Black and white photograph of Archie Campbell of Norwich City F.C.
Archie Campbell (1897-1987), son of John Campbell from Garaphail and his wife Flora MacEachern from Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg. Archie played football for Norwich City F.C. between 1924 and 1928 (see 1998.117.1).
Black and white photograph of Fileag and Peggy MacEachern of Cornaigbeg in the 1920s.
Fileag and Peggy MacEachern, sisters of the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg in the 1920s.
Black and white photograph of Mary Margaret MacLean and Mary MacEachern of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
Mary Margaret MacLean (Alec Mor`s aunt) and Mary MacEachern, the blacksmith`s daughter, both of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
Black and white photograph of John MacLean and unknown woman.
John MacLean of Cornaigbeg (Alec Mor`s father) and unknown woman taken in the late 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Peggy MacEachern, Sadie Campbell and Bella MacLean around 1920.
Cornaigbeg around 1920. L-R: Peggy MacEachern, sister of Archie the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg; Sadie Campbell who was married to Archie Campbell, the nephew of Peggy and Bella; Bella MacLean, sister of Peggy and grandmother of Alec Mor.
Black and white photograph of Alexander MacIntyre in 1922.
Alexander MacIntyre with his grandson photographed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922. Born in 1858, the son of John MacIntyre of Kirkapol and Flora Mackinnon of Ruaig, he emigrated to the USA with his family in 1879.
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacEachern, John MacLean and Archie MacEachern around 1920.
Playmates in 1920. L-R: Hugh MacEachern, son of the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg; John MacLean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg (Alec Mor`s father); Hugh`s brother, Archie MacEachern, also known as `Leaban`.
Black and white photograph of Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s.
Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s. L-R: Margaret Doig`s father; Sarah MacFarlane (Sarah Neill); a friend of Mr Doig. Sarah was a widow; all her family except for one son died of TB. Her house was built by the township `in a day`. A porch was added in the 1930s. The roof was tarred with heated road tar which, if put on too hot, ran down the walls.
‘Taigh Sarah’ in Vaul
Photograph of Sarah MacFarlane outside her house in Vaul in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Nan MacClounnan
Sarah MacFarlane (Sarah Nèill) is pictured on the right outside her house in Vaul in the 1920s. Sarah was a widow; all her family except for one son had died of tuberculosis, a disease that was prevalent in Tiree in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
After it was established in the 1880s that TB was contagious, it was made a notifiable disease, although it was not recognised until much later that the infection could also be transmitted through milk from infected cows.
Sarah’s original house was destroyed as it was thought a source of infection and a new one was built by the men of the township ‘in a day’. A porch was added in the 1930s. The felt roof was water-proofed with heated road tar which ran down the walls if put on in hot weather.
Black and white photograph of Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s.
Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s. L-R: unknown, Margaret Johnston nee Pettigrew, Margaret Doig`s mother; Sarah MacFarlane (Sarah Neill).
Black and white photograph of Margaret Doig`s parents in the 1920s.
Tiree in the 1920s. L-R: Harry Johnston,Margaret Doig`s father; unknown; unknown; Harry`s wife, Margaret Pettigrew; unknown; unknown. Mary Flora MacKinnon of Rhum View married Jimmy Pettigrew, Margaret`s brother.
