Family history of Archibald MacKinnon, Vaul (1844-1902)
Documents relating to Archibald MacKinnon (1844-1902) who was born in Vaul in 1844, emigrated to Australia aboard the `City of Grafton` in 1876, and died in Balmain in 1902 after falling at the Jubilee Docks where he was a shipwright. Includes family trees, will and transcripts from 3 newspaper articles about his death. Grandfather of Ailsa MacKinnon, Australia, and great-grandfather of Anthony MacKinnon, Australia, who carried out most of the family history research.
Paper entitled `Whiteness on the frontiers of Empire: Hebridean Scots and group settlement in Western Australia 1923-1928` in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 2010.
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacLean of Salum.
Piper Hugh MacLean of Salum. Hugh emigrated to Australia in 1964 with his wife May and four sons. They settled first in New South Wales where Hugh worked in a meat factory and played in the Tenterfield Pipe Band. When the meat factory closed, the family had to move to find work. Hugh joined the Queensland Police Pipe Band.
Biography of Donald Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald.
Biography with photograph of Donald (Jock) Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald. He was a sailor in the Merchant Navy and eventually settled in Australia where he married, raised a family and worked for over twenty years with ICI.
E-mail from donor with information about the antecedents of Sir Harry Gibbs.
The antecedents of former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Harry Gibbs who was descended from Duncan Campbell and his wife Ellen MacCall (MacColl?).
Colour photo of Sir Harry Gibbs, a descendant of Tiree emigrants.
Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Harry Gibbs (2nd man from right at table) at his cousin`s 80th birthday celebrations. Sir Harry`s great-grandparents were Ann Campbell, who was born in Tiree, and Donald Rankin MacDonald, a doctor and magistrate in New South Wales.
Two death certificates from New South Wales, Australia, for Catherine and John Lamont, 1903-7
Death certificates for Catherine Baker nee Lamont (1819-1820), dated 1903, and for John Lamont, born in Tiree in 1844, the son of Hector and Catherine Lamont, dated 1907.
Booklet of the Tiree memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster of 518 Squadron plus a CD of photographs.
Illustrated memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster from Australia who served in 518 Squadron on Tiree from November 1943 to December 1945. (The CD contains photo files of images in the booklet.)
