Sepia photograph of Donald Maclean of Cornaigbeg around 1890.
Donald MacLean of Cornaigbeg, a worker in the Salvage Corps, photographed in Glasgow around 1890. His mother Marion Black MacLean is buried in Kirkapol cemetery with her son Charles who died aged two.
Black & white photograph of the ferryboat approaching the steamer off Scarinish in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Courtesy of Mrs Mary Cameron
Before Gott Bay pier was completed in 1913, passengers, livestock and cargo had to be ferried by rowboat between Scarinish harbour and the steamer anchored offshore in deeper water, a somewhat hazardous journey in bad weather.
This photograph of the tender approaching the steamer was taken on a calm day in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. The service was operated for many years by Archibald MacKinnon (Èardsaidh ’ic Eòghainn) without serious accident.
The substantial building in the centre background is the store at Scarinish; the one on the left is the school. Between the two lay the Reading Room, now An Iodhlann, where passengers awaited the arrival of the steamer.
Hardback book `Too Much Land?` by Alan L. Scarfe.
An illustrated history of Maraekakaho Station at Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 1877-1929.
Photocopied extract from periodical `An Deo-Greine` about teacher Donald MacKinnon.
Obituary for Donald MacKinnon (1845-1918) who taught in Scarinish and Cornagmore schools.
Photograph of Private Hugh MacKinnon, Ruaig (1897-1918)
Black & white photograph of Private Hugh MacKinnon of Ruaig/Glasgow, in uniform around 1910, from an obituary in the Oban Times newspaper around 1919. Son of Mary Ann and Donald McKinnon, (Ruaig/Glasgow), Hugh was killed in action near Meuouvers, France, in 1918 whilst serving with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in World War I.
Photocopied extract from `Township of Bruce: Death Registrations for 1879-1899`.
Extract from a Bruce County Genealogical Society publication listing deaths in Bruce County between 1879 and 1889.
Kincardine School in 1897
Photograph of School Section 11 in Kincardine Township, Ontario in 1897.
Courtesy of Mr Archie MacKinnon
This photograph of 1897 shows the sons and daughters of pioneers from Tiree in School Section 11 of Kincardine Township, Ontario. The wooden school behind them was built in 1871 on land donated by Archibald MacKinnon.
Archibald’s parents, Fingon MacKinnon and his wife Christena MacLean, emigrated from Salum to Canada in 1851 with their seven sons then aged between five and nineteen. Fingon first worked as a labourer in Brock Township where the youngest son died of typhoid in 1854. The family then moved to Kincardine Township and settled on Lot 29 Concession 11. Fingon died there in 1859.
By 1861 the family had cleared sixty of their hundred acres. Their crops included spring wheat, oats, potatoes and turnips and, as well as two oxen, they had three steers or heifers, four milk cows and seven pigs. They continued the Tiree tradition of combining farming and other trades, e.g. carpentry.
Printout of a black and white photograph of Kincardine township school in 1897.
The sons and daughters of Tiree pioneers at Kincardine Township school in 1897. The school was built on land donated by Archibald MacKinnon originally from Salum.
Paperback book `Coisir a` Mhoid – Part Songs 1896-1912` .
The Mod collection of Gaelic part songs 1896-1912.
Paperback book `Morvern Transformed` by Philip Gaskell.
A study of the social and economic change in the Highland Parish of Moervern in the 19th century.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
O/S map sheet LXXVIII.11.
Map of the Mannal/Hynish area at a scale of 25 inches to mile (1:2,500).
