Photograph of Janet MacKinnon nee Campbell (1861-1949), Brandon Cottage, Heanish, taken in 1949.
Brandon Cottage was rebuilt and is now No. 7 Heanish.
Janet married Hector MacKinnon of Tiree in Glasgow, 1943 and later spent time in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada where her brother lived.
A possible prehistoric stone tool / hand axe. Found near Happy Valley by Aedan MacDonald of Balevullin in 2024
Photographs and documents of Hector MacLean, b 1875, of Rossdhu, Kenovay, married Flora Watson MacCallum b.1881 of Islay.
He was the son of Allan MacLean 1820-1882 and Euphemia MacDonald 1834-1917 of Kenovay. Allan’s father was Charles MacLean b 1776, Kenovay, d 1855 Kenovay, married to Mary b 1783, Kenovay, d 1863
Hector was brought up in a thatched cottage on the north side of
Rossdhu. Rossdhu was built in the 1890s by Hector’s older brother
Neilie Allan and part funded by another brother Donald. Hector was the youngest of Allan and Euphemia MacLean’s children. Hector joined the Police force and moved to Glasgow.
You can find out more about the story of Rossdhu at 2019.97.1
The family house, Rossdhu, Kenovay. The young man in the picture is Donald Maclean (Ardbeg), the nephew of Neilie Allan’s wife Catherine (Kate).
Original watercolour painting by Mary Barnard who with her husband Duncan Macgregor-Whyte had a studio at Balephuil.
Original watercolour painting by Mary Barnard who with her husband Duncan Macgregor-Whyte had a studio at Balephuil. A Balephuil view.
