Passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850
Transcription of the passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1850 a hundred and sixty-seven men, women and children from Tiree left for Canada on board the ‘Conrad’. Between 1847 and 1853, 1354 islanders were given assistance by the 8th Duke to emigrate. This was equivalent to 27% of the island’s population in 1841.
The majority of those who emigrated were small tenants and landless cottars. Argyll Estate papers recording Tiree rentals show that between 1847 and 1861 tenants paying under £5 rent were reduced by 78% while those paying over £10 were increased by 120%.
The total number of tenancies was reduced by a third while the income in rentals increased from £2,618 to £3,394. It is undoubtedly true that the island was left more prosperous but it was at the cost of considerable social suffering.
Ring binder containing `A` level material on prehistory and Roman history.
Modules and units for `A` level History on the subject of prehistoric and Roman Britain.
Paperback book `A History of Roman Britain` by Peter Salway.
The invasions of Julius Caeser to the end of Roman rule in the early 5th century and the subsequent collapse of society in Britain.
Paperback book `Life in Roman Britain` by Joan Alcock.
Aspects of Roman society in Britain – domestic housing, religious beliefs, entertainment, treatment of slaves, education of children, art and decoration, food and drink, didposal of the dead, hygiene and mmedicine, clothing and cosmetics.
Paperback book `Britain and the Celtic Iron Age` by Simon James and Valery Rigby.
Survey of the life, art and culture of Iron Britons.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
Hardback book `Jura: Island of Deer` by Peter Youngson.
The island and its wildlife, far-off times, people and places, early visitors, the Church, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, schools and travel, the Crofters` Commission, the small islands to the north, tales and illustrations.
Paperback book `Duanagan, Dain is Dualchas`.
Songs, poems, stories and prose from Raasay, Fladda and Eilean Tighe.
Hardback book `The Essential Gaelic-English Dictionary` complied by Angus Watson.
Gaelic-English dictionary.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, issue no. 265, 9/6/2002.
local news and events.
Photograph of Dolina Campbell, Neil Brown and Ann MacPhee in Hawkes Bay, N. Z.
L-R: Dolina Campbell; Neil Brown, Balevullin; Ann MacPhee, sister of Dolina. Taken at Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand in 1968.
