Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: John

Surname: MacKenzie

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname: Seonaidh MacCoinnich

Date of death: 19/07/71

Place of death: Toscaig

Age: 78

Year of death: 1971

Date of burial:

Date of funeral: July 22, 1971

Gravestone inscription:

In
Affectionate Remembrance
Of
My Dear Husband
John MacKenzie
Died At Caberfeidh, Toscaig
19th July 1971
Also Our Son
William
Died In Infancy At Cruary
9th November 1940

Erected By

Jessie Stewart MacRae
Died 6th November 1989
Aged 87 Years

Home address: Toscaig

Township: Toscaig

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Date of birth:

Biography:

Applecross Estate joiner. He came to live in Cruary, possibly in the late 1930s, to the house which was a tied house for the joiner’s job. He was for many years an elder in the Church of Scotland, and was also a precentor. His brother Duncan (Gog-Gog) was the bàrd. Another brother was Ali MacCoinnich, and a sister was Mrs Hardie, who ran the Temperance Hotel with her husband.

Reference number: 46

Interment number: 412

Graveyard section: 1

Lair number: 76

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