Family tree for the MacKinnon family of Vaul, 1700-2011, plus 1891 & 1901 census information for some of those listed.
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2018.18.2
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Dates: 1900s
2018.18.1
1901 census information for Vaul listing house number, names of occupants, position in household, occupation and year of birth. House numbers run from ‘Tichavruich’ in upper Vaul up to ‘Dunmore’, then down to the shore along the lower track to ‘Seaside’ and then back to ‘Silversands’.
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2018.11.1
Photograph of a hand-drawn family tree for the Brown/MacKinnon/MacLean family of Mannal and Balinoe, beginning with Hugh Brown (1799-1854) and Euphemia McMillan (m. 1821), both of Mannal, and finishing with Rhona and Roddie MacLean, children of Neil MacLean and Sarah Walker (m. 1964), Clydebank.
2018.10.2
Commemorative composition about the life and death of John (Ian) Mackinnon, Vaul (1887-1916), by his great-niece Jilly Watson (née Mackinnon Johnstone), Canada, 2017. Includes a photograph and family tree.
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2018.9.1
Two lists of artists and their works exhibited at various galleries between 1862 and 1963, including Duncan MacGregor Whyte (1866-1953), who built ‘The Studio’ at Balephuil.
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2018.6.1
Emailed information about the Campbell family of Mull, Tiree and Coll, 1820-1912, some of whom emigrated to Cape Breton, Canada, and a composition titled Campbell of Malagawatch.
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2018.2.1
Softback book ‘Tiree to New Zealand – The extraordinary journey of Euphemia Brown’, by Dianne Dew, 2017. A detailed account of courage, determination and ultimate success of Effie Brown (nee McKellar, b. 1836), who left her home in Cornaigbeg in 1878 with her husband Duncan Brown and seven of their children to establish a farm in the remote Central Otago region of Gimmerburn in New Zealand. Researched and written by Effie’s great-grandaughter.
2017.84.1
Cross-section of a hawthorn tree from Glac nan Smeur / Hollow of the Brambles, on the side of Beinn Hynish, Balephuil. There are about 80 rings, suggesting that the tree is still producing new stems. Planted in 1803, it remains the oldest tree on Tiree. Hawthorn can live for 500 years.
2017.83.3
Stoneware/ceramic ammonia bottle labelled ‘Plynine Co.y Ltd., Edinburgh, Household Ammonia’ and ‘It is illegal for any other than the Plynine Co.y Ltd. to refill this bottle with ammonia’. Dating from the late 1800’s. It would have had a screw stopper. Found in an old dump at Vaul.
2017.83.2
Brown glass beer bottle made by James Aitken & Co, Brewers, Falkirk, found at an old dump at Vaul. Aitken’s Brewery operated from 1900 until 1960. The bottle probably contained it’s 90% ale or export.
