Transcript of a petition submitted to Henry Nisbet Procurator Fiscal against John McKinnon in 1857. McKinnon is accused of culpable homicide in childbirth. The transript gives details of how McKinnon assisted Margaret McKinnon or Lamont (wife of Lachlan Lamond, Vaul) in childbirth, and is accused of causing her death. An extract from the Register of Deaths of the entry of the death of Margaret McKinnon or Lamont is provided by Malcolm Livingston (Parochial Teacher and Registrar, Kirkapoll).
Statements are provided from:
John McKinnon (a Beadle or Bellman, Clabbach, Coll) Lachlan Lamont (husband of deceased – Cottar and Seaman, Vaul), Lachlan McKinnon (brother of deceased – Crofter, Vaul) Charles McKinnon (brother of deceased – Crofter or Labourer, Vaul) Catherine McLean or Hart (wife of John Hart, Vaul) Margaret McNeill (wife of Malcolm McNeill [Inspector of Poor], Vaul) Mary Macdonald or McLean (wife of Hector Maclean, Salum) Catherine McKinnon (daughter of Ann MacInnes or McKinnon, Vaul) Jessie MacLean (wife of John McLean, Caoles)
This record contains extensive descriptions of the attempts to deliver Margaret McKinnon or Lamont of her child, and of the interventions and instrumentation used by John McKinnon. A copy of this transcript is not available online. Please contact An Iodhlann if you would like to consult this record.
From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Transcript of a Police Report of an assault at Kenloch [Kinloch] charging Coll McDonald (Labourer or Lobster Fisher, Kinloch) with assault. McDonald is accused of attacking Hector Campbell in a dispute over a spade in October 1856. Statements are provided by Hector Campbell and Alexander McLean (Servant to Peter McNair InnKeeper, Kinloch).
A note in the margin contains a list of names and some references to cases presumably submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal. One of these reads ‘Death Arch[ibald] McLean, Tyree’.
A transcript of the Inventory of Precognition regarding the deaths of nine fishermen in the Balephuil fishing diaster. This document provides statements from witnesses to a great storm in July of 1856 which claimed the lives of nine men from Balephuil: Archibald McLean (age 50), Donald McLean (aged 29), Colin McDonald (aged 40), Alexander McDonald (aged 42), Neil Kennedy (aged 18), Hugh Kennedy (aged 14) and Hugh McKinnon (aged 14), John Campbell (aged 29) and Malcom McArthur (aged 55).
Statements are given by witnesses to the tragedy as well as by relatives of the deceased, including: Malcolm McDougall (Fisherman, Balephuil); John MacPhail (aged 23, Fisherman, Balephuil); Isabella Black or MacLean (aged 40, widow of Archibald MacLean); George MacLean Esq (Tenant, Hynish); William Wilson (aged 28, Surgeon, Scarinish).
Transcript of a report of a theft submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal accusing Sarah McDonald (Cruidhgortan [Cruairtein], Tiree) and her sister Mary McDonald (Treshnish, Mull) of the theft of a pair of shoes in September 1856. The shoes, which belonged to Mary McLean (dairymaid to and residing with A. McLean Esq, Pennycross), were stolen from Pennycross (Pennyghael) Bridge in Mull. It is mentioned that McDonald’s father ‘emigrated to America some y[ea]rs ago’. The report provides physical descriptions of Sarah and Mary McDonald.
Transcript of an Execution of Deforcement by Alexander Macdonald (Sheriff Officer) on 1 August 1855 at the instance George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll. The transcript contains details of attempts to evict of Duncan MacFee, his wife Ann MacLean or MacFee and their children from ther home in Kentra (Kintra) in Mull. An inventory of the goods and gear belonging to MacFee and MacLean, which includes ‘one Tyree Croggan’, (craggan) is provided.
Statements are provided by Alexander McDonald (Sheriff Officer, Bunessan) and Catherine McLeod or Black (wife of Lachlan Black, Kintra).
A digitised copy of a volume containing accounts and rentals for Tiree’s crofts from 1845 to 1887. The volume was prepared by Messrs Lindsay, Howe & Co.
For each township there is given: a table with figures for sowning (horses, cows, stirks, and sheep) and acreage (arable, pasture, common); a tabular abstract containing the number of holdings and tenants, total rents, improvement outlay (drainage and buildings) and notes; a ‘detailed history of crofts’ providing an overview of changes which the individual holdings in each township have undergone as regards tenancy, rent, consolidation, enlargement, or otherwise.
There is no data provided in the tabular abstract for the years 1846, 1866 and 1867.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses regarding the sudden death of Euphemia McMillan, 1852. McMillan (widow, Balevullin) died after drinking spirits at the inn of Lachlan Maclean in Kilmoluaig.
Statements are provided by:
Lachlan Maclean (Innkeeper, Kilmoluaig) Archibald Maclean (Seaman, Kilmoluaig) John MacMillan (Fisherman, Balevullin) Neil McMillan (Fisherman, Balevullin) Sarah Kennedy (Balevullin) Donald MacNeill (Fisherman, Balevullin) Sarah Cameron or MacMillan (wife of John MacMillan, Balevullin) Lachlan Cameron (Fisherman, Balevullin) Ann Macdonald (Servant to and residing with Lachlan Maclean, Kilmoluaig) Niel Lamont (son of John Lamont, Cornaigmore)
Transcript of the petition of Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, against Lachlan McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) and John McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) relating to the theft of copper and other substances from the wreck of the Barque Mandane of Sunderland. The thefts occurred at or near the beach at Crossapol and the adjoining beach of Breachacha on the Isle of Coll.
Statements are provided by: Lachlan McLean (above) John McLean (above) Donald Kennedy (Crofter, Kilbride, Coll) Hugh MacInnes (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll) Lachlan Maclean (son of John McLean, Ballard, Coll) Archibald McLean (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll) Eliza Kay (daughter of Allan Kay, Breachacha, Coll) Donald McColl (Grieve, Breachacha, Coll) Donald Maclean (Sheriff Officer, Mippost, Coll) Allan Cameron (Police Officer, Tobermory) Niel McPhail (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory)
