Un-inhabited since before 1861 and recorded as "in ruins" by the 1891 enumerator
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This is the dwelling to the east of the Balchapel ruins which were un-inhabited since before 1861. During the 1911 census, Balchapel was unoccupied.
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Un-inhabited since before 1871 and recorded as "in ruins" by the 1891 enumerator
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Donald Robertson1-5 | farmer | head | u/m | 50y | Blair Atholl |
| Annie Robertson | sister | u/m | 60y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Alexander Slater | farm labourer | servant | u/m | 18y | England |
1 Donald Robertson, son of James Robertson and Christian McLaren, born 7th September 1859, died 4th October 1918
2 James Robertson in Cottown (i.e. Struan) and Christian McLaren in Achanruie married 17th December 1843, Blair Atholl
3 James Robertson, son of James Robertson, crofter, and Anne McIntosh, died 3rd July 1871, Blair Atholl
4 Christian McLaren, daughter of Peter McLaren, crofter, and Ann McIntosh, died 12th April 1903, Blair Atholl
5 see memorial stone to this family in Struan churchyard
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Thomas Halliburton | crofter | head | u/m | 42y | Dollar, Clackmannan |
| Christian Menzies | housekeeper | servant | u/m | 30y | Dull | |
| 21 | John McGee | agricultural labourer | head | marr | 38y | Kilsyth |
| Ann McGee | wife | marr | 36y | Broughty Ferry |
1 the family were living in a tent at Balnabodach.
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Recorded as "unoccupied" by the 1911 enumerator
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Duncan Robertson1-3 | crofter | head | marr | 65y | Fortingall |
| Jane Robertson4 | wife | marr | 60y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Catherine Robertson | post office | dau | u/m | 27y | Blair Atholl | |
| Margaret Robertson | dau | u/m | 25y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Ian S. Robertson5 | gson | u/m | 3y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Bertie Paton | letter carrier | servant | u/m | 16y | Dundee |
1 son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart of Borenich farm (Balnald of Borenich)
2 Duncan Robertson married Jane Stewart, daughter of Peter Stewart and Isabella Dow of Tomintianda, on 6th December 1877 in Perth
3 Duncan Robertson and his family are running the Post Office next to the Loch Tummel Hotel
4 married for 33 years, having six children, five of which were still alive.
5 natural son of Betsy Robertson, domestic servant, and Duncan Robertson, joiner, of Pitlochry.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Peter Campbell1,2 | farmer | head | u/m | 39y | Blair Atholl |
| 1 | Margaret Campbell | mother | widow | 82y | Blair Atholl | |
| 1 | Annie Irvine3 | cousin | u/m | 40y | Blair Atholl | |
| 1 | Duncan Robertson | boarder | u/m | 33y | Dull |
1 son of John Campbell, tailor, and Margaret McLaren who married 10th November 1865.
2 born at Strathgroy, Blair Atholl on 8th September 1870.
3 Annie Irvine was deaf.
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Over the years the name of the farm has changed a number of times: Croftcarnach, Borenich Farm, Balnald of Borenich and now, simply Borenich
| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Agnes Montgomerie | farmer | head | widow | 71y | Ochiltree, Ayr |
| Robert W. Montgomerie | farmer | son | u/m | 37y | Ochiltree, Ayr | |
| Annie Montgomerie | dau | u/m | 30y | Ochiltree, Ayr | ||
| Jessie Montgomerie | dau | u/m | 28y | Ochiltree, Ayr | ||
| Hector Cummings | ploughman | servant | u/m | 21y | Edinburgh | |
| Joseph Paton | cattleman | servant | u/m | 16y | England |
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Janet Stewart | own account | head | u/m | 69y | Blair Atholl |
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Peter Forbes1-3 | ploughman | head | marr | 51y | Blair Atholl |
| Elizabeth Forbes4,5 | wife | marr | 49y | Meigle, Forfarshire | ||
| Elizabeth Forbes | school | dau | u/m | 14y | Blair Atholl | |
| Daniel J. Forbes | school | son | u/m | 12y | Blair Atholl | |
| Peter Forbes | school | son | u/m | 9y | Blair Atholl |
1 son of Peter Forbes, mason, and Catherine Stewart.
2 Catherine Stewart was living at Balintuim in the 1851 census. The footnotes have additional information about Peter and Catherine Forbes.
3 married Elizabeth Johnstone, domestic servant, on 6th June 1890 in Perth. He was a ploughman at Blairfettie at the time.
4 daughter of Daniel Johnstone, dyker, and Margaret Sewall(?).
5 married for 21 years, having seven children and all were still alive.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Donald McPherson1 | farmer | head | marr | 58y | Blair Atholl |
| Jessie McPherson2 | wife | marr | 50y | Dull | ||
| Meg McPherson | dau | u/m | 21y | Dull | ||
| Jessie McPherson | dau | u/m | 14y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Charlotte McPherson3 | school | dau | u/m | 11y | Blair Atholl | |
| Donald McPherson | school | son | u/m | 7y | Killicrankie |
1 Donald McPherson and Jessie McGregor married 22nd June 1886, Blair Atholl.
2 married for 24 years, having seven children and all were still alive.
3 born at Alt-an-dulash (Glen Fender), Blair Atholl, on 15th April 1899.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Alexander McDonald1 | farmer | head | widower | 60y | Blair Atholl |
| Annie McDonald | dau | u/m | 28y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Alastair McDonald | son | u/m | 22y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Allan McDonald | son | u/m | 16y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Donald Dow2-4 | school | relative | u/m | 11y | Blair Atholl |
1 Alexander McDonald of Dalnaspidal, shepherd, aged 27, (son of Angus McDonald, shepherd, and Ann McDonald) was married at Borenich
farm on 22nd November 1878 to Grace Robertson of Borenich, aged 27, (daughter of John Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart).
Witness: Charles Forbes.
2 born 20th November 1899 at Blairuachdair.
3 son of Donald Dow, hillman, and Jessie Ann Stewart, who married 25th December 1896.
4 Donald Dow and Jessie Ann Stewart are buried in Struan churchyard.
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This dwelling is not mentioned in the 1911 census.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Donald Stewart1 | farmer | head | marr | 54y | Blair Atholl |
| Jessie Stewart2 | wife | marr | 46y | Elgin, Morayshire | ||
| Archie Stewart | son | u/m | 17y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Donald Stewart | son | u/m | 16y | Blair Atholl | ||
| John Stewart | school | son | u/m | 12y | Blair Atholl | |
| Dorothy Stewart3 | school | dau | u/m | 10y | Blair Atholl | |
| Finlay Stewart | school | son | u/m | 7y | Blair Atholl |
1 Donald Stewart married Jessie Rhind on 1st April 1891 in Aberdeen.
2 married for 20 years, having six children, five of which were still alive.
3 born 14th May 1900 at Monzie, (Glen Fender), Blair Atholl.
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This dwelling was unoccupied during the 1911 census.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Duncan Dow1-3 | hotel keeper | head | widower | 62y | Blair Atholl |
| Chrissie A. Dow | dau | u/m | 25y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Jessie Scott | general domestic | servant | u/m | 20y | England | |
| Alexander Cameron | gardener domestic | servant | u/m | 55y | Moulin | |
| John McCallum | cattleman | servant | u/m | 19y | Perth | |
| Dugald McGregor | ploughman | servant | u/m | 32y | Kenmore |
1 son of Alexander Dow and Margaret Stewart in Woodend of Port-an-Eilean, born 19th May 1848, Blair Atholl
2 Alexander Dow in Balintuim and Margaret Stewart in Tomintianda married 19th January 1845
3 On 31st July 1883, at St Stephen's parish church Edinburgh, Duncan Dow of Strathtummel, hotel proprietor, aged 35 (son of Alexander
Dow, deceased and Margaret Stewart, deceased), married Christina Stewart of Blair Cottages, Blair Atholl, aged 28 (daughter of Donald
Stewart, joiner, deceased and Christian Stewart. Witnessed by R.J. Stewart and William Stewart
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Un-inhabited since before the 1861 census.
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Recorded as "unoccupied" by the 1911 enumerator
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | James Menzies1 | game keeper | head | marr | 36y | Dull |
| Annie Menzies2 | wife | marr | 32y | Dull | ||
| Thomas J. Menzies3 | son | u/m | 4y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Isabella Ann Menzies4 | dau | u/m | 3y | Blair Atholl | ||
| Alexander S. Menzies | dau | u/m | 10m | Blair Atholl | ||
| Alexander Menzies | gamekeeper | boarder | u/m | 31y | Dull |
1 James Menzies, gamekeeper, married Ann Seaton on 23rd June 1905 in Perth.
2 married for 5 years, having three children, all of which were still alive.
3 Thomas James Menzies was born on 1st May 1906.
4 Isabella Ann Menzies was born on 5th March 1908.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Charlotte McLaren | housekeeper | head | u/m | 77y | Dunkeld |
| Jessie McLaren | teacher | dau | u/m | 44y | Dull |
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Un-inhabited since before 1871 and recorded as "in ruins" by the 1891 enumerator
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Grace Dow1-3 | house keeper | head | u/m | 78y | Blair Atholl |
| Marjory Dow4 | general domestic | niece | u/m | 45y | Dull | |
| 2 | Duncan Stewart5,6 | farmer | head | u/m | 62y | Blair Atholl |
| Betsy Robertson7 | house keeper | niece | u/m | 30y | Dull | |
| James Strong | ploughman | servant | u/m | 23y | Logierait | |
| Conrad Grimstone | cattleman | servant | u/m | 23y | Glasgow |
1 daughter of Alexander Dow and Marjory McDonald of Tomintianda, who married 23rd March 1823, Blair Atholl
2 brother Peter and family are living in Chamberbane during the 1901 census
3 Peter, Robert and Grace were baptised together in 1844-1845, Blair Atholl
4 daughter of Peter Dow and Jessie McLauchlane in Chamberbane
5 son of Peter Stewart and Isabella Dow, both in Tomintianda, who married 23rd February 1845, Blair Atholl
6 see Tomintianda births in "Stewarts in Blair Athol"
7 daughter of Duncan Robertson and Jane Stewart in Balnauld during the 1901 census
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | Margaret Stewart1 | working on farm | head | u/m | 64y | Blair Atholl |
| Elizabeth Stewart1,2 | working on farm | sister | u/m | 53y | Blair Atholl |
1 daughter of Donald Stewart and Barbara Robertson who married 16th March 1845, Blair Atholl
2 born 3rd July 1857
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Un-inhabited since before the 1861 census.
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| Dwelling | Name | Occupation | Related | Status | Age | Birth-place |
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| 1 | John M. Rodgers | caretaker | head | marr | 48y | Wales |
| Isabella Rodgers1 | wife | marr | 42y | Littel Dunkeld |
1 married for 14 years, but no children.
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