Jessie Macdonald
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Born
About 1872, Knockbain, Inverness-Shire
Died
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Parents
Documents
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Marriage of Alexander McDonald and Elizabeth McPherson, 1864
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — elizabeth mcpherson marriage 1864.jpg
Entry 68. Entry 67 (John Fraser and Annie Stewart) is unrelated. The link to this person is not settled, see the notes.
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of Alexander McDonald and Elizabeth McPherson, 1864
Statutory Marriages 098/ 68 · Parish of Inverness, page 34, entry 68
Married
1 July 1864, at Inverness, after banns, Free Church of Scotland
Groom
Alexander McDonald (the first name is hard to read), ferryman, widower, 35, Knockbain
Groom's parents
George McDonald, farmer, and Margaret McDonald, maiden surname McLean (the surname is hard to read)
Bride
Elizabeth McPherson, domestic servant, spinster, 25, Daviot
Bride's parents
Murdoch McPherson, day labourer, and Janet McPherson, maiden surname McDonald (hard to read)
Minister and witnesses
David Sutherland, Free East Church Inverness. Witnesses John Cameron and Lachlan McPherson.
Registered
4 July 1864, Inverness
⚠ Is this Betsy McIntyre?The tree has Elizabeth (Betsy) McIntyre, born about 1839 at Daviot, the wife of Archibald Macdonald with children born from about 1863 to 1879, and also the mother of Jessie (about 1872) and Lauchlan (about 1875) Macdonald, born at Knockbain with no father named. This entry is a different Elizabeth, a McPherson of Daviot aged 25, who married a ferryman of Knockbain in 1864. She is the same age and from the same parish, and a witness is Lachlan McPherson. The likeliest reading is that Jessie and Lauchlan belong to this Elizabeth McPherson and have been put on Betsy McIntyre by mistake. It could also be one woman whose maiden name is recorded two ways. Please do not treat the link as settled.
ℹ What would settle itThe 1871 and 1881 census households at Knockbain, the baptisms of Jessie and Lauchlan, and a birth entry for Annie McDonald (born about 1879 at Nairn) with her mother's maiden name.
Spouses & children
No spouse or family recorded.