Transcript of Inventory of Precognition regarding the sudden death of Niel McIntyre (aged 45, son of and residing with Duncan McIntyre, Knockvolagan, Mull) on 3 January 1863. The transcript contains a Medical Report by Dr John McNab (Bunessan), a Police Report by John McFarlane (Constable) and a Petition by William Sproat, Procurator Fiscal.
Statements are provided by:
Janet Maci[…]ain or MacIntyre (wife of Donald Macintyre, Ardalanish. Sister-in-law of the deceased. This name is provided later in the document as ‘Janet McIlvam or McCallum Intyre’)
Marian Macdonald (house servant to Nicol Macintyre, Tacksman of Knockvolagan)
John MacFarlane (ploughman to Nicol MacIntyre, Knockvolagan)
Archibald MacIntyre (shepherd to Nicol MacIntyre, Knockvolagan)
Nicol MacIntyre (tacksman, Knockvolagan. Brother of the deceased)
The transcript mentions an injury incurred by Niel MacIntyre at Calman Island (Eilean a’ Chalmain) six years previously.
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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.