Clee-a-naig
Also spelt Chlinaig or Chlianaig
Meaning not clear, possibly from Gaelic claoin a slope
Census 1841
MONI CHLINAIG 1 DONALD MACDONALD M 65 AG.LAB. Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 MARY MACDONALD F 60 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 MARY MACDONALD F 30 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 MARGARET MACDONALD F 20 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 JANET MACDONALD F 8 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 MARY MACDONALD F 4 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 ANGUS MACDONALD M 2 Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 MURDOCH MACPHERSON M 30 AG.LAB. Y
MONI CHLINAIG 1 DONALD MACKILLOP M 15 AG.LAB. Y
MONI CHLINAIG 2 ISABELLA MACARTHUR F 60 COTTAR Y
MONI CHLINAIG 2 MARY MACARTHUR F 60 Y
Census 1861
MONI CHLINAIG 1 ARCHIBALD MACDONALD M HEAD W 79 SHEPHERD KILMONIVAIG
MONI CHLINAIG 1 ISABELLA MACDONALD F DAUR U 35 SERV.DOMESTIC KILMONIVAIG
MONI CHLINAIG 1 JOHN MACDONALD M SON U 32 TAILOR KILMONIVAIG
MONI CHLINAIG 1 SARAH MACDONALD F VISITOR U 21 SERV.DOMESTIC KILMONIVAIG
MONI CHLINAIG 1 ALEXANDER MACINTOSH M GSON U 10 SCHOLAR KILMONIVAIG
MONI CHLINAIG 1 JANET MACLEAN F VISITOR U 65 PAUPER KILMALIE
Census 1881
MONI CLEANIG 1 JOHN MACDONALD M HEAD M 54 SHEPHERD KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 1 FLORA MACDONALD F WIFE M 52 KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 1 ISABELLA MACDONALD F DAUR U 20 SERV.GENERAL KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 1 SAMUEL MACDONALD M SON U 14 SCHOLAR KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 1 HELEN MACDONALD F DAUR U 12 SCHOLAR KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 1 DONALD MACDONALD M SON U 9 SCHOLAR KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 2 CATHERINE CAMPBELL F HEAD W 61 KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 2 MARY CAMPBELL F DAUR U 22 SERV.GENERAL KILMONIVAIG
MONI CLEANIG 2 MARGARET MACDONALD F VISITOR U 46 AG.LAB. KILMONIVAIG
THE GENEALOGY OF CLAN DONALD
MACDONALDS OF THE CLIANAIG
This family is descended from DONALD GORM,
son of Alastair Buidhe XIV. of Keppoch. He is
among the followers of Coll of Keppoch in 1691.
He married a daughter of Allan Macdonald of
Gellovie, and had —
1. Alexander.
2. Angus.
3. A daughter, who married Kennedy of Lianachan.
Donald was succeeded by his son,
II. ALEXANDER. He signed the Address to
George I. in 1714. He had —
1. Ranald.
2. Archibald.
3. Donald Ban a Bhochdain. He married a Macgregor
from Rannoch, and had Donald Ban Og and Angus
Roy. Donald Ban had a natural son, Alexander, who
married Grace Mackintosh, and had Ranald, Flora,
Janet, Anne, Grace, Catherine, and Sarah. Ranald
married the daughter of a Donald Mackenzie, and had
Donald, Angus, Alexander, Duncan, Janet, Christina,
and Sarah. He and all his family emigrated to
America. Angus Roy, second son of Donald Ban a
Bhochdain, married a sister of Captain Alexander
Macdonald of Moy without issue. He had a natural
son, Donald, Tacksman of Coruanan, who married a
daughter of Donald Dubh MacGhilleasbuig of Tulloch,
one of Sliochd na Mointich, and had, besides several
daughters, a son, Angus, who was for a number of
years in the Lovat Estate Office, Beauly. He went to
America, studied medicine, and died in 1898.
Alexander Macdoonald of Clianaig was succeeded by
his son,
III. RANALD, who died unmarried, and was suc-
ceeded by his brother,
IV. ARCHIBALD. His name is on the list of
persons concerned in the Rising of 1745. He was
succeeded by his son,
V. DONALD. We cannot trace this family
further.