Isabella MACMASTER

1834 - 1889  (54 years)

• Name	Isabella MACMASTER
  	She is named in her the marriage record of her son, John.
  Born	26 Jun 1834	Stornoway Scotland   [2]
  	A leaning stone in the old Kilmallie burial ground has: "In memory of Isabella, ... born Stornoway, June 26th 1834" [1]
  Gender	Female
  Biography Notes	Although she was born in Stornoway, she was described as "belonging to the Macmasters of Corriebeg"  [2]
  Died	3 Apr 1889	Fort William Scotland   [1]
  	A leaning stone in the old Kilmallie burial ground has: "In memory of Isabella, .... Died Fort William April 3rd 1889" [1]
  Buried	John Macleod states:- * A leaning stone in the old Kilmallie burial ground has "[Isabella] rests beside her mother Mary daughter of Donald MacMillan, Corriegbeg"
  Person ID	I-9180	Christina and Donald McLean
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John MACMASTER,   b. 15 Jun 1782, Corriebeag Scotland ,   d. 20 Feb 1837, Stornoway UK  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	-3067
  Mother	Mary MACMILLAN,   b. 1794, Fort William Scotland ,   d. 5 Dec 1872, Fort William Scotland  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	-3067
  Married	22 Jun 1819	Corriebeg Loch Eil Scotland
  	See married record attached to this profile.
  Children of marriage	"Four of the children pursued their scientific bent and became doctors"   [3]
  Children of marriage	His family were ten in number, two of whom died in childhood.   [4]
  Children of marriage	John Macleod wrote -"My mother (Isabella) was her (Mary Macmillan's) youngest daughter and the second youngest of her children"   [5]
  Note	John Macmasters and Mary MacMillan probably met in Corriebeg near Kinlocheil because their parents were living there. * Mary's father, Donald MacMillan was probably living there (Memoirs p271). * John's father might have been living there because John Macleod refers to John's and Mary's daughter (Isabella) as "belonging to the old Lochaber family of the Macmasters, Corriebeg". This is the home to a branch of the MacMasters Clan which was affiliated with Clan Cameron, upon the Estate of Lochiel, circa 1745, with MacMaster tenants (http://www.clan-cameron.org/cam-ref.html).   [6]
  Family ID	F-3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander MACLEOD,   b. 25 May 1836, Inverness Scotland ,   d. 3 Jun 1910, Edinburgh Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1863	Glasgow   [7, 8]
  Children of marriage	Isabella's sister, Catherine, died the same year as Isabella was married (there were 13 years between them) so Isabella cared for Catherine's daughter, Mary Cattanach for almost 7 years - from when she was 11 years old, to when she reached 18 years in 1870.   [1]
  Children of marriage	John was born 9 years after Alexander and Isabella were married so it is likely that they had other children before John. Soon after their wedding they had the care of Isabella's sister's daughter, Mary for almost 7 years, but she left before John was born. However John describes Mary's time with the family as being "one of them" which implies that there were several other children in the household before John.   [1]
  Children	1. Marianne MACLEOD  []   2. Catherine MACLEOD  [] + 3. John MACLEOD,   b. 25 Mar 1872, Fort William Scotland ,   d. 11 Jul 1948, Edinburgh Scotland  (Age 76 years)  [] + 4. Donald MACLEOD,   b. 26 Mar 1875, Fort William Scotland  [] + 5. A C MACLEOD  []
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2020 00:50:37
  Family ID	F-3070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  BAPTISM 27 JULY 1835 To John Mac Master Teacher of a school and the establishment of the society of propagating Christian knowledge and Mary Mac Millan his wife a child born 26th June ISSABELLA

  
  

• Sources

  [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p271. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p224. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p272. [S-235] Leslie McKinnon, 'The Family of Allan MacMaster' - Gosford Library, NSW, Page 93. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p269. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p224 & 271. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p270. [S-231] FM Alan Macleod - ID 9251- emails held by Don Gordon who can be contacted by 'Contact us' on the homepage, Email on 21st Sept 2020.