Book “They Came to Mara…”
Large hardback book “they came to mara…” published in 2011 about Tiree and Coll emigrants to Mara Township in Ontario, Canada, during 1829-1900.
2012.83.1
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Dates: 1840s
2012.21.3
Extract from death register and information about Captain John Lamont, Ruaig (1804-1866)
Copy of the death register for Master Shipbuilder Captain John Lamont (Iain na Hongs), Ruaig, from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, and information about his family and activities in Hong Kong in the mid 1800s in an email from Kathleen Kennedy to John Holliday in Sept. 2011.
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2012.25.1
Genealogical records for Tom Barr, Balephetrish (1844-1918)
Print-outs of genealogical and census records for Thomas Barr, tenant of Balephetrish Farm 1864-1912, and his family.
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2012.20.2
Questionnaire relating to the case for State Medical Services for the poor in 1850.
Photocopy of a typed questionnaire about medical services in Tiree & Coll in the 1840s, completed in handwriting. Formed part of Dr Morrice McCrae`s report `The Case for State Medical Services for the Poor – Highlands & Islands 1850` (2012.20.1).
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2011.113.3
Photograph of Alexander MacFadyen, Scarinish, and his wife Marion (Sarah) MacArthur, ca. 1900
Sepia photograph of Alexander MacFadyen (1839-1905) and his wife Marion (Sarah) MacArthur around 1900. They moved to Lismore. Alexander was the son of Allan and Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish.
2011.113.4
Photograph of Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish, ca. 1863
Black & white photograph of Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish (1843-1866), daughter of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish. She died of smallpox in Glasgow at the age of 23.
2011.113.6
Photograph of Catherine MacFadyen, Scarinish, ca. 1857
Sepia photograph of Catherine MacFadyen (1837-1928), daughter of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish.
2011.113.8
Photograph of Janet (Jessie) Munn MacFadyen, Scarinish, ca. 1855
Black & white photograph of Janet (Jessie) Munn MacFadyen (1835-1881), daughter of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen Scarinish.
2011.113.11
Photograph of members of the MacFadyen family of Scarinish at a garden party ca. 1924
Sepia photograph of three men and a girl wearing party hats at a dining table at Middleton around 1924. L-R: Charles MacFadyen (1847-1930), Hamilton ?, James MacFadyen (1845-1929), “myself”?. James was the son of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen who ran the Scarinish Inn.
2011.113.14
Photograph of Charles, Margaret and Hannah MacFadyen, Middleton, ca 1900
Sepia photograph of siblings Charles (1847-1930), Margaret (1850-1935) and Hannah (1855-1939) MacFadyen, Middleton, around 1900. They were the children of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen who ran the Scarinish Inn in the mid-1800s.
