Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Catherine

Surname: MacLennan

Maiden name: Catherine MacDonald

Sloinneadh/nickname: Cèiteag Sheonain

Date of death: 11/05/72

Place of death: Inverness

Age: 59

Year of death: 1972

Date of burial:

Date of funeral: May 13, 1972

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: Shieldaig

Township: Shieldaig

Originally from:

Camusteel

Date of birth:

Biography:

Catherine’s father was the man known as Shonan, from Camusteel. Copies of his paintings hang in the Applecross Heritage Centre. Her son, Iain, wrote the book ‘Applecross and its hinterland’.

Reference number: 270

Interment number: 418

Graveyard section: 3

Lair number: 59

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