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 Erected By Jessie Stewart MacRae
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
Died 6th November 1989
Aged 87 Years
Home address: Toscaig
Township: Toscaig
Originally from:
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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