Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Michael

Surname: MacRae

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname: Mìcheal

Date of death: 13/08/58

Place of death: Reaulay

Age: 93

Year of death: 1958

Date of burial:

Date of funeral: August 13, 1958

Gravestone inscription:

In Memory
Of
Our Dearly Beloved Mother
Catherine MacDonald
Reaulay
Who Died 18th Sep. 1951, Aged 78 Years
Our Uncle
Farquhar MacRae
Who Died 4th Sep. 1954, Aged 90 Years
Our Father
Michael MacRae
Who Died 13th Aug. 1958, Aged 93 Years
Our Sister
Flora
Died 15th January 1981 Aged 83 Years

Erected By The Family

Home address: Reaulay

Township: Reaulay

Originally from:

Date of birth:

Biography:

This man’s family originated in Barra. During the hard times of famine and dispossession in the Highlands, it is said, in local tradition, that his forebears lived under an upturned boat on the shore line in Reaulay.

Reference number: 104

Interment number: 319

Graveyard section: 1

Lair number: 47

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