1855 MACKAY, KENNETH & MACKAY, ISABELLA (Statutory Register of Marriages)

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Field Detail
Original Document Date 14/Dec/1855
Responsible Agency National Records of Scotland
References 1855 M 047/ 6
Source Created 1/Jun/2025 22:53:23
Source Last Updated 4/Jun/2025 19:24:57

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1855 MARRIAGES in the Burgh of Dornoch in the County of Sutherland


No. 6


On December fourteenth 1855 at Dornoch Free Church. Marriage (after Banns) __ __ between us according to the __ and __ of the Free Church of Scotland.


GROOM

Signature: Kenneth Mackay, His X mark;

Residence - Present: Embo

Residence - Usual: Embo

Age: 38

Profession: Carpenter

Condition: Bachelor

Birth place, and when: Born at Embo on January 19th 1817 and registered at Dornoch

Name and Occupation of Father: Alexander Mackay, Fisherman

Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Christy Mackay maiden name Fraser


BRIDE:

Signature: Isabella Mackay, Her X mark

Residence - Present: Embo

Residence - Usual: Embo

Age: 19

Relationship: Cousins

Condition: Spinster

Bith place, and when: Born at Brora on August 6th 1836 and registered at Clyne

Name and Occupation of Father: John Mackay, Fisherman

Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Isabella Mackay maiden name Mackay


Officiating Minister: George R. Kennedy, Free Church of Scotland at Dornoch

Witness: John Hunter

Witness: James Mackenzie


When and Where Registered: 1855 December 14th at Dornoch

Registrar: John Gregory

Notes

The register notes that Kenneth Mackay and Isabella Mackay are cousins. They are actually Uncle and Neice. Kenneth’s brother John is Isabella’s father.

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