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Courtesy of:Roddie Macpherson
Year:2014
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Macdonald


Erected by his family/in memory of/their beloved father/HARRY MACDONALD/who died at Viewfield/near Portree/6th April 1875/aged 74 years/also of his sons/NORMAN CAMPBELL/who died 30th September 1844/aged 3 years/DAVID FRASER/who died 8th May 1854/aged 3 years/and also of their beloved mother/JOHANNA CAMPBELL MacLEOD/who died at Bridge of Allan/24th June 1885/aged 65 years.



Picture Added on 23 August 2014.


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Harry MacDonald
Born about 1799 (according to age on headstone) or 1803–1807 (according to census records), Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland.

Added by Gordon J Callon on 13 June 2016.
Johanna Campbell MacLeod MacDonald

Born 1818–1821, Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Probate: "Probate: "MacDonald, Johanna Campbell MacLeod or. 30 November [1885].—Confirmation of Johanna Campbell MacLeod or MacDonald, Viewfield, near Portree, Isle of Skye, County of Inverness, widow of Harry MacDonald, Solicitor and Bank Agent, Portree aforesaid, who died 24 June 1885, at Balmoral Cottage, Bridge of Allen, intestate, granted at Inverness, to Alexander MacDonald, Solicitor and Bank Agent, Portree aforesaid, her son, Executor dative qua next of kin. Value of Estate, £113, 4s, 9d." [Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.]

Added by Gordon J Callon on 13 June 2016.
The 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871 Scotland Censuses list the family of Harry MacDonald, living in the Parish of Portree, as:

1841, in the Village Of Portree: Harry Mcdonald 35 (b. c. 1806, England), Writer; Johanna Mcdonald, 20 (b. c. 1821, Inverness-shire, Scotland); Alexr Mcdonald, 1 (b. c. 1840, Inverness-shire, Scotland);

1851, at 1 Church Street, Portree: Harry Mcdonald 44 (b. c. 1807, Dingwall, Ross-shire), Bank Agent and Solicitor, 12 Acres; Joanna Mcdonald 33 (b. c. 1818, North Uist, Inverness-shire), Banker's Wife; Alexander Mcdonald 10 (b. c. 1841, Portree), Scholar; Alexandreina Mcdonald 7 (b. c. 1844, Portree), Scholar at Home; Harry Mcdonald 5 (b. c. 1846, Portree), Scholar at Home; Margaret Ann Mcdonald 4 (b. c. 1847, Portree), Scholar at Home; John Mcdonald 1 (b. c. 1850, Portree);

1861: Harry Macdonald 56 (b. c. 1805, Dingwall, Ross-shire), Banker, Factory Land, and Solicitor, Agent; Johanna Macdonald 43 (b. c. 1818, S Uist); Alexander Macdonald 21 (b. c. 1840, Portree), Banker Son; John Macdonald 12 (b. c. 1849, Portree), Banker [Son], Scholar; Thomas Macdonald 7 (b. c. 1854, Portree), Banker [Son], Scholar; [Margaret Ann] Macdonald 6 (b. c. 1855, Portree); Mary Macdonald 3 (b. c. 1858, Portree); Johnanna Macdonald 2 (b. c. 1859, Portree); [George] Macdonald 7 Mo (b. c. 1860, Portree);

1871: Harry Macdonald, 68 (b. c. 1803, Dingwall, Ross-shire), Solicitor and Bank Agent; Johannah Macdonald, 53 (b. c. 1818, Uist), Bank Agent's Wife; Alexanderina Macdonald, 37 (b. c. 1834, Portree), Bank Agent's Daughter; Margaret Ann Macdonald, 25 (b. c. 1846, Portree), Bank Agent's Daughter; Mary Ann Macdonald, 16 (b. c. 1855, Portree), Bank Agent's Daughter; Mary Macdonald, 13 (b. c. 1858, Portree), Bank Agent's Daughter; George Macdonald, 10 (b. c. 1861, Portree), Bank Agent's Son, Scholar.

Added by Gordon J Callon on 13 June 2016.

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