Murdo MacRae

GEDCOM Note

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

: Name: Murdo /MacRae/ b. 1855The suffix b. 1855 is non-traditional and may be too long for the WikiTree suffix.

Note ===: Note: Murdo MacRae (b. 1855) came from 33 Back. He was the third of eight children ofDonald MacRae (b. November 28, 1825) and Kirsty MacIver (b. 1829). After marrying Mary Beaton (b. 1856) of 40 Vatisker, they moved there. The couple had one child. Mary Beaton was the sister of Norman Beaton who married Murdos sister, Ann MacRae. Interestingly, this kind of double marriage occurred again with another two of Anns siblings, when Mary and Donald MacRae married Murdo and Isabella MacLeod. Along with five other men, Murdo MacRae drowned returningfrom long-line fishing off the coast of Ness in March, 1885. The newboat in which he was a crew member was swept under by heavy swell opposite Garry Point.

Sources

• WikiTree profile MacRae-67 created through the import of macrae.ged on Aug 24, 2011 by Donald Macrae. See the Changespage for the details of edits by Donald and others.

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