Individual record
First name: John
Surname: MacBeath
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname: Mac a' Ghàidheil (?) Pronounced Machd uh dhal
Date of death: 17/06/58
Place of death: Raasay
Age: 82
Year of death: 1958
Date of burial:
Date of funeral:
Gravestone inscription: In Loving Memory Of
John MacBeath
Arrina.
Died At Raasay 17th June 1958,
Aged 82 Years.
Christina MacLennan
Died 27th February 1970,
Aged 90 Years
Also Their Son Norman R.N.
Lost At Sea 6th August 1941, Aged 21 Years.
Home address: Raasay
Township:
Originally from: Arrina
Date of birth:
Biography: According to the Highland Council’s Register of Interment, John MacBeath’s death date was different to what appears on the stone which indicates he died over a week later than the official record. The lair owner when he died was Ronald MacBeath, resident in Raasay. Ronald MacBeath turned 90 in September 2011, and still has a home in Raasay, but lives most of the time in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Information from his daughter Jane MacIntosh, February 2012.
Reference number: 126
Interment number: 318
Graveyard section: 2
Lair number: 52
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