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Maclennan, Garnet n. MacRae

Milestones Birth: July 01 1938 – Dingwall Death: May 28 2014 – Inverness Brief Profile Garnet “Gary” Macrae was born in 1938 in Dingwall, Scotland, daughter of John Murchison MacRae and Elizabeth (Murray) Macrae. Her early life was marked by close family bonds, but also by tragedy: her brother Murray and later her father […]

Macmillan, Catherine Aird n. McIntosh

Milestones Birth: March 24 1910 – Invergordon Marriage: November 21 1936 – Invergordon to Donald Uilleam Macmillan Death: March 23 1990 – Conon Bridge Brief Profile Catherine Aird McIntosh was born on 24th March 1910, the last of six surviving children of Robert John McIntosh and Annie Munro or McIntosh. The family lived above […]

Macmillan, Donald Uilleam

Milestones Birth: September 04 1913 – Dalmore Marriage: November 21 1936 – Invergordon to Catherine Aird McIntosh Death: January 18 1980 – Conon Bridge Brief Profile Donald Uileam Macmillan was the youngest in the family of Colonel Angus Leith Macmillan and Jeannie Lindsay, Dalmore. He followed his father’s military footsteps, serving in the Seaforth […]

Macmillan, Jessie Chrystal

Milestones Birth: June 13 1872 – Edinburgh Death: September 21 1937 – Edinburgh Brief Profile Chrystal Macmillan was a pioneer of women’s rights. The first ever woman to graduate in science from the University of Edinburgh, she became the first woman to plead before the House of Lords, presenting the Scottish Women Graduates’ case.. […]

McDonald, Mary

Milestones Birth: January 01 1783 – Black Isle Death: December 01 1861 – Resolis Brief Profile Mary McDonald was born on the Black lsle, Ross-shire, only daughter of Donald McDonald (c1756–1789) and Margaret Stewart (c1758–1815.) She worked all her life as a farm servant, died a pauper in Fearn in Easter Ross aged 78. […]

McIntosh, Annetta

Milestones Death: March 28 1960 – Invergordon Brief Profile Under Preparation

McIntosh, Kinn H

Milestones: Born June 20 1930, Huddersfield Died December 21 2024, Sturry Short Life Summary Kinn Hamilton McIntosh was the elder of the two children of Robert McIntosh and Kinn Hamilton Her father, qualified in Scotland, practised as a GP in England, in Huddersfield and Sturry, near Canterbury. Born in Huddersfield she was 16 when her […]

McIntosh, Munro

Milestones Death: January 05 2021 – Canterbury Brief Profile Under preparation.

McIntosh, Robert John

Milestones Birth: February 26 1866 – Invergordon Death: March 01 1938 – Invergordon Brief Profile Robert was born in Outram Street, Invergordon, the youngest of the seven children of Robert John McIntosh Senior and Annie Munro. In 1882, aged 16, he set off for Cape Colony, South Africa. On the steamer, he concluded the […]

Munro, Mora Jean n. Mowat

Milestones Birth: October 05 1929 – Edinburgh Marriage: August 23 1956 – Callander to Alastair Harry Munro Death: December 25 2018 – Muir of Ord Brief Profile Brief Profile Invitation Friends wishing to send in an Appreciation for publication here are welcome to do so. Texts should be sent to registrations@milestonesscotland.co.uk. Death Notice Mora Munro, […]

Pearson, Francis Salmond Gillespie

Milestones Birth: January 01 1940 – Edinburgh Death: September 24 2012 – Edinburgh Brief Profile Frank was the son of David Gillespie Pearson and Phyllis Salmond. Educated at Fettes and Oxford, he combined boxing rowing and running with his studies before National Service with the Cameron Highlanders. After a year teaching at Harrow, where […]

Radcliffe, Nicholas

Milestones Death: January 15 2021 – Edinburgh Brief Profile Under preparation.

Regan, Jack

Milestones Birth: January 10 1942 – Edinburgh Marriage: November 18 1965 to Isabel Katrina (Katie) Thewlis Death: March 28 1995 – Glasgow Brief Profile John Hugh Regan (Jack) was born on January 10th 1942 in Edinburgh, to John and Mary Agnes Regan and educated at Scotus Academy. A greatly admired and acclaimed broadcast journalist, […]

Seaton, Alexander Forbes

Milestones Birth: June 03 1626 – Aberdeen Death: November 22 1654 – Oxford Brief Profile Alexander Forbes Seaton was born, in Aberdeen, to Sarah Forbes, servant to William Cargill, lawyer in Aberdeen. His father was George Burnett, Master Mason, Banff. Taking the surname of his stepfather Alexander Seaton, he was educated in Aberdeen before […]

Sellar, John

Birth: July 31 1884 – Newtonmore Marriage: July 29 1913 – Edinburgh to Isabella Forbes MacDonald Death: July 17 1975 – Inverness Short Life Summary John Sellar was born and raised in Newtonmore. His early enthusiasm for shinty gave way to a strong commitment to the church. After earning an M.A. from Edinburgh University in […]

Tey, Josephine

Milestones Death: February 13 1952 – Inverness Brief Profile For more information please see: Elizabeth MacKintosh

Westmacott, Penelope Margaret

Milestones Birth: February 22 1922 – Poole Death: October 05 2005 – Fortrose Brief Profile Penelope Margaret Westmacott was born in Shipston-on-Stour on 20th February 1922, the younger daughter of Thomas Horatio Westmacott and Laura Evelyn Winnington-Ingram. Penelope was a much-loved Highland primary school teacher for most of her working life, as well as […]

Wishart, Sylvia

Milestones Birth: February 11 1936 – Orkney Death: December 04 2008 – Kirkwall Brief Profile Sylvia Wishart, an Orcadian who drew much of her inspiration from the islands, made a major contribution to Scottish artistic life in the second half of the 20th century.In Stromness Academy she was encouraged to a career in art. […]

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Profiles

A word about our terminology.

Rather than ‘the deceased’ or ‘the loved one,’ we’ve chosen to use ‘the Subject’ to describe the person whose memory is registered.

You are our ‘Customer.’ If you submit an Appreciation you will be a Contributor.

We refer to anything published on the website as an ‘Entry.’

Adding entries is ‘enhancing the profile’;

the sum total of the entries for a subject is their ‘Profile’ in the Milestones Memories Register.

It is in their Profiles that loved ones are appreciated and remembered whether they were larger than life or unassuming souls. There too the lives of forebears may be recorded and celebrated. And it is in their Profiles that those rightly held in high regard in their time but now feared forgotten may be called back to mind.

We believe that it is through the display of accurate, considered, quality material in Profiles that we will build up Milestones’ reputation as a unique resource for family and general research in Scotland.

All Profiles open with the Brief Profile created by us using the milestones, the short life summary and any photograph received from you, adding the invitation to submit appreciations. Most customers enhance the Brief Profile in due course with tributes in the form of eulogies, obituaries and appreciations. A timeline is encouraged – with more photographs. You may wish to add the death notice, abstracts from the Order of Service, an Acknowledgement. Under the ENHANCING title in the main menu you’ll find more detail including the Enhancing the Profile form, used for all additional entries after registration. The customised Invitation and a Postscript can add appreciably to the eventual value of any Profile for future research.