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   Malcolm MacDonald<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Circa 1786 - Rodel, Isle of Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Marriage: Spouse: Margaret Mackenzie - 1820 - Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland<br>Death: Apr 14 1873 - Obbe, Isle of Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Parents: Roderick MacDonald, Marjory MacDonald (born MacLeod)<br>Wife: Margaret MacDonald (born Mackenzie)<br>Children: Margaret Campbell (born MacDonald), Roderick MacDonald, Marjory MacRae (born MacDonald), Margaret Stewart (born MacDonald), Mary MacDonald, Duncanina Macdonald<br>Siblings: Donald MacDonald, John MacDonald<br>This person appears to have duplicated relatives. View it on FamilySearch to see the full information.<br>  Additional information: LifeSketch:Malcolm Macdonald c1786-1873 is our direct ancestor. He left Harris to work for some years in Tullochs Warehouse in Glasgow. He acquired a lease on Lingerbay where he built a thatched house around 1815. The ruins of this house can still be seen. At this time MacLeod of Dunvegan was bankrupt and reduced to borrowing money from his tenants. Malcolm foolishly loaned him £700 to pay off some of his debts. This was a gentleman's agreement with nothing in writing on the understanding that the interest on the loan would pay Malcolm's rent for the Lingerbay tack until such time as MacLeod could pay back the loan.m Lingerbay to Scarista Church every Sunday. On his way home one Sunday he met MacLeod of Strond who was assistant factor under the infamous Donald Stewart factor for MacLeod of Dunvegan. Malcolm was told that a notice had been pinned on the church door, which would be of interest to him. It informed the public that because Malcolm was in arrears of rent all his stock and equipment for Lingerbay was being sold off by public roup. At the subsequent sale a ewe with her lamb was sold for two shillings and sixpence. garments, which they sold locally. On his way back from paying his arrears at Borve where Donald Stewart lived Malcolm passed Obbe where an old mill stood. He admired the setting so much that he determined to build a house there some day. This he did and in 1831 Obbe Inn a long thatched house was built. It is told that a bottle of whisky made on Pabbay sold for a shilling. The Inn stood by the roadside where "Tigh na Linnhe" now stands the stones from its ruins being used when building the new house in 1910. Glasgow crossing the Minch in an open fishing smack owned by Mor Thearlach's father with blankets for sail. From Kyle he set off on foot spending the night in various small cottages en route. Malcolm is living in Obbe in the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 Census Returns for Harris Reg. No. 111. 1525Harris Johanna CampbellServant18HarrisservantPortree, SkyervantUnmar.23LabourerHarrisears.

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• Sterbedatum 14. April 1873

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