Photograph of Margaret MacKinnon (b. 1835), ca 1875.
Photograph of Margaret MacKinnon (b. 1835 ?) in mourning dress around 1875.
2011.113.26
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Dates: 1820s
2011.1.1
Information about Rev. Archibald Farquharson (1800-1878) of Tiree
Emailed information about Rev. Archibald Farquharson`s family and genealogy and a list of his publications of Gaelic hymns, poems, language, work, communities and travels in the Highlands and islands from the National Library of Scotland.
2010.53.25
Papers relating to bard John MacLean, Caoles (1787-1848)
Copies of papers relating to the life, work and family of John MacLean, shoemaker, Caoles. Known as the `Bard Thighearna Cholla` he was born in 1787, married Isabel Black, Lismore, in 1808, emmigrated to Nova Scotia 1918, died in Nova Scotia 1848. Includes transcripts and photocopies of marriage certificate, a handwritten account of the sale of hides (1816), two letters to his brother dated 1838 and 1840, a promisory note for 9 shillings, a letter from his son Allan to him in 1847.
2009.164.1
Book “Coast Missions: a memoir of the Rev. Thomas Rosie” by Rev. James Dodds, Dunbar 1862
Hardback book about the destinations and experiences of the Rev. Thomas Rosies during his missionary work in Scotland and abroad, over the period 1825 to 1860. Chapters include details of his childhood, the West Coast Mission, work around Scotland (Tiree and Coll are mentioned on page 131), and Bombay, India.
2009.141.1
CD-ROM labelled “Duke of Argyll” containing scanned pages of an 18th century notebook
CD-ROM from Linda Brackenbury, Coll, labelled “Duke of Argyll” containing digital images of 11 hand-written pages from a personal notebook (belonging to the Duke?). Style of writing and page quality suggests 18th century. Content unclear.
2009.147.1
Typed tale about John `Diùrach` MacLean – “Big Dewar of Balemartine, Tiree”
Typed account of John MacLean (Mull & Jura) who came to live in Balemartine,Tiree. Known locally as Dewar (Diùrach), he was reknown for his resistance to pay tax to the Duke of Argyll. Unknown date of birth but likely between 1750 and 1820.
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2009.119.1
Newspaper article about the sinking of a boat carrying 26 people from Tiree in 1828.
Extract from a letter from a man on Coll to a man in Glasgow dated 31st May 1828, published in the Glasgow Herald and extracted by The Times. On the 29th of May 1828 a boat carrying 26 people from Tiree struck rocks near the Treshnish Isles after a peat-cutting expedition to Mull. Twenty-one died. They were Hector John Cameron and his sister Mary Cameron, Charles MacLean, Mary MacDonald, Jean Campbell, Mary Carlisle, William MacLean and his wife, Donald MacLean and his sister Mary MacLean, Catherine Galbraith and her brother Malcolm MacInnes, Alexander Rainey, Alexander Cameron, Neil MacDonald and his daughter.
2007.129.1
Paperback book `The best man who ever served the crown?` by Ray Fargher.
The life of Sir Donald MacLean of Kilmoluaig and New Zealand.
2007.126.8
Photocopied letter from the Kirk Session of Tiree dated 13th June 1821.
Letter dated 13th June 1821, signed by the minister Neil MacLean, the Session Clerk Alexander Mathewson and three others, attesting to the `unimpeached moral character` of Donald MacPhaiden, his wife Catherine MacNaughton and their family and recommending them to `any Christian Society or Congregation` in North America.
2007.115.1.1
Two death certificates from New South Wales, Australia, for Catherine and John Lamont, 1903-7
Death certificates for Catherine Baker nee Lamont (1819-1820), dated 1903, and for John Lamont, born in Tiree in 1844, the son of Hector and Catherine Lamont, dated 1907.