John Morrison gave evidence to the Napier Commission at Loch Eport on 30 May 1883.We find him as a crofter in North Uist in the 1881 census, married to Margaret (50) and with six children, varying in ages from 5 to 27. The 1871 census gives the same information (minus those children that were aged 10 or less in 1881), but the 1861 census names Margaret as Peggy. Only the eldest two children are present at that time. However, this census does specify their location as Lochefort (Locheport). I am not sure that the John Morrison, who is a shepherd at Sponish in 1851 is the same man, although the age corresponds.
Forward in time, the 1891 census is an update on the 1881 census return; John's name is mangled in the transcription on Ancestry, and North Uist is in part described as being in Ross-shire.
I have been unable to locate John Morrison's death record
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