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1891 Notes for Altandhu
This is a notefile based on the families found in my transcription of the 1891 Census for Altandhu. This and the other 19th century census transcriptions and notes are linked to my main introduction file; index.htm.
This census recorded the people who stayed the night of 5 April 1891.
Altandhu was one of the larger communitys in Coigach, with about twenty familys through the 19th century. The predominant surname was McLean, as opposed to McLeod and McKenzie in the rest of Coigach. The schoolhouse for the western end of the peninsula was in Altandhu.
As with the earlier censuses in preparing the notes I have relied on good background and help from many people, especially my cousin Donald MacLeod in New Zealand (CONTACT INFO), who has made a study of the community. The data presented on these web pages was in large part collected by them. I have created a contact file, with links to the emails and webpages of Coigach descendants at contacts.htm.
There are doubtless errors here not just in transcribing the data, but in interpreting it. Please, send me your data or corrections at dmacdon2@becon.org, and I will add it!
Following the enumerators system the households are numbered consecutively from 38 to 56. Before the enumerated Households was a house marked down as uninhabited. I have identified the households by using a prefix of "91" to denote the 1891 census data, and a suffix based on the enumerators numbering.
The Households are on pages 8 to 11 of Enumeration District #2
Altandhu 1891
Population: 44 Males + 47 Females = 91
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Altandhu 91-38
Murdo MacKenzie Head Mar 73 Crofter Anne Do Wife Do 77 Crofter's Wife Mary Do Daur Unm 33 Crofter's Daur Rachel McLean Sisterinlaw Do 60 PauperNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 8. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Reiff 81-2. With them then was a Widowed daughter Catherine, with a one year old son Alexander MacGregor born in Inverness.
Anne's death is registered as 26 April, 1900, age 84 years, at Laide of Reiff, Widower Murdo the Informant. The registration notes her parents had been John MacLean and Catherine, Maiden Surname MacLean.
Murdo's parents had been Hector McKenzie and Catherine McLean from Altandhu, he and Anne married Murdo 25 June, 1850.
Altandhu 91-39
Kenneth McKenzie Head Mar 45 Crofter Annie Do. Wife Do 37 Crofter's Wife Donald Do. Son 13 Scholar John Do. Do. 11 Do. Angus Do. Do 9 Do. Kenneth Do. Do. 7 Do. Murdo Do. Do 5 Do. Rachel Do Daur 3 Flora Do Sister Unm 60 PauperNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 8. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-47.
Altandhu 91-40
Catherine McLean Head W. 75 Crofter Alexander Do Son Unm 35 Fisherman Mary McLeod Granddau Do 16 Scholar Bella Do Do 10 DoNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 8. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-45, Catherine's husband Murdo was then Head of Household.
Catherine's death is registered as 29 April, 1893 at Altandhu, aged 79 years, Widow of Murdo McLean, son Murdo the Informant. The registration notes her parents had been John McLennan, Blacksmith, and Isabella, Maiden Surname McKenzie.
Mary and Bella are daughters of Anne MacLeod, a daughter of Catherine. Anne and her husband John are in this census at Altandhu 91-51.
Altandhu 91-41
John McLean Head Mar 36 Fisherman Mary Do Wife Do 21 Fisherman's WifeNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 8. John is marked as born at Coigach, Mary at Ullapool.
In the 1881 census John was unmarried with his family at Altandhu 81-36, his Widowed father, also named John, has died since then. Three of his siblings are in this census at Altandhu 91-50.
Altandhu 91-42
John MacLean Head Mar 48 Crofter & Shoemaker Margaret Do. Wife Do 43 Crofter's Wife Murdo J. Do. Son 6 Scholar John Do. Do 1Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 8. They were all marked as born at .
In the 1881 census John MacLean was a Widower with a six year old son "Donald John" at Altandhu 81-44. With them then were other relatives including his Widowed mother Christina, his unmarried brother Alexander, and his Widowed sister Helen McLeod. Those people, including Donald John and a four year son of John and Margaret above named Alexander, are in this census at Altandhu 91-52.
John was a descendant of Margaret MacKenzie and John MacLean of Reiff, his grandmother Margaret McKenzie married a John McLean at Altandhu. A sister of his grandmother, Ann McKenzie, also married a John McLean at Altandhu, so in this census most of the MacLeans in Altandhu are related to John!
In 1918 Hugh McDonald of New Zealand while serving with the N.Z.E.F. visited Coigach and wrote home to his father listing the relatives he met while on leave in Coigach. Marg Ward (CONTACT INFO), a niece of Hugh, has transcribed the letter and it is now a file at hughslet.htm, two of the people Hugh met were "John McLean Shoemaker & Alex McLean Shoemaker from Altando", likely John above and his brother Alexander at Altandhu 91-52.
Frances Ross, Secretary of the Coigach Community Heritage Group (see cchg.htm), has recently emailed me five photos of sheep shearing in the late 1960s or early 1970s at the former MacDonald home in Reiff, provided by her mother-in-law Iba. One of the people in the photos is "Murdo Shoemaker MacLean", I think that is likely the six year old Murdo J. above. One of the photos is here; shearing.jpg
Altandhu 91-43
Alexander Stewart Head Unm 56 Crofter Flora Do Sister Do 52 Crofter's Sister Mary Do Do Do 54 PauperNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 9. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census these siblings were at Altandhu 81-15 along with an 18 year old nephew, Angus Campbell. Mary was then listed as "Lunatic".
Altandhu 91-44
Matthew Gray Head Mar 48 Schoolmaster Mary Do Wife Do 45 Schoolmaster's Wife Mary Do. Daur Unm 20 Assistant Teacher Sarah Do. Do. Do. 11 Scholar James Do Son 8 Do Elphinstone Do Do 6 Do Marion Do Daur 3 Alexina Do Do 1Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 9, the address is listed as "Schoolhouse". Matthew was marked as born at Kilmaurs Ayr, The two Marys in Renfrew at Paisley Abbey, the next four children at Stirling Campsie, and young Alexina at Lochbroom.
In the 1881 census the teacher was John Douglass Gunn from Bower Caithness, he was unmarried and was listed with his housekeeper Catherine Mackenzie from Assynt at Altandhu 81-48.
Matthew Gray was School Master from 1888 to 1913, his daughter Mary above marries to Alexander "Sandy Murdo" McLean, who is in this census at Altandhu 91-40, and has one son who dies young.
Altandhu 91-45
Christina McLean Head Mar 40 Crofter's Wife Johan Do Daur Unm 17 Crofter's Daughter Donald Do Son Do 15 Scholar Mary Do Daur Do 11 Do Bella Do Do 10 Do Roderick Do. Son 9 Do. John Do Do 7 Do Christina Do Daur 5 Do Annie Do Do 1Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 9. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-43 with Christina's now missing husband Donald as Head of Household.
Altandhu 91-46
Murdo MacLean Head Mar 60 Crofter Mary Do Wife Do 62 Crofter's Wife Alexander Do Son Unm 20 Do. SonNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 9. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-40 with a 13 year old daughter Annabella who has probably married since then.
Altandhu 91-47
Catherine McLean Head Unm 67 Pauper Annabella Do. Neice 14 ScholarNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 9. They were both marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census Catherine was at Altandhu 81-39, and Annabella was at Altandhu 81-41. Annabella's mother and brother are in this census at Altandhu 91-54.
Catherine dies 24 January, 1910 at Altandhu, aged 86 years, Informant of the death was her nephew, Alexander McLean. The registration notes her parents had been Murdo McLean and Annabella, Maiden Surname McLean.
Altandhu 91-48
Kenneth McLean Head Mar 79 Crofter Christina Do Wife Do 74 Crofter's Wife Duncan Do. Son Unm 38 Fisherman Isabella Do Daur Do 35 General Servant Alexander Do Grandson 4Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 10. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-38.
Probably Alexander was an illegitamate son of Isabella.
Altandhu 91-49
Kenneth McLean Head Mar 66 Crofter Janet Do Wife Do 61 Crofter's Wife John Do Son Unm 30 FishermanNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 10. They were all marked as born at Lochbroom.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-37.
There is a memorial stone at Badenscallie burial ground referring to this family erected by a nephew, Roderick MacLean, after Kenneth's name it has "Boy" in brackets, implying he was blonde or yellowish hair, "buidh" being Gaelic for the colour "yellow". It notes Kenneth died November 1899 aged 72, and wife Janet maiden surnamed MacLeod died 9 October, 1893 aged 63 years. Also on the stone are noted two other people, likely brothers of Kenneth; Hugh MacLean died March 1900 at Achnahaird aged 72, and Donald MacLean died March 1907 aged 77.
Altandhu 91-50
Donald MacLean Head Unm 38 Crofter & Fisherman Alexander Do Brother Do 36 Fisherman Mary Do Sister Do 36 Crofters Sister Maggie Do Visitor Do 26 Servant DomesticNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 10. They were all marked as born at Lochbroom.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-36.
John McLean at Altandhu 91-41 is a brother of these siblings.
Altandhu 91-51
John MacLeod Head Mar 43 Fisherman Anne Do Wife Do 38 Fisherman's Wife Katie Do Daur Unm 14 Scholar Rodina Do Do Do 12 Do Murdina Do Do 10 Do Norman Do Son 9 Do Donald Do Do 7 Do Christina Do Daur 3 Murdo Do Son 6mosNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 10. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-34.
Anne is a daughter of Catherine McLean at Altandhu 91-40, Mary and Bella in that Household are her children.
Altandhu 91-52
Alexander McLean Head Unm 39 Crofter Christina Do Mother W. 73 Crofters Mother Helen McLeod Sister W. 41 Domestic Servant
-- page break --Donald J. McLean Nephew Unm 17 Scholar Alexander Do. Do. 4Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, pages 10 and 11. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-44.
Donald John and young Alexander are half brothers, their father John "Shoemaker" McLean, young Alexander's mother, and two other siblings are in this census at Altandhu 91-42.
In 1918 Hugh McDonald of New Zealand while serving with the N.Z.E.F. visited Coigach and wrote home to his father listing the relatives he met while on leave in Coigach. Marg Ward (CONTACT INFO), a niece of Hugh, has transcribed the letter and it is now a file at hughslet.htm, two of the people Hugh met were "John McLean Shoemaker & Alex McLean Shoemaker from Altando", likely young Alexander above and his brother John at Altandhu 91-42.
Altandhu 91-53
Alexander McLean Head Mar 78 Crofter Flora Do Wife Do 60 Crofter's Wife Annie Do. Daur Unm 34 Crofter's Daughter John Do Son Mar 33 Fisherman Christina Do Daur in law Do 33 Fisherman's Wife Donald Do GrandSon 2 Alickina Do GrandDaur 1 Alexander Do Son Unm 28 Fisherman Murdo Do. Do Do 24 DoNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 11. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-35.
Altandhu 91-54
Annie MacLean Head Mar 57 Crofter's Wife Donald Do. Son 12 ScholarNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 11. They were both marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-41 with Annie's now missing husband Donald as Head of Household, and three other young children.
Annabella at Altandhu 91-47 is a daughter of Donald and Annie, Catherine in that Household is a sister of Donald.
Altandhu 91-55
William MacLean Head Mar 72 Crofter Mary Do Wife Do 68 Crofter's Wife William MacLeod Nephew 14 ScholarNotes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 11. Both Williams were marked as born at Coigach, and Mary born at Elphin in SutherlandShire.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-31.
Young William was in the 1881 census with his family at Achnahaird 81-1, his parents are in this census at Achnahaird 91-10.
Altandhu 91-56
Kenneth McLean Head Mar 46 Crofter
Margaret Do Wife Do 37 Crofter's Wife
Isabella Do Sister Unm 55 Crofter's Sister
End of Altandow
Notes on this Household:
This Household appears in Enumeration District 2, page 11. They were all marked as born at Coigach.
In the 1881 census this family was at Altandhu 81-29, Kenneth was unmarried then and his 60 year old Widowed mother Mary was also in the Household.
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