Colin MURRAY & Isabella SUTHERLAND

Colin MURRAY
[4/3/1888-26/5/1964]
married
Isabella SUTHERLAND
[10/9/1892/11/1970]

Colin Mackenzie Murray was born at Rhemusaig, Rogart, youngest son of Alexander Murray and Jane Mackenzie. Isabella was born at West Clynelish, Brora, Clyne, daughter of Andrew Sutherland, crofter, and Charoltte Gunn. Colin and Isabella married in December 1919 in Lairg church. The family lived at Lairg for a while, then returned to Rogart where Colin was a porter at Rogart station. He was later transferred back to Lairg and then to Bonar Bridge. When the children had grown up and left home Colin moved to Glasgow where he died in Ruchill Hospital in 1964.

Isabella, widow of Colin Murray, railway porter signalman, died in Evanton, Ross-shire in 1970.

Colin and Isabella had a family of four - sadly the two girls are now deceased but the boys still live in Ross-shire. You can see a picture of Colin on his father's entry.

Hector MURRAY & Isabella MUNRO

Hector MURRAY
[27/2/1825-1/3/1873]
married
Isabella MUNRO
[27/9/1824-22/12/1907]

Hector was born at Rhemusaig, Rogart, son of William Murray and Catherine Grant.
Isabella (Bell) was born in Creich, and at the time of the wedding was at Whiteface. She is the daughter of Hugh Munro and Janet Mackay. Hector and Isabella married on 10 December 1849 in Creich.
Hector worked as a blacksmith and appears to have moved about quite a bit. In 1851 the family were at Spinnngdale, Creich. By 1861 they had moved to the Farm Manager's House, Embo, Dornoch. The 1871 census shows them living at Oldtown, Brora, Clyne, in a three-roomed house. A granddaughter, Isabella Murray, one month old, born Dornoch, lived with the family – daughter of Isabella Murray. Hector died in 1873 at Gordonbush, Strathbrora, from smallpox from which he suffered for eight days. He is buried at Ascoile, Strathbrora where a gravestone was erected by Isabella and his children - photographed above. Sadly today this gravestone is broken and lies on the floor.

The 1881 census shows Isabella at Fascally, Clyne, with John and Alexander plus granddaughter Isabella, now 10 years old. The 1891 census shows Bell to be the keeper of the reading room at The Institute, Brora. She was assisted by her granddaughter Isabella. Isabella Munro died at North Brora in 1907.
Hector and Bell had the following children:
ISABELLA MURRAY, born circa 1850 Spinningdale [died 23 June 1914 Golspie] [married Alexander Stewart Morrison] – 1851, 61 & 71 census records with parents – Isabella had a daughter, Isabella, born in 1871 and who later married George Robertson. Her mother was a nurse. In 1901 Isabella was living in a two roomed house at Sutherland Street, Brora.
WILLIAM MURRAY, born circa 1853 Spinningdale, Creich – 1861 census with parents
JEMIMA MURRAY, born 23 December 1855 Embo Mains, Dornoch [died 8 April 1944 Brora, Clyne] [married Alexander Mackay] – 1861 and 71 census with parents
HUGH MURRAY, born 28 April 1858 Embo Mains, Dornoch – [died 5th October 1932 Johnson Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire] [married firstly to Margaret Cassells and secondly to Catherine Cairns] - 1861 and 71 census with parents – in 1881 Hugh appears to have been working as a farm servant in 1881 at Rhives, Golspie.
JOHN MURRAY, born 27 October 1860 Embo Mains, Dornoch [died 31 January 1950 Swordale, Bonar] [married Margaret Sutherland] – 1861, 71 and 81 census with parents
GEORGE MURRAY, born 18 October 1863 Embo Mains, Dornoch - 1871 census with parents – 1881 census with his brother Walter, at Major General William Tod Brown's farm at Kilcolmkil, Clyne. Walter was employed as a cattle boy and George as a house lad.
WALTER MURRAY, born 28 March 1866 Skelbo [died 7 February 1932 Dornoch] [married Jane McGowan] - 1871 census with parents – ploughman in 1871 - in 1881 he was recorded, with his brother George, at Major General William Tod Brown's farm at Kilcolmkil, Clyne
ALEXANDER MURRAY, born 4 December 1868 Littletown, Dornoch – 1871 & 1881 census with parents