Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Roderick

Surname: Murchison

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname: Ruairidh Mòr

Date of death: 02/01/82

Place of death: Inverness

Age: 94

Year of death: 1982

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Gravestone inscription:

In
Loving Memory Of
Captain
Roderick Murchison
Who Died At Inverness
On 2nd January 1982
Aged 94 Years
And His Wife
Dolina Murchison
Who Died At Inverness
On 8th May 1983
Aged 90 Years

Home address:

Township: Toscaig

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Biography:

Deep sea captain. He and his wife were first cousins – she was a daughter of the ‘Ceannaiche’ in Camusterrach. He was a keen angler, and helped to put trout on a lot of the lochs in the hills above Camusterrach. When he was with the Bank Line, he had a lot of Applecross men in his crew.

Reference number: 66

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Graveyard section: 1

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