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Evelyn
did you manage to contact the school that your mother may have attended??

Thanks Viv, I will make a list of questions to ask, it will be a very long one.
I feel sad on behalf of all you good people that tried so hard to help me, it must be disappointing to be beaten when you work so hard at something.
Honest I do believe in the gooseberry bush story.
Kind Regards
Evelyn

And trust me on this,mum will be waiting for you .
viv

OK Evelyn
I think you should wait until you see mum,then she will tell you all you want to know.
Hopefully it will be many years.
I am working out the questions that I wish to ask a few people when I get there.
viv

Thanks Carol,
I will try hard to be cheerful but its hard as I am now 76 and feel that time is running out for me

Do you think I should give up on this one and assume that the Gooseberry story is true after all. I feel sad not to have found what I was looking for. All the help that you have given me is much appreciated
Evelyn

nudge

nudge

Thank you for all your efforts Victoria they are much appreciated, honest I did have a mother
Kind regards
Evelyn

Book
The Nicolson Institute, Stornoway: a Record of the School 1873-1924 ASIN: B001OQ8EOS

About the school
http://www.stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk/features/nicolson/

Nicolson Institute
Springfield Rd
Stornoway, HS1 2PZ
01851 702275‎

Dear Vicci,

Thank you for your enquiry.

From the information that you gave me, I can tell you that the R27 series of records largely concentrates on the 1950s and ‘60s.

In the CRC series there are no pupil attendance records from Stornoway.

I have searched for the birth record of Diane Leslie MacLeod on the website

www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk

but to no avail.

You may wish to try for yourself.

I have two more website addresses that you may find useful;

www.ceuig.com and www.stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk

and for the Seaforth Highlanders, an email for enquiries, [email protected]

The largest school on Stornoway is the Nicolson Institute, and they may have their own records of past pupils.

We do not have access to the 1911 census.

Regards,

Peter Mennie
Assistant Archivist
Highland Council Archives
Inverness Library
Farraline Park
Inverness IV1 1NH
Tel (01463) 220330 Fax (01463) 711128

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have posted this in relation to trying to find 1911 Scotland census / electoral roll data

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1137442


I know that the 1911 Scotland census is not available but does anyone know if it is possible to get any info from it or if there are electoral rolls from that time that are accessible?

Oh dear I have a headache and feel so confused, was my mother ever born?. You are all so kind to me and I am not much use I am so sorry

well hugh and jessie have a katie in the household.
but certainly not an aunt i would have thought

1901 Scotland Census
about Hugh MacLeod
Name: Hugh MacLeod
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Jessie
Gender: Male
Where born: Tarbat, Rossshire
Registration Number: 64
Registration district: Fearn
Civil Parish: Fearn
County: Ross and Cromarty
Address: 4 Cadboll Mount St
Occupation: Ploughman
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 24
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1901_17
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh MacLeod 27
Jessie MacLeod 26
Katie MacLeod 4

well the only other ishbel macleod i can find was born about the right time is 1912 to this couple I supect.
But we remain in tarbat area

6 1900 MACLEOD HUGH ROSS JESSIE TARBAT /ROSS AND CROMARTY 083/00 0002 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER

1 1912 MACLEOD ISHBEL ROSS F DINGWALL /ROSS AND CROMARTY 062/00 0030 No Image ORDER

and I would have thought been of the same family somehow.

Hello Victoria We are only surmising that these are the correct people, because they have Kate Donald and Ishbel, we couldnt find those three names as Macleods anywhere else. I dont recall mum ever saying her uncle was a vicar but do remember her saying that all they were allowed to read on sundays was the bible and they always had to attend church, I just wish we could find where she attended school.

mail from Rev MacLeod;

It doesn't really tell us much and in fact throws up more questions.

For instance, Donald and Kate:- you say that your mother mentioned Kate and cousins Donald and Ishbel but did she ever mention the MInister Donald and the link to Tarbat? Are you sure this is the right family or are we looking at them as the census has Kate and children Donald and Ishbel in?

Good Morning Victoria, Thank you for your help.
I have emailed Rev. John Macleod but have had no reply so I am glad to know you have managed to make contact with him, who knows he might even be one of the family. I dont know how you manage to sort all these problems out, all you girls are so clever and I admire you all so much.I still wonder if a Macleod married a Macleod, just wish I knew my grandmothers name, that could be key to solving this mystery.
My mother married as Diane Leslie Macleod to my father Herbert Roy in 1929, hopfully she used her real name, maybe not and that causes the mystery, I am quite confused now.

HI

I've managed to get through to the Reverend John MacLeod, I'm not sure that he's going to be much help but you never know. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
I've also emailed the Tarbat Discovery centre and the Highland Archives to see if they might have anything.

The birth of the Margaret Ann illegitimate daughter of Isabella, the record gives no further info other than she was born at tarbat and Isabella was a domestice servant.

Robert MacLeod births
1) 1872 son of Donald and Isabella parish of Lochs, Donald was a fisherman living in Lochs 1881 (surname spelling McLeod), census says Donald was a shoemaker.
Marriage of Donald and Isabella 1866 Lochs,
Donald parents Donald and Anne nee McDonnall
Isabella parents Murdo McLeod (!!) and Anne nee Morrison

2) 1874 son of Margaret MacLeod parish of Stornoway, illegitimate
I believe that Margaret married John Beaton and is with him in 1881 shows Robert as step-son in Stornoway

Parents of Murdo Macleod believe are John and Catharine
siblings Gormillia b.1821, Peggy (Margaret) b. 1829, Donald b. 1835
1841 living in Lochs.