Shona
20-11-12, 11:25
Name - "official" name and what they were known as:
Duncan McIsaac
Date and place of birth:
27 March 1838, Strone, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll
Names of parents:
John McIsaac, shepherd, and Mary nee Mckinlay
Date and place of baptism - if applicable:
4 April 1838, Southend parish
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any:
1 Relationship with Janet Sheddon - one child.
2 Married Margaret Campbell on 23 January 1874 at Tangy Glen - two children.
3 Married Catherine McLean on 2 August 1887 at Glenbarr - five children.
Duncan spoke Gaelic and English, but was unable to read and write.
Occupation(s) - if any:
1851: Herd boy
1861: Ag lab
1871: Farm servant
1874-1877: Ploughman
1881: Farm servant
1886: Farm labourer
1891: Gardener's labourer
1901: General labourer
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on:
1838 Shepherd's dwelling, Strone, Southend parish, Argyll
1841 With parents in Glasgow
1851 Auchadaduie, Killean parish
1861 West Auchadaduie, Killean parish
1866 Barlea, Killean parish
1871 South Muasdale farm, Killean parish
1881-1920 Glenbarr village, Killean parish
He also lived in America for a few years. This may be at the time he was summoned to court for 'filiation and aliment' for his illegitimate child with Janet (Jennie) Sheddon. I have not been able to confirm when this was.
Date, place and cause of death:
7 January 1920 at Glebarr - retired agricultural labourer.
Cause of death left blank.
There is a family story that his death was hastened after he fell over the factor's badly parked bike. Could this explain the corrected entry?
Register of corrected entries:
23 August 1922
The following report of result of a Precognition has been received ????? The Death of Duncan McIsaac. Registered under No 1 in the Register Book of Deaths in the year 1920.
Name, age and sex: Duncan McIsaac, 82 years, male.
When and where died: Between 5 and 6pm on 7th January 1920 in his house, Glenbarr, Killean & Kilkenzie parish. Usual residence: Glenbarr, aforesaid.
Cause of death: Natural causes. Senile decay. No medical attendant.
Procurator Fiscal's Office, Campbeltown, 29th January 1920. Certified by Danl Mactaggart, Procurator Fiscal
31st January 1920 at Barr, William Bain, registrar.
Date and place of burial:
10 January 1920
Newspaper reports state he was buried at Killean burying ground. The family say he is buried in Putechan burying ground.
Details of will/administration of their estate - if applicable:
Unlikely.
Memorial inscription - if any:
No headstone found in Putechan or Killean burying grounds.
Obituary from the Campbeltown Courier:
Another of the oldest residents of the district has passed away in the person of Duncan McIsaac, who has just died at Glenbarr village, aged 82 years. The deceased who has been in poor health for about 18 months and most of that time bedridden, died on 7th inst. For a good many years, he has suffered from the disability of blindness, finally total blindness. But by the aid of a stick, he could find his way about, wonderfully correctly along acquaint roads for a considerable distance, and was always pleased when anyone meeting him stopped to speak to him.
The loss of a devoted son, Pte Alexander McIsaac, early in the war was to the deceased especially a sore stroke, as it was to other members of the family, and later the loss of his step-son James McLean, missing. In the course of conversation at the time of his son's death, he once asked: 'When will the war be finished?' The questioned could not be answered, but he sorrowfully remarked: 'The war is done for me anyway.'
Mr McIsaac who was, in his able days, a man of cheery and hearty nature, spent all of his life in the parish, except for a few years in America, and was for the most part employed in agricultural work.
Having been twice married, he is survived by his wife, four sons, who were present at his funeral, and daughters, whom friends join in mourning his loss.
At the funeral, which took place on the 10th inst. to Killean burying ground, Revs Messrs McDonald and Stuart conducted the funeral.
Duncan McIsaac
Date and place of birth:
27 March 1838, Strone, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll
Names of parents:
John McIsaac, shepherd, and Mary nee Mckinlay
Date and place of baptism - if applicable:
4 April 1838, Southend parish
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any:
1 Relationship with Janet Sheddon - one child.
2 Married Margaret Campbell on 23 January 1874 at Tangy Glen - two children.
3 Married Catherine McLean on 2 August 1887 at Glenbarr - five children.
Duncan spoke Gaelic and English, but was unable to read and write.
Occupation(s) - if any:
1851: Herd boy
1861: Ag lab
1871: Farm servant
1874-1877: Ploughman
1881: Farm servant
1886: Farm labourer
1891: Gardener's labourer
1901: General labourer
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on:
1838 Shepherd's dwelling, Strone, Southend parish, Argyll
1841 With parents in Glasgow
1851 Auchadaduie, Killean parish
1861 West Auchadaduie, Killean parish
1866 Barlea, Killean parish
1871 South Muasdale farm, Killean parish
1881-1920 Glenbarr village, Killean parish
He also lived in America for a few years. This may be at the time he was summoned to court for 'filiation and aliment' for his illegitimate child with Janet (Jennie) Sheddon. I have not been able to confirm when this was.
Date, place and cause of death:
7 January 1920 at Glebarr - retired agricultural labourer.
Cause of death left blank.
There is a family story that his death was hastened after he fell over the factor's badly parked bike. Could this explain the corrected entry?
Register of corrected entries:
23 August 1922
The following report of result of a Precognition has been received ????? The Death of Duncan McIsaac. Registered under No 1 in the Register Book of Deaths in the year 1920.
Name, age and sex: Duncan McIsaac, 82 years, male.
When and where died: Between 5 and 6pm on 7th January 1920 in his house, Glenbarr, Killean & Kilkenzie parish. Usual residence: Glenbarr, aforesaid.
Cause of death: Natural causes. Senile decay. No medical attendant.
Procurator Fiscal's Office, Campbeltown, 29th January 1920. Certified by Danl Mactaggart, Procurator Fiscal
31st January 1920 at Barr, William Bain, registrar.
Date and place of burial:
10 January 1920
Newspaper reports state he was buried at Killean burying ground. The family say he is buried in Putechan burying ground.
Details of will/administration of their estate - if applicable:
Unlikely.
Memorial inscription - if any:
No headstone found in Putechan or Killean burying grounds.
Obituary from the Campbeltown Courier:
Another of the oldest residents of the district has passed away in the person of Duncan McIsaac, who has just died at Glenbarr village, aged 82 years. The deceased who has been in poor health for about 18 months and most of that time bedridden, died on 7th inst. For a good many years, he has suffered from the disability of blindness, finally total blindness. But by the aid of a stick, he could find his way about, wonderfully correctly along acquaint roads for a considerable distance, and was always pleased when anyone meeting him stopped to speak to him.
The loss of a devoted son, Pte Alexander McIsaac, early in the war was to the deceased especially a sore stroke, as it was to other members of the family, and later the loss of his step-son James McLean, missing. In the course of conversation at the time of his son's death, he once asked: 'When will the war be finished?' The questioned could not be answered, but he sorrowfully remarked: 'The war is done for me anyway.'
Mr McIsaac who was, in his able days, a man of cheery and hearty nature, spent all of his life in the parish, except for a few years in America, and was for the most part employed in agricultural work.
Having been twice married, he is survived by his wife, four sons, who were present at his funeral, and daughters, whom friends join in mourning his loss.
At the funeral, which took place on the 10th inst. to Killean burying ground, Revs Messrs McDonald and Stuart conducted the funeral.