29280: Mulhaggery, Lewis
In 1820 there were four households listed in the township of Mulhaggery:
Duncan Mackay – his daughter Ann married at 10 Arivruach
John Macinnes – no further trace
John Matheson – emigrated to St Anns in Cape Breton in 1826
John Mackay – no further trace
After the clearance in 1826, the township became the home of shepherds in the area:
Robert Fairbairn (1817) from Roxburgh, wife unknown and four children Angus (1844); Alexander (1846); Mary (1848) and Robert (1851)
Norman Macdonald (1830) and his wife Isabella Thomson (1833) had a family of eleven children: Catherine (1851); Duncan (1853); Norman (1854); Mary Ann (1856); John (1860); Donald (1862); Marion (1865); Murdo John (1867); Isabella (1874); Norman (1876) who died in infancy and Norman (1878)
In the 1880s, the family moved to the Castle Grounds, Stornoway.
Angus Macleod and his family eventually moved to Stornoway.
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- Record Type:
- Location
- Type Of Location:
- Clachan
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP