Black and white photograph of Mary Kennedy of Balevullin/Cornaigmore found in Robert Doncaster`s house in Cornaigmore in 2003.
Mary Kennedy (Mairi Dhòmhnaill Mhòir; 1858-1940) was born in Balevullin to Donald Kennedy and Catherine Gillies. The ruins of the house are beside ‘Braeside’, Balevullin. Mary was one of six siblings: John (1851-1907), Alexander (1853 – 1936), Mary (1858 – 1940), Archibald (1860 – ), Charles (1863- 1868) and Catherine (1866 – 1948). Mary had one son, Donald Archie Kennedy, a sea captain in the Merchant Navy, who built a house in Cornaigmore (R Doncaster’s). Mary lived there from 1925 until her death in 1940, latterly with her daughter-in-law, Agnes Livingston, and her two children, Mary and Colin, who returned from Canada in 1932. (Original photo in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Black and white photograph of the MacLean family of Croish, Caoles around 1905.
The MacLeans of Croish House, Caoles in 1904 or 1905. L-R (back row) 1. Margaret (Maggie) MacLean, wife of John MacKinnon, Hillcrest and daughter of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6); 2. Hugh MacLean, son of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6), father of Hugh Archie, Salum; 3. Alexander MacLean (1853-1930), son of Hugh MacLean (1816-1905) of Croish, Caoles and his wife Marion MacFadyen, sister-in-law of Margaret (5); (middle row) 4. Catriona (An Auntie Bheag), spinster sister or sister-in-law of Margaret (5); 5. Margaret MacDonald (1835-1927), widow of Charles MacFadyen (1829-1901) and mother of Ishbel (6) and Marion (7) – three other daughters died in the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 – Maggie aged 17, Mary Flora aged 7 and Catherine aged 3; 6. Ishbel MacLean née MacFadyen (1871-1956), wife of Alexander (3), her first cousin, and daughter of Margaret (5), holding her son Charles (Charlie Croish); 7. Marion Cameron née MacFadyen, daughter of Margaret (5) and wife of Donald Cameron from Mull, holding her daughter Margaret (married surname Gillespie) – the family emigrated to Canada and Margaret grew up in New Deer, Alberta; (front row) 8. Hugh Hector MacArthur, Caoles House, cousin of Maggie, Hugh, Charlie, Donald (9) Catherine and Morag, and grandfather of Hugh (Dudan) MacArthur; 9. Donald MacLean, son of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6); 10. Donald Cameron, son Marion (7), later a senator in Canada and founder of Banff School; 11. Catherine (Katie Rosigeal), daughter of Alexander (2) and Ishbel (6) and mother of Alasdair Rosigeal; 12. Morag MacLean (married surname Paton), daughter of Alexander (2) and Ishbel (6).
Newpaper article about the presentation of the King`s Silver Jubilee Medal to civil engineer Archibald MacDougall (1889-1961), son of Rev. Allan MacDougall of Milton.
Photograph of Tùr Mhic Chaluim at Kilkenneth in 2001
Born in Argyll in 1849, the Reverend Donald MacCallum was radicalised by what he saw of the Clearances and became the crofters’ and cottars’ champion. This was a rare stand for a minister at that time dependant as they were on their landlord for manse, glebe and living.
He served in Loch Geàrr, Arisaig and Skye, where he became the only Highland minister of that era to be imprisoned for his political beliefs. He came to Tiree in 1887 but was forced out after 18 months by the Argyll family who refused to support him.
The crofters of Tiree erected the cairn in his honour. The inscription read: ‘Tùr McCallum, 1st July 1889. Bas no Buaidh. Death or Victory.’
Colour photograph of Tur Mhic Chaluim in Kilkenneth in 2001.
Tur Mhic Chaluim in Kilkenneth photographed in February 2001 by Catriona Hunter. The memorial was erected in honour of the Reverend Donald MacCallum who was born in Argyll in 1849. He was radicalised by what he saw of the Clearances and became the crofters’ and cottars’ champion. This was a rare stand for a minister at that time dependant as they were on their landlord for manse, glebe and living. He served in Loch Geàrr, Arisaig and Skye (where he became the only Highland minister of that era to be imprisoned for his political beliefs), then came to Tiree in 1887. He was forced out after 18 months by the Argyll family who refused to support him. The inscription reads: ‘Tùr McCallum, 1st July 1889. Bas na Buaidh. Death or Victory.’
Foghorn (missing rubber bulb) used on board the schooner Mary Stewart, originally an early 20th century car horn. It was a family tradition of the owners (Donald Maclean of Scarinish and his sons) to blow the horn if there was a marriage in the township.
Red deer bone awl found by Dr Morton Boyd in Balephuil in 1995.
Red deer bone 125 mm long and 25-35 mm wide with one end shaped into a point, found by Dr Morton Boyd on 27/1/1995 on the bank of the stream at Balephuil embedded in a layer of limpet shells and sand/soil at a depth of around 3 m in the dunes.
