Black Isle Combination Poorhouse
In February 2017 Chris Rendell shared details of her researches into the Black Isle Combination Poorhouse, opened in 1859. Chris has been asked by a number of members for details of the Poorhouse inmates and to this end we are attaching the Poorhouse's Census Returns 1861-1901.
Black Isle Combination Poorhouse 1861
name of inmate occupation age born date and location
Janet Cormack washer unm 48 1813 Fortrose
Elizabeth Denoon vintner’s widow 26 1835 Rosemarkie
William Denoon 6 1855 Rosemarkie
Helen Denoon 3 1858 Rosemarkie
John McKay hatter unm 56 1805 Cromarty
Alex McKenzie labourer m 46 1815 Urquhart
William McKenzie vagrant unm 70 1791 Dingwall
Ann McRae house servant unm 29 1832 Logie
Ann Jane McRae 0 1861 Resolis
Janet Miller house servant unm 80 1781-1863 Avoch
Hugh Murray unm 34 1827
Janet Mustard house serv unm 80 1781-1861 Fortrose
Christina Stewart house wife m 31 1830 Avoch
Alex Stewart 3 1858 Avoch
James Stewart 0 1861 Avoch
John Urquhart labourer unm 60 1801-1862 Resolis
Black Isle Combination Poorhouse 1871
name of inmate Occupation age born date and location
Alexander Bain farm servant unm 87 1784-1874 Avoch
Elizabeth Campbell crofter’s widow 98 1771-1871 Knockbain
Margaret Davidson dom servant unm 46 1825 Cromarty
Colin Davidson scholar 5 1865 Cromarty
George Davidson fisherman widr 75 1796-1873 Avoch
Elizabeth Denoon cartwright’s widow 35 1835 Rosemarkie
Isabella Elder farm servant unm 80 ?1791-1895 Resolis
Hugh Findlayson boat builder widr 68 1803-1876 Cromarty
Eliza Fraser sewer unm 27 1844 Cromarty
George Fraser scholar 8 1863 Cromarty
Eliza Fraser 2 1869 Cromarty
Margaret Fraser servant wid 67 1804 Rosemarkie
Christina McDonald crofter’s widow 66 1805 Knockbain
Jane McDonald scholar 7 1864 Cromarty
Duncan McKenzie lab/stone breaker 75 1796 Urquhart
Hector McLean farm servant widr 66 1805 Urquhart
Margaret McPherson dom servant unm 76 1799 Fortrose
John Morrison labourer widr 72 1801-1872 Knockbain
Christina Ross farm servant’s wid 71 1800 -1874 Inverness
Christina White dom servant unm 58 1813 Knockbain
Jane Urquhart sewer wid 80 1791-1874 Forfarshire
Margaret Watson widow 50 1818 Avoch
Black Isle Combination Poorhouse 1881
name of inmate occupation age date and location
Mary Ann Cumming farm worker w 76 1805 England
Elizabeth Denoon vintner’s widow 45 1835 Rosemarkie
Jessie Hogg fisherman’s widow 72 1809-84 Rosemarkie
Charlotte McKenzie shoe binder w 48 1833 Glasgow
William McKenzie porter widr 64 1817 Urquhart
Barbara McDonald farm worker unm 73 1808 Urquhart
Donald McDonald pauper(blind) unm 18 1863 Knockbain
Isabella McIver deserted infant 2 1879 Rosemarkie
Hugh McLennan deserted infant 2 1879 Rosemarkie
Margaret McLeod dom servant unm 49 1832 Knockbain
Margaret Miller farm servant unm 81 1801 Avoch
Isabel Mitchell laundress w 66 1815-1910 Rosemarkie
Janet Paterson farmer’s widow 74 1807 Killearnan
Margaret Ross housekeeper w 83 1798 Kiltearn
Elizabeth Scott moulder’s widow 72 1809 Cromarty
Ann Sutherland fish woman unm 37 1844 Avoch
Catherine Sutherland needlewoman unm 45 1836-1911 Cromarty
ElyThimpeny weaver m 77 1804 England
Grace Thimpeny weaver’s wife m 63 1818 Kilmuir
James Watson shoemaker m 72 1809-85 Rosemarkie
Ann White farmer’s widow 90 1791 Avoch
Black Isle Combination Poorhouse 1891
name of inmate occupation age born date and location
Margaret Aird outworker wid 80 1811-1894 Nigg
Alexander Beaton gen labourer unm 81 1805 Contin
Mary-Ann Cumming housework wid 90 1801 England
Mary Davidson housework wid 80 1811-1893 Ferrintosh
Robert Denoon ploughman widr 76 1815-1897 Rosemarkie
Janet Jack housework wid 69 1822-1894 Avoch
Margaret Keith farm service wid 70 1820-1896Aberdeen
Colin More farm labourer m 62 1829-1891 Avoch
John MacKay ferryman unm 56 1835-1899 Rosemarkie
Ann MacDonald housework unm 75 1816-1891 Avoch
Ann McDonald housework wid 65 1826 Ferrintosh
Mary McDonald domestic servant unm 26 1867 Rosemarkie
George McDonald 3? born in B I Poorhouse
Roderick Mackenzie ploughman 81 1810-1895 Allangrange
Jane Mackenzie outdoor worker unm 72 1819-1896 Urquhart
Catherine Mackenzie dom servant unm 25 1866-1899 Rosemarkie
John Mackenzie 6weeks 1891 Inverness
Dugald McLean farm labourer unm 73 1818 Loch Carron
Catherine McLeman housework wid 76 1815 Avoch
Mary Mustard farm work unm 73 1818-1891 Rosemarkie
Danny Reid farm labourer unm 69 1822 Rosemarkie
Malcolm Ross shoemaker unm 64 1827-1893 England
Christina Ross cook unm 59 1826-1907 Cromarty
Jessie-Ann Stewart 3 1888 Killearnan
Catherine Sutherland housework unm 54 1836-1911 Cromarty
Margaret Urquhart dom servant unm 54 1837-1898 Fortrose
Black Isle Combination Poorhouse 1901
name of inmate occupation age born date and locatio
Darradina Bain outworker unm 49 1852 Killearnan
Alexander Bethune farmer widr 80 1819-1903 Fodderty
Catherine Campbell outworker wid 67 1834-1902 Avoch
Hugh Cross hawker widr 69 1832-1902 Rosemarkie
Hector Cunningham ploughman widr 79 1822-1903 Cromarty
Hendry Davidson groom unm 56 1845-1923 Fortrose
Donald Gray general labourer unm 52 1849-1915 Avoch
Ann Mackenzie outworker unm 67 1834-1901 Resolis
Isabella Mackenzie outworker unm 75 1834-1902 Fortrose
Charlotte McKenzie shoebinder wid 68 1833 Glasgow
Isabella McGregor outworker unm 89 1812 Resolis
Malcolm McIver farm lab unm 71 1830-1906 Rosemarkie
Margaret McLeod outworker unm 76 1825 Cromarty
Hugh Morrison gunsmith widr 81 1820-1901 Fortrose
Christina Ross cook unm 75 1826-1907 Cromarty
Alexander Ross ploughman widr 71 1830-1905 Tarbetness
Annie Sutherland outworker unm 57 1844 Avoch
Catherine Sutherland sewer unm 65 1836-1911 Cromarty