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Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Notes on the family of Neill MacPherson, Benbecula, 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/49
Scope and Contents

Notes collected from Neill Macpherson, pauper, aged 95, Lianacleit, Benbecula [Lionacleit/Liniclate, Beinn na Faoghla] about his family, stating that he has 9 daughters, 51 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren and 'if he lives five years more he may see his great great grand children'. He also states that there had been 6 people over 90 on Benbecula in December [1876] and that 3 of these people have since died.

Dates: 1877