Individual record
First name: Donald
Surname: MacKenzie
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname:
Date of death: 25/01/80
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Age: 95
Year of death: 1880
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Gravestone inscription: Erected His daughters Ann died 24 Sep 1895 aged 69
by
Donald MacKenzie
in memory of his father
John MacKenzie, Tenant, Milton
who died in November 1835 aged 60 years
and his mother
Ann McRae
who died in September 1840 aged 66 years
and his children
Mary who died in January 1841 aged 18 months
Colin who died in November 1841 aged 9 months
John who died in May 1854 aged 12 months
also his beloved wife Isabella MacDonald
who died on March 15 1877 aged 63 years
The
above Donald MacKenzie died 25th Jan 1880
aged 95 years
Margaret died 20 June 1899 aged [??]
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Biography: Innkeeper (Crofter according to census reports). Report in the Ross-shire Journal of 9 June 1876: A Hardy Old Highlander – At the Strathcarron Market yesterday we (Inverness Advertiser) came into contact with as genuine a specimen of the hardy Highlander as we believe can be seen in any part of the north. We refer to Donald MacKenzie, Innkeeper, Applecross. The distance between Applecross and Strathcarron is 20 miles, and MacKenzie, who has seen the snows of ninety –two winters, travelled that distance without the least signs of fatigue, and he informed us that he would have no difficulty in travelling the same distance back. He was born and brought up on the estate, has seen nineteen proprietors of Applecross, four of Gairloch, and five of Raasay. He is the only man now living, we believe, who has seen and talked with William Ross, the Gairloch bard. He is still hale and hearty, and full of characteristic Highland spirit” . This Donald’s son Roderick (Ruairidh Dhòmhnaill) was the last innkeeper in Milltown before Lord Middleton removed the licence to sell alcohol when some of the crew of the estate boat ‘Passing Cloud’ got drunk when they were supposed to go to sea. Ruairidh Dhòmhnaill was also th eregistrar of births, deaths and marriages.
Reference number: 245
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