Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: John

Surname: MacLeay

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname:

Date of death: 08/05/46

Place of death: Helmsdale

Age: 74

Year of death: 1946

Date of burial:

Date of funeral: May 9, 1946

Gravestone inscription:

Erected in loving memory
of
Anne MacLeay
wife of Duncan MacLennan
Shieldaig
who died 22nd February 1950 aged 81 years
and
Catherine MacDonald M.A.
who died 11th May 1972 aged 59 years
beloved wife of
John MacLennan
who died 21st Jan. 1985 aged 85 years
Dearly loved father & grandfather

Home address: Helmsdale

Township:

Originally from:

Date of birth:

Biography:

Information from Highland Council’s Register of Interments, which commenced in 1927. The lair owner when he died was his wife Christina MacLeay, Helmsdale.

Reference number: 269

Interment number: 169

Graveyard section: 3

Lair number: 56

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