1. How does John MacKenzie fit in? When Janet MacAskill, sister of Sir John MacAskill, KIA in India in 1845, died at Vattin in 1874, aged 95, the informant was John MacKenzie, “husband of her niece.” Does anyone know who the niece was, maternal -daughter of a slibling of Lady MacAskill , Anna Steele - or daughter of a sibling of Sir John himself?

Sir John’s siblings were reputedly Allan, William, and Christina by a mother named Beaton, and reputedly all died without issue, whereas Janet’s mother was a Jessie Macleod, and father DR John. In effect Janet was a half sister.