Aerial photograph of the ferry `Lord of the Isles` at Gott Bay pier taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
The ferry `Lord of the Isles` docking at Gott Bay pier photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
Aerial photograph of `Greenacres` in Balinoe taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
`Greenacres` in Balinoe photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
Aerial photograph of Heylipol Church taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
Heylipol Church photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
Hynish pier and dock
Photograph of the pier and dock at Hynish in 2004.
Courtesy of Mr James Gentles ©
Hynish, the closest land to Skerryvore, was chosen by Alan Stevenson, Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board, as the site of the harbour and work yards. Unfortunately the harbour was prone to such bad swells in the winter that it was unusable and, on an island without a safe harbour, its location rankled.
The traffic at the pier was so great that in 1840 another 11 metres was added to its length of 79 metres. Not only was granite landed from the Ross of Mull before being dressed at Hynish and transported to Skerryvore, ballast was required for the lighters and copious amounts of coal for the steamer and forges.
Because the dock tended to silt up with sand, an ingenious flushing system was devised using water from a small reservoir in a nearby hill. The complex, a heritage site of European importance, has been renovated by the Hebridean Trust.
Aerial photograph of Hynish pier and dock taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
Hynish pier and dock photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
Black and white photograph of Pipe Major Hamish MacColl of Luing.
Pipe Major Hamish MacColl of Luing, the brother of Chrissie MacKechnie`s mother.
Black and white photograph of Captain Duncan MacDonald in New Zealand.
Captain Duncan MacDonald in Wellington, New Zealand. He was the brother of Chrissie MacKechnie`s father and worked in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Black and white photograph of Mary and Mary Ann MacDonald, aunts of the donor.
Mary and Mary Ann MacDonald, sisters of Chrissie MacKechnie`s father. Mary emigrated to New Zealand where she dies in childbirth at the age of 40.
Black and white photograph of James Hector MacDonald in Canada.
James Hector MacDonald (Seumas Alasdair), Chrissie MacKechnie`s father, at the front with fellow patients outside a sanitorium in Canada.
Black and white photograph of the MacLean family of Croish, Caoles around 1905.
The MacLeans of Croish House, Caoles in 1904 or 1905.
L-R (back row) 1. Margaret (Maggie) MacLean, wife of John MacKinnon, Hillcrest and daughter of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6); 2. Hugh MacLean, son of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6), father of Hugh Archie, Salum; 3. Alexander MacLean (1853-1930), son of Hugh MacLean (1816-1905) of Croish, Caoles and his wife Marion MacFadyen, sister-in-law of Margaret (5); (middle row) 4. Catriona (An Auntie Bheag), spinster sister or sister-in-law of Margaret (5); 5. Margaret MacDonald (1835-1927), widow of Charles MacFadyen (1829-1901) and mother of Ishbel (6) and Marion (7) – three other daughters died in the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 – Maggie aged 17, Mary Flora aged 7 and Catherine aged 3; 6. Ishbel MacLean née MacFadyen (1871-1956), wife of Alexander (3), her first cousin, and daughter of Margaret (5), holding her son Charles (Charlie Croish); 7. Marion Cameron née MacFadyen, daughter of Margaret (5) and wife of Donald Cameron from Mull, holding her daughter Margaret (married surname Gillespie) – the family emigrated to Canada and Margaret grew up in New Deer, Alberta; (front row) 8. Hugh Hector MacArthur, Caoles House, cousin of Maggie, Hugh, Charlie, Donald (9) Catherine and Morag, and grandfather of Hugh (Dudan) MacArthur; 9. Donald MacLean, son of Alexander (3) and Ishbel (6); 10. Donald Cameron, son Marion (7), later a senator in Canada and founder of Banff School; 11. Catherine (Katie Rosigeal), daughter of Alexander (2) and Ishbel (6) and mother of Alasdair Rosigeal; 12. Morag MacLean (married surname Paton), daughter of Alexander (2) and Ishbel (6).
Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with his family
Photograph of Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with some of his family in the 1930s or early 1940s.
Courtesy of Ms Janet Martin
Donald MacLean of Scarinish (Dòmhnall Òg) was born in 1859. He sailed all over the world, first in sailing vessels and later in steamships. For some time he skippered the gabbert ‘Primrose’ for MacQuarrie the shopkeeper.
In 1886 Donald married Catherine MacFadyen of Kirkapol and the couple had six sons and four daughters. After acquiring the schooner ‘Mary Stewart’ in 1908, he and his sons worked the vessel until the late 1930s.
Not the man to retire, Donald made use of the Mary Stewart’s jolly-boat to fish for lobsters. He worked productively until his death at the age of eighty-six in 1945, shortly after which a cheque arrived from Billingsgate Fish Market in London for winkles he had shipped off a few days earlier.
Black and white group photograph with Donald Og taken in the 1930 or 1940s.
Scarinish in the 1930 or 1940s. L-R: (back) Marion Livingston née MacLean; Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish, owner of the Mary Stewart; his daughter Hughina (m.s. MacCallum); (front) Chrissie, Marion’s daughter; unknown; Donald`s daughter Mary Anne MacLean; unknown.
