I have restricted this list to records that confirm that, at the time, each person was an out-pensioner of the Chelsea Hospital. This partially explains why, with one exception, the census of 1851 is the only one represented:
1851
John Macdonald, 51, Pensioner Chelsea Hospital, Kentulavick, b. Harris
(Wife, 28, and three children aged 6, 4 and 2)
Angud MacCuish, 50, Pensioner Chelsea Hospital, Borve, b. Harris
Neil Maclennan, 48, Chelsea Pensioner, Flodabay, b. Harris
(Wife, 40, and 5 children aged 8 years to 5 months)
Donald Macaskill, 60, Pensioner (Chelsea), Island of Bernera, b. Harris
(Wife, 40 and two children aged 9 and 7)
Donald Macleod, 47, Pensioner (Chelsea), Island of Bernera, b. Harris
(Wife, 44, and 4 children aged 14 to 5)
Christopher Macrae, 67, Pensioner Chelsea Hospital, Nishiskee, b. Kintail, Ross
(Wife, 42, and 7 children aged 19 years to 5 months)
1881
Marion Macrae, 58, Chelsea Pensioner's Widow, South Harris, b. Stornoway
(I believe this to be Christopher Macrae's Wife. I found this family, uniquely, in 1841 where her age is recorded as 28 compared to his 55 years. I suspect she is nearer to 70 than 60, though!)
1900-1913
Norman Macleod, the only Chelsea Pensioner from Harris that I found in the National Archives: Archives
Links:
The Royal Hospital Chelsea - http://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/
Chelsea Pensioner - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_pensioner
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