Murdo Morrison, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

Serjeant MURDO MORRISON
Last known address in Harris:  Amhuinnsuide
Son of D. J. Morrison, of Amhuinnsuidh, Harris
Service unit: 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 12046
Date of death: 7 April 1917 [aged 32]
Interred: Wanquetin Communal Cemetery extension, grave I. C. 10

 Stornoway Gazette 18 May 1917
Sgt Murdo Morrison RSF was killed in action in France on 8 April 1917. He was the son of Mr Donald Morrison, blacksmith, Amhuinnsuidhe. In civil life he was a gardener and worked for a number of years in Kilmarnock. On outbreak of war, he enlisted in the RSF and had been in France for the past two years. His parents have the sympathy of the community.

Murdo is found in the 1891 census at 6 Amhuinnsuidhe, aged 6, the son of Donald (39) and Emma (36) and brother of Barbara (11), Betsy Ann (9), Marion (8), Angus (6), Frederick (3) and Catherine (1). A decade later, Bella (6) is also a sibling.

W Macleod, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

W MACLEOD
Last known address in Harris:  Amhuinnsuide
Military unit: Canadians
Date of death: [not known]

No W Macleod was found in the 1891 or 1901 census returns of Amhuinnsuidhe. 

John Macaulay, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

JOHN MACAULAY
Last known address in Harris:  Amhuinnsuide
Military unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Date of death: [not known]

The 1901 census of North Harris, Amhuinnsuidhe, shows a family of Macaulays at  6 Amhuinnsuidhe, headed by Frederick (59, deer stalker) and Marion (48), who have a family of 9 children, namely: Mary An (19), Betsy (17), Fred (16), Lucy (13), John (11), Angus (9), Maggie (7) and Dolly (2).