Letters regarding the registration of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol with the Scottish Land Court, 1955
Six letters and documents regarding the registration of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol with the Scottish Land Court and subsequent transfer of tenancy from John MacKinnon to his daughter Elsie MacKinnon in 1955. Documents are from Argyll Estates, Hosack & Sutherland, Solicitors, Oban, and the Scottish Land Court.
Death certificate of Leonard Revilliod, RAF Tiree, 1944
Copy of death certificate of Flying Officer Leonard Revilliod (grandson of the first President of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Masaryk), who served with the RAF on Tiree during WWII. He was one of 16 airmen who died during a mid-air collision between two Halifax aircraft during a training flight over Tiree. (On the death certificate his name is mis-spelt as Revilloid)
Information about John Sands (1826-1900), journalist & artist, who lived on and wrote about several Scottish islands including Tiree and Iona
Printout from internet about John Sands of Ormiston (1826-1900) who was a Scottish freelance journalist and artist with an interest in archaeology and folk customs, especially the way of life on Scottish islands. He spent a year on Iona and several other remote islands including Tiree.
Typed document: The Gott Bay Pier Order, 1959
Crown Estate Order for the Council of the County of Argyll to undertake works to demolish the existing pierhead at Scarinish and erect a new t-shaped pierhead.
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Tiree Boat Revival Business Plan 2005
Business plan for the proposed Tiree Boat Revival Project (2005). Prepared by Jane Isaacson for the Tiree Regatta Club on behalf of the Tiree Maritime Trust. Includes details for carrying out three key initiatives: construction of a boat shed, training for boat building and maintenance, re-establishment of boats.
Appendix C: Report by Duncan Forbes of Culloden to Duke of Argyll 1737, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”
Printout of Appendix C: Report by Duncan Forbes of Culloden to Duke of Argyll 1737, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”. Report to the Duke of Argyll concerning Duncan Forbes` visit to mainland Argyll and its islands, the tenants, crofters and tacksmen that he met and their attitude to taxes etc.
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Appendix H: Evidence to the Napier Commission, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”
Printout of Appendix H: Evidence to the Napier Commission, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”. Report by Edward Charles Stanford to the Napier Commission regarding the profitability of the kelp industry on Tiree around 1870.
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Email about Tiree MacFadyens and MacLeans that settled in Regina, Canada in 1885
Email from Barry Beesley to An Iodhlann dated 14/10/2004, about his grandmother Christina MacFadyen, Salum, who emmigrated to Regina, Canada with her parents Donald MacFadyen and Mary MacLean, her uncle Neil MacFadyen and his wife Effie MacLean, and her father`s cousin Donald MacFadyen and wife Flora MacLean. Mary, Flora and Effie were sisters from Cornaigbeg. Includes their genealogies and an account of their lives in Canada.
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Birth certificate of George MacFadyen, Scarinish Inn, 1876
Photocopies of original and later extract of birth certificate of George MacFadyen, born 11th February 1876 at Murrow Park, Govan. George`s mother died when he was young and he was brought up by his grandparents, Alan and Amelia MacFadyen of the Scarinish Inn.
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Marriage certificate of George MacFadyen, Scarinish, to Jennie Williams, Monmouthshire.
Photocopy of marriage certificate of George MacFadyen, Master Mariner, Scarinish, to Jennie Williams, Hospital Nurse, Monmouthshire, on 31 May 1916 in Glasgow.
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