Andrew Munro [2503]
(Bef 1775-Bef 1841)
Margaret Mackay [2504]
(Abt 1772-Between 1844/1851)
John Mackay [3749]
(Bef 1800-Bef 1851)
Amelia Munro [3750]
(Abt 1798-Bef 1855)
Hectorina Mackay [2667]
(1825-1912)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Robert Mackay [2666]

Hectorina Mackay [2667]

  • Born: 12 May 1825, Modsary, Tongue, SUT 1 3
  • Marriage: Robert Mackay [2666] on 15 Dec 1848 in Modsary, Tongue, SUT 1 2
  • Died: 26 Jul 1912, Tubeg Skerray, Tongue, SUT 4

bullet   Another name for Hectorina was Hakkie Mackay.5

bullet  Events

• 6 Jun 1841 census: age 13 "Hectorina Munro", farm servant to Margaret Mackay at Strathan Skerray, Tongue, SUT. 6

• 30 Mar 1851 census: age 26, daughter-in-law of Angus Mackay (husband absent) at Skerray Mains, Tongue, SUT. 7

• 7 Apr 1861 census: age 36, pauper widow, head of household at Modsary, Tongue, SUT. 8

• 2 Apr 1871 census: age 44, niece of Johan Swanson at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 9 Hectorina Mackay was enumerated twice in the 1871 census!
(1) at Sangomore, with her daughter Marion.
(2) at home in Tongue, with her daughter Robertina.

• 2 Apr 1871 census: age 41, widow pauper, head of household at Torroy Skerray, Tongue, SUT. 10 Hectorina Mackay was enumerated twice in the 1871 census!
(1) at Sangomore, with her daughter Marion.
(2) at home in Tongue, with her daughter Robertina.

• 3 Apr 1881 census: age 54, widow, head of household at Modsary, Tongue, SUT. 11

• 5 Apr 1891 census: age 65, head of household at Tubeg Skerray, Tongue, SUT. 5

• 31 Mar 1901 census: age 76, pauper widow living alone at Tubeg Skerray, Tongue, SUT. 12


Hectorina married Robert Mackay [2666], son of Angus Mackay [6282] and Marion Mackay [6284], on 15 Dec 1848 in Modsary, Tongue, SUT.1 2 (Robert Mackay [2666] was born in 1822 in Scrabster Ribigill, Tongue, SUT,1 13 died on 30 Sep 1855 in Skerray, Tongue, SUT and was buried in Torrisdale Skerray, Tongue.)


Sources


1 Tongue Births 1855 056/45 image (Robertina Mackay, Skerray).
ROBERTINA MACKAY, female, 25 August 1855 at Skerray. Father Robert Mackay fisherman, 36 years resident in Scrabster [Tongue]. Mother Hectorina Mackay ms Mackay, 32 years resident at Modsary. Informant Robert Mackay, father. married 1848 at Modsary. 1 boy, 2 girls living. This is the mother's 3rd child. [I have assumed he was 36, she was 32]

2 LDS Batch M110564 Tongue 1819-1854.

3 LDS Batch C110562 Tongue 1789-1854.

4 Tongue Deaths 1912 056/21 (Hectorina Mackay).
HECTORINA MACKAY 86, widow of Donald Mackay labourer
[should be "widow of Robert Mackay"]
ded 26 July 1912 at Tubeg Tongue
John Mackay crofter deceased
Emily Mackay ms Munro deceased
senile decay not certified
informant John Milne neighbour, Schoolhouse Skerray.

5 1891 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 4, schedule no. 18, widow Hakkie Mackay (Tubeg Skerray);
Hakkie Mackay 65 W annuitant, Tongue
Robena Mackay 35 daughter, servant, Tongue
Donald Mackay 14 grandson, Castletown Caithness
Robert Mackay 9 grandson, Tongue

6 1841 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue - Strathmore Skerray, enumeration district (ED) 3, page 3, household of Margaret Mackay;
Margret McKay 24 tailor's wife
Janet McKay 6
Robena McKay 4
William McKay 2
Barbra McKay 5 months,
Hectorina Munro 13
(all born Sutherland)

7 1851 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 12, page 14, schedule no. 23, Angus Mackay, crofter (Skerray Mains);
Angus Mackay 62 W farmer of 3 acres, Tongue
Christy Mackay 22 U daughter, servant, Tongue
Isabella Mackay 18U daughter, servant, Tongue
Hectorina Mackay 26 M daughter-in-law, Tongue (husband Robert Mackay absent)

8 1861 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 2, schedule no. 8, widow Hectorina Mackay (Modsary);
Hectorina McKay 36 W pauper formerly servant, Tongue
Donald McKay 9 son, Tongue
Marion McKay 7 daughter, Tongue
Robertina McKay 5 daughter, Tongue

9 1871 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 1, schedule no. 1, Johan Swanson, crofter (1 Sangomore);
Johan Swanson 57 crofter, Durness
Hectorina Mackay 44 niece, fisherman's widow, Tongue
Marion Mackay 17 grandniece, servant, Tongue

10 1871 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 5, schedule no. 20, household of Hectorina Mackay (Torroy Skerray);
Heaterina McKay 41 W pauper, Tongue
Robertina McKay 15 daughter, Tongue

11 1881 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 4, schedule no. 12, widow Hectorina Mackay (Modsary);
Hectorina Mackay 54 W cottar, Tongue
Marion Ferguson 27 M daughter, Tongue
Donald Mackay 3 grandson, Olrig Caithness [Robina's son, Donald Farmer]
Hectorina Ferguson 1 grand-daughter, East Kilbride, Lanark
Robert Ferguson Under 1 MO grandson, Tongue

12 1901 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 4, schedule no. 22, Hectorina Mackay pauper widow (Tubeg Skerray);
Hectorina Mackay 46 W pauper, Tongue
I am fairly sure this Hectorina, age should be 76]

13 Tongue Deaths 1855 056/30 (Robert Mackay, Skerray).
ROBERT MACKAY, fisherman, age 37, born Scrabster, Tongue; 18 months resident of Parish of Tongue; parents Angus MacKay, tenant and Mary Ann MacKay [maiden name MacKay]; wife Hectorina MacKay; children Donald 4; Mary Ann 2 and Robertina 5 weeks; died Sept 30 1855 at Skerray of measles; buried Torrisdale Burial Ground; informant Hector MacKay, cousin.

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