Printed photographs of a selection of pages from the original 1792 census of Tiree people held in the archives of Inveraray Castle, including total numbers of inhabitants for each township and lists of inhabitants’ names for Caoles, Salum, Kirkapol and Ruaig. “Total inhabitants [in Tiree] 1881; increase 583” since 1779 census. Subsection “Caoles-Ardeas” photographed during a visit to Inveraray by Glenda Franklin in 2013 (probably contains duplicates). Digital copies stored on An Iodhlann computer.
Copies of pages from the 1792 census of Tiree inhabitants
Printed photographs of a selection of pages from the original 1792 census held in the archives at Inverary Castle including total numbers of inhabitants for each township and lists of inhabitants’ names for Caoles, Salum, Kirkapol and Ruaig. “Total inhabitants [in Tiree] 1881; increase 583” since 1779 census. Subsection “more 1792 census”, photographed during a visit by Glenda Franklin in 2013 (probably contains duplicates of 2013.152.2). Digital copies stored on An Iodhlann computer.
Printed photograph of the original plan of Hynish Point held in the archives at Inveraray Castle. Formed part of Stevenson`s engineering plans for building Skerryvore Lighthouse. Photographed during a visit by Glenda Franklin in 2013. Digital copy stored on An Iodhlann computer.
Printed photograph of the original Turnbull Map of Tiree, 1768 held in the archives of Inveraray Castle. Photographed during a visit by Glenda Franklin in 2013. Digital copy stored on An Iodhlann computer.
Printed photographs of a selection of pages from the original 1779 census of Tiree held in the archives at Inveraray Castle, listing the inhabitants of Salum, Caoles and Ruaig. Photographed during a visit by Glenda Franklin in 2013. Digital copies stored on An Iodhlann computer.
Photograph of Mike and Meg McPhaden, Seattle, holding their Tiree ancestor`s bible dated 1821.
Colour photograph of Dr Mike McPhaden, Seattle, and his daughter Meg, holding the bible of Murdock McPhaden (1820-1903), who emmigrated to Brock Township, Canada, with his parents Charles and Mary McPhaden, Ruaig in 1821. “Murdock McPhaden was the BROTHER of Dr. Mike`s great great grandfather Archibald McPhaden. Archibald and Murdock were sons of Charles McPhaden and Mary McLean of Ruaig, Tiree. The family immigrated to Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada Sept 1821 (written in Bible) where Murdock was a Tinsmith and he and his wife Ann McLean and family lived in Sunderland, Ontario. Murdock`s son Charles McPhaden and family lived in Toronto. Charles had two daughters but they did not have any children, thus the Bible remained in the McPhaden home where the daughter Ella lived. Ella married Hugh Robert Samuels and after she died, Hugh married again and the Bible was stored in the attic of the McPhaden home. When Hugh`s wife died in 2008, the Bible was found and a note was posted on Ancestry.com by Candice (niece of Hugh`s last wife) that she was in possession of Murdock`s Bible and would like to return it to family. I [Glenda Franklin] contacted her, telling her I knew of family descendants of Murdock`s BROTHER Archibald and she sent Dr. Mike McPhaden the Bible.” See also photo 2013.143.1 ; T107.
Photograph of a page from an 1821 bible of a descendant of Charles and Mary McPhaden, Ruaig.
Colour photograph of a page from a bible belonging to Murdock McPhaden, Canada, dated 1821. Murdock was a descendant of Charles McPhaden and Mary McLean of Ruaig, who emmigrated to Brock Township, Ontario, Canada, in 1821. “Murdock was a Tinsmith and he and his wife Ann McLean and family lived in Sunderland, Ontario. Murdock`s son Charles McPhaden and family lived in Toronto. Charles had two daughters but they did not have any children, thus the Bible remained in the McPhaden home where the daughter Ella lived. Ella married Hugh Robert Samuels and after she died, Hugh married again and the Bible was stored in the attic of the McPhaden home. When Hugh`s wife died in 2008, the Bible was found and a note was posted on Ancestry.com by Candice (niece of Hugh`s last wife) that she was in possession of Murdock`s Bible and would like to return it to family. I [Glenda Franklin] contacted her, telling her I knew of family descendants of Murdock`s BROTHER Archibald and she sent Dr. Mike McPhaden the Bible.” (see photo 2013.143.2 ; T108)
Photograph of the stonemason`s benchmark on Kirkapol Church
Colour photograph of the stonemason`s benchmark etched into a foundation stone of Kirkapol Church. Although eroded and difficult to see, the upward-pointing arrow is in the centre of the photograph. The benchmark is exactly where the Ordnance Survey map of 1878 puts it.
Information about the provenance of the Kirkapol Church bell
Emailed information about the provenance of the Kirkapol Church bell, from Gordon Scott. “I`ve been in touch with an expert on church bells. He is stymied about who could have cast our bell. Interestingly, He feels it is of a design which predates the opening of the Kirkapol Church. It is very possible this bell came from an older church, probably cast sometime in the late 18th – early 19th century.”
Article about the Coll post office by Robert Sturgeon in 1988
Article about the house `Tigh-na-Mara` in Arinagour, Coll, which was the post office in the late 1800s. Robert Sturgeon came to Coll from Dalbeattie in 1889 to run the post office. He went on to create the fish-buying and processing unit, and the house became a guest house.
