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does everyone think this ones finished now regards stuart

Macdonald is a very common name.
I don't think it would be much of a coincidence to have two unrelated Macdonald families living next door to each other.

But they may be related, for all I know!

just an observation if the macdonalds through the years living at ness place are unrelated which we don't know of course what a coincidence don't you think

yes thankyou noted

This seems to be the only birth of a Catherine E Macdonald in Inverness 1933-55:

MACDONALD
CATHERINE E M
F
1934
098/A 107
Inverness

However, I don't see that it necessarily adds anything to the search for Mary! Farquhar & family may not have been any relation - perhaps they just happened to live next door.

Oops my mistake it's catherine e macdonald sincere apologies

Even extending the range back to 1933 (if Catherine came of age in 1954-5, she would have been born 1933-4), the only Catherine R born in Inverness-shire is still Catherine Rachel born in Harris.

Only nine Catherine R Ma(c)donalds born in all Scotland 1933-55.

The lady at Scottish library said she was not eligible to vote so I assumed a child but of course thinking about it she could have been older but under age to vote not necessarily the child of farquhar and lizzie

Who said?

They said she was not eligible to vote and thought she was a child

Stuart- If the information you've just given is from electoral rolls then the Catherine that appears would be of voting age in 1955 (not born in 1955).

Oh, and it's not the Mary Mcneill Macdonald who died in 1965. She was actually Mary Mcneill MacLeod- widow of Roderick Alexander Macleod and Macdonald was her maiden name.

I'm inclined to be suspicious of the M as middle initial for Mary, as it hasn't appeared in any previous record.

However, assuming she's the same Mary, it narrows down the number of possible deaths to those between 1955 and 1985-ish - a mere 42 deaths!

But does possibly add 5 deaths for Mary M's!

MCDONALD
MARY MCINTOSH F
74
1973
231/ 104
Inverness


MACDONALD
MARY MARGARET
79
1973
231/ 498
Inverness


MACDONALD
MARY MICHIE
83
1977
231/ 302
Inverness


MACDONALD
MARY MARGARET
81
1977
231/ 687
Inverness


MACDONALD
MARY MCNEILL
82
1965
098/A 403
Inverness

Per SP, the only Catherine R(achel) MacDonald born in Inverness-shire 1950-55 was born in Harris, not Inverness, in 1955.

So - not likely to be the same child, unless Lizzie was away from home for her birth, or unless Catherine isn't their child, but perhaps a visitor.

There's a Catherine without middle initial born Inverness 1955:

MACDONALD
CATHERINE
F
1955
098/A 465 Inverness

the caterine r macdonald was not with Farquhar and lizzie in 1954 census so I guess was born 1955

so the 1955 rolls its mary m maconald 1 ness place,farquhar macdonald and lizzie a macdonald with a child Catherine r macdonald at no 4 ,haven't seen the m after marys name before any thoughts this is from the Scottish library records

GROS research is done at the Scotlands People Centre, which comes under the National Records of Scotland.

http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/scotlandspeople-centre

Contact them and ask if the sort of search you hope for is possible.

if its the same mary in 1948 shes going to be what in her late 60s,maybe if the national library can give me some 50s records for this address who knows.question if you went to gros would it be possible to identify mary and if so does anyone do this don't mind paying

Although the 1939 Register for Scotland is not online, this site gives details of how to obtain and extract:

http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nhs-central-register/about-the-register/1939-national-identity-register-and-how-to-order-an-official-extract

That should give you David and Mary's DOBs

1948 Austin I have asked for some more in the 50s awaiting this.do you think its likely the same mary macdonald

Stuart, did they only give you 1948? Or do you have more years listed?