Individual record
First name: Kate
Surname: MacRae
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname: Cèit Chrotach
Date of death: 16/12/65
Place of death: Portree, Isle of Skye
Age: 72
Year of death: 1965
Date of burial:
Date of funeral: December 17, 1965
Gravestone inscription: In loving memory
of
Kate MacRae
Cuaig
died 16th Dec. 1965
aged 72
Home address: Kyle of Lochalsh
Township: Kyle of Lochalsh
Originally from: Cuaig
Date of birth:
Biography: She was a housekeeper to John Alec Matheson, who joined him after his wife had died. John Alec’s brother was the bank manager in Dornie at one time. The ‘Isa’ transported her remains home from Kyle of Lochalsh. According to the Highland Council’s register of interments, the lair owner when she died was her brother John F. MacRae, resident in Kyle of Lochalsh. John F was a fisherman in Cuaig before he moved to Kyle, and began working on the pier for either MacBraynes or the railways. He died in his 90s and is buried in Kirkton, Balmacara. Kate’s funeral was held on a terrible day.
Reference number: 284
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Graveyard section: 3
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