Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Bella

Surname: Gillies

Maiden name: Bella MacLeod

Sloinneadh/nickname: Bean Sheonaidh Mhòir

Date of death: 23/01/43

Place of death: Camusterrach

Age: 85

Year of death: 1943

Date of burial:

Date of funeral: January 27, 1943

Gravestone inscription:

No gravestone exists; or not marked on a gravestone.

Home address: Camusterrach

Township: Camusterrach

Originally from:

Date of birth:

Biography:

Information from Highland Council’s Register of Interments, which commenced in 1927. The lair owner when she died was Roderick Gillies, resident in Culduie. She was ‘Big John’s’ wife. She was a sister of Ali Beag, (Alexander MAcLeod) of Coillieghillie; she and her husband lived for a time in Cliff Cottage, Camusterrach. The last house she was in was Taigh Bean Shonaidh Mhòir – what was a store for the shop in Camusterrach.

Reference number:

Interment number: 179

Graveyard section: 2

Lair number: 19

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