Christina Mary was born in 1903 and married James MacLean of Fairburn in 1932 in Bombay where James worked as a traffic superintendent for the Bengal and North Western Railway.  The couple returned to Muir of Ord and lived at Marakoti on Great North Road.

Helen Cameron was born in 1905 and married Ian McLean Morrison of Glamis at Dingwall in 1940. The family were the second family to live at Caberfeidh on the Black Isle Road.

Isabella Florence was born in 1906 and married David Gair MacRae of Dingwall in 1930 at Dingwall. David was a surgeon and was decorated with the Military Cross in 1918 attending to the wounded whilst under heavy shell fire, showing “fine disregard of his own safety and great devotion to duty”. He was almost twenty years senior to Isabella. They lived in Marylebone and Poplar, London in the 1930’s. David died in 1964 and Isabella returned to Muir of Ord.

Duncan Murdoch was born in 1908 and married Catherine Ann MacKenzie in 1935 at Inverness. 

Shortly before their marriage in 1934, Duncan and Catherine claim to have had a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. The creature was quite far out in the water which was very calm, and they could clearly see a long neck and head. It was making its way up the loch towards Fort-Augustus. The wake was described as being around 50 yards in size. They watched the creature for around twenty minutes before it turned and submerged. Duncan continued at the grocer’s shop following his father’s death in 1938.

Elizabeth Beatrice was born in 1909 and married Donald Shaw MacKay, a bank teller for the Bank of Scotland, in 1935 at Inverness.  Read an account of family and village life, given by Elizabeth in her 90th year, by following the link below.

Most of the family are buried at Urray Parish Church.