Individual record
First name: Bella
Surname: Gordon
Maiden name: Bella MacNair
Sloinneadh/nickname:
Date of death: 16/04/47
Place of death:
Age: 83
Year of death: 1947
Date of burial:
Date of funeral: April 19, 1947
Gravestone inscription: No gravestone exists; or not marked on a gravestone.
Home address: Toscaig
Township: Toscaig
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Date of birth:
Biography: Information from Highland Council’s Register of Interments, which commenced in 1927. The lair owner at her time of death is recorded as being her son Colin Gordon, resident in Toscaig. She was a ister of Ruairidh Mhurchaidh MacNair. She was originally from Ardubh, and was a very good singer. On their mother’s side, they were related from MacKay, piper to Queen Victoria. Bell, or her sister Bean Dhunnchaidh Cheàrr, would keep the tune right if the precentor in the curch services wasn’t up to the job.
Reference number:
Interment number: 227
Graveyard section: 3
Lair number: 47
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