Catherine MACMASTER

1821 - 1863  (42 years)

• Name	Catherine MACMASTER
  Born	1821	Argyll Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Biography Notes	In John Macleod's memoirs he stated "Donald Cattanch was married to my aunt Catherine who was my mother's oldest sister. There was a number of years between them in age, the one being born in 1821 and [he] the other in 1813. Catherine married in 1841. She was of a very patient and sweet disposition. She died in 1863 which was the year of my mother's marriage" (p267). "Her (Isabella's) son in law Donald Cattanach ... was one of the noted laymen of the Free Church" (p269).   [3]
  Biography Notes	1851  [2]
  	According to the 1851 census, the household consisted of Catherine and Donald and 4 daughters - Isabella, Mary, Anne & Catherine. Also Donald's widowed father John, and Catherine's widowed mother Mary.
  Died	1863  [1]
  Person ID	I-9220	Christina and Donald McLean
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John MACMASTER,   b. 15 Jun 1782, Lochielhead (Corriebeg?) UK ,   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"   [4]
  Children of marriage	His family were ten in number, two of whom died in childhood.   [5]
  Children of marriage	John Macleod wrote -"My mother (Isabella) was her (Mary Macmillan's) youngest daughter and the second youngest of her children"   [6]
  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).   [7]
  Family ID	F-3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Donald CATTANACH,   b. 1813, Kingussie Scotland
  Married	1841  [1]
  Children of marriage	In 1851 the household consisted of Donald (aged 38 yrs), Catharine (30), Isabella (8), Mary (6), Anne (3), Catherine (1), John Cattanach (82) & Mary Macmaster (56).   [2]
  Children	1. Isabella CATTANACH,   b. 1843, Kingussie Scotland ,   d. 1895  (Age 52 years)  []   2. Mary (the first) CATTANACH,   b. 1845, Kingussie  []   3. Anne CATTANACH,   b. 1848, Kingussie Scotland  []   4. Catherine CATTANACH,   b. 1850, Kingussie Scotland  []   5. Mary (the second) CATTANACH,   b. 1852  []   6. Alexander CATTANACH  []   7. Ewen CATTANACH  []
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020 12:05:32
  Family ID	F-3068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		ww - 1851 census - household of Donald Cattanach in Newtonmore 1851 census - household in 52 SS Military Road Newtonmoor * Donald Cattanach, head, married, 38 yrs (born c1813), slater, born Inverness Shire Kingussie * Catherine Cattanach [nee Macmaster), wife, 30 yrs (c1821), born Argyll Shire Kilmallie * Isabella Cattanach, daughter, unmarried, scholar, 8 yrs (c1843), born Inverness Kingussie * Mary Cattanach, daughter, scholar, 6 yrs (c1845), born Inverness Kingussie * Anne Cattanach, daughter, at home, 3 yrs (c1848), born Inverness Kingussie * Catherine Cattanach, daughter, 1 yr (c1850), born Inverness Kingussie * John Cattanach, father, widower, farmer ten acres, 82 yrs (c1769), born Inverness Kingussie * Mary MacMaster (nee MacMillan), mother-in-law, widow, 56 yrs (c1795), born Argyll Kilmallie
  		ww - 1861 Census - household of Donald Cattanach in Kingussie 1861 census - No 39 - street unreadable, 2 rooms with windows, 4 school children * Donald Cattanach, head of household, married, 47 years old (c1814), Slater, born Inverness Kingussie?? * Catherine Cattanach (nee MacMaster), wife, married, 40 years (c1821), born Argyll Kilmallie, * Bell (Isabella), daughter, unmarrried, 18 yrs (c1843), born Inverness Kingussie * Anne Cattanach, daughter, unmarried, 13 yrs (c1848), born Inverness Kingussie * Catherine Cattanach, daughter, unmarried, 11 yrs (c1850), born Inverness Kingussie * John?? Cattanach, son, unmarried, 9 yrs (c1852), born Inverness Kingussie * Dinit?? Cattanach, son, unmarried, 6 yrs (c1855), born Inverness Kingussie * Ewen?? Cattanach, son, unmarried, 3 yrs (c1858), born Inverness Kingussie * Kinnid?? Cattanach, son, unmarried, 1 yr (c1860), born Inveress Kingussie

  
  

• Sources

  [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p267. [S-228] Census Scotland 1851 Christina and Donald McLean , Census attached to this profile. [S-223] John Macleod's Memoirs - see D56 in Small Print, p267 & 269. [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.