Murdo Morrison, 21 Breasclete

Seaman MURDO MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 21 Breasclete,
Son of Neil and Jane Morrison, of Stornoway
Husband of Catherine Ann Morrison, of 37, Breasclete
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Dalhousie
Service number: 3431B
Date of birth: 12 July 1874
Date of death: 1 July 1916 at the age of 45
Died of cholera in Basra
Interred: Basra War Cemetery, grave VI. T. 16
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish
Left 6 orphans

Murdo appears in the 1891 census at Breasclete, aged 20, the son of Neil (60) and Jane (55), and brother of Norman (15), Neil (10), Allan (26) and Catherine (24).

The 1901 census shows Murdo (29), married to Katie Ann (27) and with baby son Malcolm (1 month) at 21 Breasclete, at the house of his father-in-law, John Macdonald (75).