Dates: 1890s

2007.118.2

Sepia photograph of the daughters of Donald Lamont and Sarah MacDonald in the 1890s.

The daughters of Donald Lamont from Cornaigbeg and Sarah MacDonald from Salum, probably photographed in the 1890s. L-R: Belle, Janet, Ann, Hannah and Dot.

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2007.37.2

Book `Liebig Company`s Practical Cookery Book`.

Recipe book illustrated with drawings produced by the Liebig Company based on the river Uruguay in South America.

2007.24.1

Copy of a black and white photograph of Donald Lamont (1829-1909) of Cornaigbeg.

Donald Lamont (1829-1909), the son of Peter Lamont and Ann MacLean of Cornaigbeg. Donald accompanied his parents, uncle, and eight siblings to Canada in July 1851 aboard the Conrad. They settled in Kincardine Township of Bruce County, Ontario, where Donald married Sarah (Marion) MacDonald about 1860. Donald and his wife moved to Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1894.

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2007.25.3

Black and white photograph of Hugh MacDonald (1850-1927) around 1888.

Hugh Macdonald, born in 1850, the son of John MacDonald, a blacksmith at Balinoe, and his second wife, Flora Campbell. In 1853 Hugh emigrated to Australia with his parents, brother Hector and stepsister Catherine on board the S.S. Utopia. He trained as a school teacher and in 1881 married a widow Mary Grace Hamilton. The couple had thirteen children. Hugh died in 1927 of heart failure. The photograph was taken around 1888.

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