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Unfortunately, even assuming that's the same Mary Macdonald, and assuming that she had no middle name (there's been no suggestion of one so far), and that she died in Inverness 1948 - 1985, there are still a lot of possible deaths - and still impossible to narrow down without incurring a lot of expense.

There were no deaths in that period of any Mary Macdonalds in Auldearn.

so 1948 rolls its mary macdonald 1 ness place,jessie 2 ness place ,Farquhar macdonald and lizzie a macdonald 4 ness place

Have contacted the national library thankyou austin Q will update if I get any info

Ok thankyou

Stuart, you could try contacting the National Library of Scotland- they hold electoral registers for all regions from 1946. As you have a name and address they might be able to help.

http://www.nls.uk/family-history/contact

I believe the electoral registers will give names, as opposed to Miss or just initials as in the valuation rolls. If we knew how long she was at Ness Place we might be able to trace a death.

Sorry, Stuart - no! I think we've exhausted the possibilities.

Only the unhelpful thought that there's no particular reason to think that the different Macdonalds in Ness Place, as posted above by AustinQ, are necessarily related.

Macdonald is an extremely common surname in Scotland.

Are there any more ideas on this post Please regards stuart

Just looking at the valuation rolls and Street directories again and noticed that in 1930 there is also a Farquhar Macdonald at number 4 Ness Place.

The 1941 directory has these:

1 Ness Place:

NESS PLACE (off Haugh Road).

1 Ness Place
Mrs Dawson
David Macdonald. labourer

2 Ness Place
Miss Macdonald
D. Macdonald, waiter

3 Ness Place
Alexander Calder

4 Ness Place
Farquhar Macdonald, moulder
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Same houses in 1931:

WEST SIDE.
Ness Place —

1 Ness Place:
Mrs Margaret Fraser
Donald Fraser, jeweller
Duncan Maclennan, mason

2 Ness Place:
Miss Macdonald
David Macdonald, labourer

3 Ness Place:
Alexander Calder

4 Ness Place:
Farquhar Macdonald, moulder



No idea if these other Macdonald's are related, but given that there are only 8 houses in Ness Place, I would think they could be.

I am still working on it slowly!

you are all kind to help

Not sure at the moment- still thinking.

Just want to get this down for myself:

From Valuation Rolls: Inverness

1920: 2 Ness Place
Peter MacGillivray (Occ: Labourer)
James Macdonald (Occ: Labourer)

(Interestingly there is this photo labelled Miss Macgillivray, 2 Ness Place (no date): http://www.scottishhighlanderphotoarchive.co.uk/imageDetail.aspx?ID=6010)

1925: 2 Ness Place
David Macdonald (Occ: Fitter)
James Macdonald (Occ: Labourer)

1930: 2 Ness Place
David Macdonald (Occ: Fitter)
Miss Mary Macdonald

You could really do with someone who would be willing to check the historical electoral registers.

There were no Macdonalds listed at 2 Ness place in 1915 (so it's doubtful they'd be there in 1911).

However, there was a Catherine Macdonald at 1 Ness Place in 1915- but unsure whether this is connected yet.

Miss Macdonald is also at 1 Ness Place in 1911/ 1912 according to the post office directory (with Mrs Mackintosh & Mrs Margaret Frazer):
http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=85110571

There is also reference to a David Macdonald & Miss Macdonald at 2 Ness Place in 1931 & 1941 directory:

1931
Macdonald, David, labourer, 2 Ness place, Haugh rd
Macdonald, Miss, 2 Ness place, Haugh road

1941 & 1942
Macdonald, D., waiter, 2 Ness place, Haugh road
Macdonald, Miss,, 2 Ness place, Haugh road

https://archive.org/stream/invernessburg194142inve/invernessburg194142inve_djvu.txt

this has to be our mary she gave this address on jessies death cert 1927 so what do I do now do you think great spot by the way many thanks

Stuart- you are probably right and Balblair was a nursing home/ hospital.

I know someone put the valuation rolls for 1925 up, for 2 Ness Place, but thought this might be of interest in 1930:

Valuation Rolls 1930:

2 NESS PLACE HAUGH ROAD WEST SIDE, Inverness

David MacDonald (Occ: Fitter)- Tenant
Miss Mary MacDonald- Tenant

Still not convinced as the guy above on her death cert died also at bablair house and the occupier was the informant so probably was the poorhouse

I am a member of Facebook page nairn when you were a bairn a few people have confirmed balblair house where jessie died and where her son john was born was not the poorhouse so I've been barking up the wrong tree so to speak,as one of you kind experts pointed out previously the allanbys have owned this house for a while any ideas on my way forward please

Could it be there were balblair house and balblair home in the same balblair road that's a mouthful but could it be and who would know do you think

there are lots of articles in the paper advertising for nursing staff and similar for Balblair Home, Nairn from about 1929. However, they all state Balblair HOME, not House.

SP registrars are also held at the Mitchell Lbrary in Glasgow, daily fee of £15 is charged though,same as in Edinboro,,'where there its possible to half day book.

a few members often visit both places and ask *any requests* . so worth keeping an eye on the boards,if you can't get there..

perhaps balblair house was used more like a hospital at this time circa 1926-7 than a poorhouse does this suggest Jessie was living in Nairn at this time maybe .The person [unconnected] above the death cert for Jessie I downloaded from scotlandspeople was elderly also died at balblair house maybe a hospital more at this time do you think

the only thing I can add is on jessies death certificate it states balblair house,balblair road,when I googled it that was the address of the old poorhouse so I don't know where to go now on this

I think Eringobragh means that perhaps John was born at another house called Balblair, and not at the workhouse. Possibly his mother was employed there.

Re the workhouse (not sure if this has already been posted):

"After 1930, the workhouse became a hospital and local authority nursing home known as Balblair House."

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Nairn/