Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Elizabeth

Surname: Murchison

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname: Bean a' Cheannaiche

Date of death: 04/07/39

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Age: 88

Year of death: 1939

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Gravestone inscription:

South face: In loving memory of
Duncan Murchison
Merchant
Camusterrach, Applecross
Born 3rd January 1847
Died 10th February 1910
and his wife
Elizabeth Murchison
Born 10 July 1850
Died 4th July 1939

East face: Also their son
John Kenneth
Captain, R.G.A.
aged 48 years
and his wife
Maude Mitchell
Gertrude Tordoff
died 30th March 1961
aged 75 years

North face: In
affectionate remembrance
Here lies
Winifred May
Murchison
Rochdale and Nairn
died 28th December 1973
aged 67 years
Beloved wife of
Dr. Kenneth D. Murchison
Applecross and Nairn
died 30th December 1979
aged 90 years

West face: Also their daughters
Margaret Ann
Murchison
died 6th December 1947
Williamina Murchiosn
died 1st April 1975
and
Janet MacKenzie
died in North Berwick
7th July 1975 aged 93
and buried in
Hillfoot Cemetery, Glasgow

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Biography:

Elizabeth was a sister of Mary Murchison and Finlay Murchison (Fionnlagh Uilleim, sometimes known as Fionnlagh a’ Chladaich, or even Fionnlagh Uilleim a’ Chladaich – because the house in Lower Toscaig was right beside the shore) – a different Murchison family from her husband’s. According the the Ross-shire Journal 9 January 1880: •”Marriage – at Drummonds Temeprance Hotel, Glassport St, Glasgow, on the 1st inst. By the Rev Kenneth MacDonald, Applecross, assisted by Rev Ewan Gordon of Main St Free Church, Glasgow, Duncan Murchison, merchant, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of William Murchison, both of Applecross.” Kenneth MacDonald was known as Am Ministear Mòr (The Big Minister).  It should be noted that there is a two-year discrepancy between what is recorded on the stone as her dates (died 1939) and the Highland Council’s Register of Interments (1937).

Reference number: 275

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Graveyard section: 3

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