A single notice in The Islander of 14 March 1846 remembers two daughters of Angus McCormack of Naufrage, Lot 43.

The newspaper notice

On the 4th ult., Margaret, and on the 2nd inst., Isabella, the former in the 22nd year, and the latter in the 24th year of her age, both daughters of Mr. Angus McCormack, Naufrage, Lot 43.

The dates refer to 4 February for Margaret and 2 March for Isabella. The age wording places them in their twenty-second and twenty-fourth years, rather than establishing exact birthdays.

The report names their father but not their mother. It gives neither a cause of death nor a burial place. Their deaths close together should not be treated as proof of a shared illness.

Sources

The Islander, 14 March 1846; transcribed by Ronald J. Reid, The Island Register

Phyllis Dand’s Islander vital-statistics index, 14 March 1846