Black and white photograph of Hugh Benjamin and Mary Catherine Dash, children of Catherine MacDonald from Balinoe.
Siblings Hugh Benjamin and Mary Catherine Dash, eldest children of Catherine MacDonald from Balinoe and her hisband Edward Dash. Both children died of acute illnesses a few years after this photo was taken around 1875.
Black and white photograph of Ebenezer Dash (1870-1927), son of Catherine MacDonald from Balinoe.
Ebenezer Dash (1870-1927), eldest surviving child of Catherine MacDonald from Balinoe and her husband Edward Dash. After his parents died in 1890-91 he became head of the family at the age of twenty-one, ‘father’ to his seven siblings aged from three to nineteen. He had outstanding career as a teacher, rising to the position of headmaster at early age. He married in 1895 and had four children. The photograph was taken around 1886.
Hugh MacDonald with his family around 1900
Photograph of Hugh MacDonald with his family around 1900.
Courtesy of Barbara Hall & Grace Boyd
Hugh MacDonald was born in 1850, the son of John MacDonald, a blacksmith at Balinoe, and his second wife Flora Campbell. In 1853 he emigrated to Australia with his parents, brother Hector and half-sister Catherine on board the S.S. ‘Utopia’.
Hugh trained as a school teacher and in 1881 married a widow Mary Grace Hamilton with a young son. The couple had thirteen children, twelve of whom survived to pose for this photograph. Hugh was described as ‘a tall imposing man’ and his wife as ‘a small woman always dressed in black’.
Like many other Scots emigrants of the time, Hugh was a very religious man. He was said to be ‘a stern disciplinarian in the true Scottish teaching tradition’ but with a sense of humour. He died in 1927 of heart failure.
Black and white photograph of the family of Hugh MacDonald (1850-1927) from Balinoe.
The family of Hugh MacDonald (1850-1927) around1900.
L-R: (back row) Mona, Hector, Dulcie, Keith, Flora Dash (niece of Hugh, daughter of Catherine MacDonald and Edward Dash), Hugh, Norman, (seated) Daisy, Kate, Hugh senior with Rex, Ruby, Mary Grace (Hugh’s wife), Mavis, Hugh’s stepson Gib Hamilton, (kneeling in front) Eric.
Black and white photograph of the daughters of Hugh MacDonald (1850-1927) from Balinoe.
The daughters of Hugh MacDonald (1850-1927) from Balinoe, photographed around 1910.
L-R: Daisy, Mona, Dulcie, Flora Mavis, Ruby, Kate.
Colour photograph of Corrairigh at Cornaigbeg in September 2005.
Corrairigh at Cornaigbeg, photographed by Jim George in September 2005.
Colour photograph of Mairi Campbell of Corrairigh at Cornaigbeg in September 2005.
Mairi Campbell of Corrairigh at Cornaigbeg, photographed by Jim George in September 2005.
Black and white photograph of Cornaig pupils on a school trip to Oban in 1945.
Pupils from Cornaig School on a school trip to Oban in 1945 for the Argyll Inter-School Games.
L-R: Donald MacKay, Skye; Joe MacLeod, Balemartine; Alasdair Straker, Balemartine; Colina MacDonald, Mannal; Neil Johnston, Heanish; Neil Sinclair, Balephuil; Patsy MacPhee; Jimmy Curran, Silversands, Vaul; Ina Brown, Balephuil. The pupils were accompanied by teacher Pat Robertson from Scarinish.
Copy of a black and white postcard of Neil MacCallum at Balevullin.
Neil MacCallum and his son Alasdair at Balevullin in the 1970s.
Colour photograph of a painting of Kennavara by William Feaver.
‘Beinn Ceann a Mhara’ by William Feaver, the well-known painter and art critic (for many years the principal art critic on the Observer). The original painting measures 12 x 12″.
Copy of a black and white photograph of Donald Lamont (1829-1909) of Cornaigbeg.
Donald Lamont (1829-1909), the son of Peter Lamont and Ann MacLean of Cornaigbeg. Donald accompanied his parents, uncle, and eight siblings to Canada in July 1851 aboard the Conrad. They settled in Kincardine Township of Bruce County, Ontario, where Donald married Sarah (Marion) MacDonald about 1860. Donald and his wife moved to Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1894.
