRO born 1876 Clashmore Stoer s/o Barbara Matheson (above) and George Munro AND CATHERINE MATHESON/CAMPBELL born 1869 Balchladich d/o Catherine Matheson and Angus Campbell - George Munro and Catherine Matheson/Campbell are my great grandparents, They married in the Stoer free church in 1893.
They had 7 children all born in Clashmore Stoer before they moved to Nedd. It is believed the family stayed in Nedd until after the war ended before they moved to Lochside house Lochmore. The last of the family emigrated to NZ in 1925, following after several of their children. Their first son William emigrated to NZ in 1913 followed a year later by his brother.

Thanks
Sandy Perry
Brisbane Queensland
AUSTRALIA

SUTHERLAND, MACKAY, MACBEATH

My name is Iain Sutherland in Yorkshire, England, brother of Mona Black in Queensland, Australia. I try and find the dead folk while Mona works out who taught them so well!

Our Mum, Margaret Robertson, was a side School Teacher at West Langwell School near Rogart in the 1930s. Photo on the left shows Margaret as a ten year old. John MacDonald's excellent book on Rogart has mention of our Robertsons and Macbeaths from Rogart. An article our Mum wrote a long time ago has been posted on the List "The Job Was Mine for Forty Pounds a Year" - would aTeacher work for that now?

Many people in Clyne in particular owe an unacknowledged debt to Mona, who about 17 years ago, asked Jackie Maclennan, then the Registrar, to look into our Family history. The work which he did was later given out by the late Willie Gunn and I have seen two exact copies on my visits to Brora. I was even refused sight of one because "Willie gave me it"! I must admit I find this hilarious particularly as the same gentleman gladly took the information I freely gave him and has since given talks based on both.

Our family begins with John Sutherland marrying Henrietta Mackay of Rogart around 1800. Henrietta's parents were John Mackay and Merron Matheson who I cannot trace in 1805. It appears that John and Henrietta were at Ladies Loch, Clyne, on a croft to be occupied by descendants till the 1930s. John's son married Jessie Bannerman from the croft next door and in turn their son John married Margaret MacBeath of Rogart. Son Donald did as his forefathers had and married a Rogart lass, our Mum.

James MacBeath, "soldier 2nd S.F.R.", married Ann MacBeath of Reisk, Kildonan, in March 1798. They were cleared from Reisk in 1813. The next mention I have of James is his death around 1830. His son Neil was at the Doll, Clyne, with his Mother in 1841. He married Margaret Ross. Both are buried in Clyne Kirkton.

One of their sons, James or Jamus, in John's book married twice - once to Christina Sutherland then as a widower to Margaret Sutherland who's Mother was Christina Grant of Achnaggarin, Rogart.

The Reid family were at Crakaig, Loth from before 1830 till the 1930s. Williamina Reid nee Gunn married to Gordon Reid was the daughter of William Gunn and Janet Gilchrist. Williamina died in 1869 aged 100. In 1841 William Reid married Catherine Swanson of Kilmote, Loth and their son Donald was our Mum's Grandfather. Another child, Catherine, married another James MacBeath and through this union we are related to both MacBeath lines in the Doll.

Kenneth Robertson, born in Kiltarlity, was a coach driver for the Duke of Sutherland's Factor and lived for a time in Golspie. He was in Rogart having seen war service but with a bad leg in 1917 and is in the photo on Christine's Site. Kenneth's wife Minnie was born near Croy. She died in Rogart and both are buried in Rogart Cemetary.

Iain Sutherland

Yorkshire, England

MACLEOD, MATHESON, FRASER in Assynt

I would love to find out more about my ggggrandfather, Angus Macleod (c1810) and his family...... His wife was Christy Macleod (c1813) and children were:
James,1839
Catherine ,1841,
Roderick,1843,
John,1845,
HECTOR,1848, (my gggrandpa)
Alexa, 1855
JOHAN, 1857 (who had a son, John Ross, born 1865).

Also, any Mathesons - Merran? 1824, and her husband, Donald Fraser 1820? and their family.
and Mackenzies, from near Lochinver, Assynt

The photograph shows Hector Macleod, Clachtoll, Assynt, my great, great grandpa. Photo was taken around 1923 and shows my great step aunt, Flossie McPhail (Mackenzie), her little sister, Ishbar and older sister, Hughina. Isn't this a treasure??
Betty Sheather, Australia

MURRAY, Clyne & MACKAY, Rogart

My main research interests are in Clyne and Rogart.
Researching in Clyne.
Andrew MURRAY b.c. 1770/Christy BRUCE b.c. 1770 had three children:-
William MURRAY b.c. 1795 married Catherine MACLEOD b.c. 1790
James MURRAY b.c. 1797 married Ann GUNN b. 1798
Benjamin Williamson MURRAY b. 1804 married Helen ANDERSON b. 1805
Grant MURRAY b. 1824 son of William and Catherine married Jane Murray b. 1826 daughter of James and Ann [cousins]. They were my G G Grandparents.
Researching in Rogart, Inchcape.
Neil MACKAY b.c. 1762/Christina MATHESON had a son
Alexander MACKAY b.c. 1795 married Ann SUTHERLAND b.c. 1791 and their son
Neil MACKAY b. 1819 married Margaret SUTHERLAND b. 1818 and their son
Alexander MACKAY b. 1846 married Jane MURRAY b. 1834
They were my G Grandparents.
I have got lots of information to share.

Isabella McGregor
Fife, Scotland