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DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (17)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (15)Malcolm, a carpenter of the MacAldonich clan, taking after his father with curly dark brown hair with brown eyes, has taken the daughter of the herbwoman to wife. Eimhir Forsythe is a pretty young woman, who has been training in her mother's craft and assisting with births since she was a wee thing. She has her mother's striking hazel eyes and straight dark brown hair. A terrible rash of thunderstorms hit the state in the summer, just after Malcolm and Eimhir were married. The local forest was damaged, hitting the lumber and herbs hard, making business tight for Malcolm, and difficult for Eimhir and her mother. Several buildings in town were damaged and Malcolm spends much of his time helping to repair.--
Year 2:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (18)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (16)A sickness swept the estate this year, also hitting the laird's family. Eimhir is kept very busy helping her mother making medicines and spending time with the sick. She falls ill herself just as the epidemic seems to have passed. She is only mildly ill and her mother nurses her back to health.--
Year 3:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (19)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (17)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich / Mairead Anna MacAldonich (nb)It turns out the mild illness Eimhir befell at the end of last year was actually the symptoms of early pregnancy! She grows large with child quickly and she and her mother are concerned. As the pregnancy wears on, it becomes clear that Eimhir is carrying more than one child. A pair of twin girls are born in late summer. though they don't appear to be identical, they are quite similar looking. Both have dark brown curls, and as they age, their eyes darken to hazel.--
Year 4:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (20)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (18)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich / Mairead Anna MacAldonich (1)Malcolm began spending more and more time in the tavern with twin infants in the house. Unfortunately while deep in his cups, he picks a fight with another man, whose arm he breaks in the fight. The man works for the laird in his stables and cannot do his work with a broken arm. The laird changes Malcolm to pay for the loss of the man's work and scolds him for leaving his young family to spend time in drink. Malcolm is appropriately mollified and has to spent extra time making furniture for sale to make up the wages.--
Year 5:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (21)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (19)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (2)The girls are growing up, and Ealusaid has gained a new nickname, Oighrig, for her dense crop of freckles. She is active and bright, however, her twin Maisie - second-born and always smaller - is clearly a sickly child. She frequently has coughs and cannot run like other children because she simply does have the breath. In the winter of this year, she becomes so ill and so short of breath that her lips are tinged blue. Only her mother and grandmother's knowledge of herbcraft get her through the illness alive.--
Year 6
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (22)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (20)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (3)Eimhir falls pregnant again this year, but is struck with terrible vomiting. Try as they might, she and her mother are unable to stave off dehydration and she loses the child. All in all, she spends several months abed with illness and heartsickness.--
Year 7
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (23)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (2l)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (4)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (nb)After the sadness of the previous year, the MacAldonich family is blessed with a healthy baby boy! Alexander is the spitting image of his father.--
Year 8:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (24)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (22)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (5)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (1)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (nb)The girls are growing into themselves, and Oighrig has started sharing interest in working with her mother and grandmother. She is a great help during Eimhir's pregnancy with their new baby brother. Maisie, kept indoors and often ill, has become deeply engrossed with prayers and reading.The new baby, Domhnall, looks similar to his older brother but with frizzier hair.--
Year 9
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (25)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (23)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (6)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (2)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (1)This fall, an unfamiliar young boy came running to the MacAldonich home seeking help for his mother who he said was laboring with a baby who wouldn't come. Eimhir rushed to follow the boy, but when she arrived, found only highwaymen, who stole all the valuables she had with her.--
Year 10
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (26)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (24)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (7)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (3)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (2)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (nb)A new baby boy joins this year, with frizzy red hair whose eyes darken to Malcolm's brown.--
Year 11
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (27)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (25)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (8)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (4)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (3)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (l)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich "Jamie" (nb)Another pregnancy soon after Noel's birth results in a fourth son. Jamie has curly red hair and hazel eyes.--
Year 12
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (28)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (26)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (9)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (5)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (4)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (2)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich "Jamie" (1)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (nb)An unmarried girl in town gives birth to a son, attended by Eimhir, Oighrig, and Eimhii's mother. She is distraught - the father of the baby has abandoned her, and her parents are not well pleased with her. The MacAldonich family takes the bairn, a sweet little boy with frizzy golden blonde and blue eyes, and the girl's family send her away to an aunt's home.Alexander's personality has really begun to show itself, and he is quite the dreamer, often staring off into the distance with a penchant for tall tales.--
Year 13
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (29)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (27)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (10)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (6)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (5)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (3)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (2)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (1)A miraculous occurrence happens this year. Maisie is ill again, on the brink of the death. Here mother and grandmother sit vigil, waiting and praying, their knowledge at its limit. She wakes in the morning, completely well, and in fact healthy than she has been in years. She speaks of miraculous visions she had of angels and the Blessed Virgin who brought her back to her body.--
Year 14
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (30)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (28)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (11)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (7)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (6)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (4)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (3)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (2)Malcolm enters an artisan contest in the county and wins a purse of silver.--
Year 15
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (31)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (29)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (12)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (8)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (7)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (5)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (4)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (3)War threatens, and Malcolm begins to teach the older boys how to fight to defend their home if Malcolm is called to go to war. Noel has taken up drawing plants while he accompanies his grandmother and sister out to gather herbs.--
Year 16
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (32)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (30)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Maisie" (13)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (9)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (8)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (6)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (5)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (4)GM: Rhona Gormlaith Forsythe (48)Eimhir's mother, Rhona, has lived alone for much of her life, having never taken a husband. Eimhir was born after she had established herself as a midwife and herbwoman, and though there were whispers, most people were willing to overlook a natural daughter. She is now, however, getting older and moves in with her daughter's family.Jamie has expressed interest in learning carpentry.--
Year 17
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (33)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (31)DD1/DD2: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich "Oighrig" / Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Sister Margaret" (14)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (10)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (9)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (7)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (6)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (5)
DS6: Andrew Faolán MacAldonich (nb)GM: Rhona Gormlaith Forsythe (49)It's another son for Malcolm MacAldonich - a boy with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. Maisie has decided to join a convent and has taken Margaret as her religious name. MaolMhuire is a little boy with a big appetite!--
Year 18
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (34)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (32)DD1: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich MacMorran "Oighrig" (15)
-DH: Duncan Toirdhealbhach MacMorran (16)
DD2: Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Sister Margaret" (15)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (11)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (10)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (8)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (7)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (6)
DS6: Andrew Faolán MacAldonich (1)GM: Rhona Gormlaith Forsythe (50)There are again rumblings of war with England. The older boys are well-prepared and take on teaching their younger brothers. Fear of war prompts Oighrig to beg her father to allow her to marry her sweetheart before he is called away, perhaps for good. She marries a young man named Duncan, son of the laird's blacksmith.--
Year 19:
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (35)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (33)DD1: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich MacMorran "Oighrig" (16)
-DH: Duncan Toirdhealbhach MacMorran (17)
-FCat: Eby (nb)
DD2: Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Sister Margaret" (16)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (12)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (11)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (9)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (8)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (5)
DS6: Andrew Faolán MacAldonich (2)GM: Rhona Gormlaith Forsythe (51)Rumors swept the estate of strange lights and music from the standing stones nearby. The laird's ratcatcher has a litter of kittens and Oighrig falls in love with a sweet little kit she names Eby.--
Year 20
DH: Malcolm Kennocht MacAldonich (36)
DW: Eimhir Mary Forsythe MacAldonich (34)DD1: Ealusaid Agnes MacAldonich MacMorran "Oighrig" (17)
-DH: Duncan Toirdhealbhach MacMorran (18)
-FCat: Eby (1)
DD2: Mairead Anna MacAldonich "Sister Margaret" (17)
DS1: Alexander Murdoch MacAldonich (13)
DS2: Domhnall Ambrose MacAldonich (12)
DS3: Noel Somhairle MacAldonich (10)
DS4: James Aonghus MacAldonich (9)
ADS5: MaolMhuire Padraig MacAldonich (6)
ADD3: Mór Afraig Granger MacAldonich (5)
DS6: Andrew Faolán MacAldonich (3)GM: Rhona Gormlaith Forsythe (52)Tragedy strikes the town. A builder falls off the roof of a barn he is repairing. A few months later, his pregnant wife dies in a premature birth, taking the bairn to the beyond with her. The MacAldonich family adopts the daughter the couple left behind.
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