Flag for the town of Kincardine, Canada
Flag for the town of Kincardine, Canada, used during A` Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2006. Red and white on blue background.
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2009.129.1
Book “Bruce Township Laneways and Landmarks”
Hardback book detailing the history of all the farmsteads of the Township of Bruce, Ontario, Canada, with “stories from every Concession and Sideroad”, from the original settlers in the 1850s to today. Illustrated with recent and old photographs. Some of the original settlers were from Tiree.
2009.124.1
A family history of the MacKinnons who emmigrated to Canada in 1850
An account of the ancestors and descendents of John MacKinnon (Heylipol, b. 1792) and Ann MacKinnon (Crossapol, b. 1796 Mull) who emmigrated with their seven children to Canada in 1850 on board the `Conrad`. They settled in Bruce County, Ontario.
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2009.125.1
List of “Ancestral Homesteads of Tiree” compiled by Canadian descendants of Tiree emmigrants.
List of Tiree townships and family histories during the period 1770-1910 associated with a group of Canadian descendents. Families include: MacDougall (Caoles), MacDougall (Ruaig), Clark (Ruaig), MacLean (Baugh/Ruaig), Clark (Caoles), MacLean (Balemeanach), MacArthur (Sandaig), MacKeil (Hough/Moss), MacArthur (Balemeanach), Lamont (Cornaigbeg), Cameron (Balevullin), MacFarlane (Grianall/Kilkenneth), MacLean (Grianall/Kilkenneth), MacKinnon (Salum), MacKinnon (Ruaig), MacKinnon (Kirkapol), MacDonald (Kenovay), Lamont (Ruaig), MacCallum (Cornaigmore), McPhaiden (Caoles), MacLean (Caoles), McPhaiden (Caoles/Kirkapol), MacLean (Salum/Cornaigbeg), McPhaiden (Miodar/Caoles), McPhaiden (Caoles/Grainall), McPhaiden (Vaul), McPhaiden (Salum, Vaul, Ruaig). Some families were ancestors of Joe Clark, Canada`s youngest Prime Minister.
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2009.121.1
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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2009.120.1
Email message about the family of Margaret Russell, Canada, whose great-great-grandparents were crofters on Tiree
Email message (23/10/2004) to An Iodhlann from Margaret Russell, Canada, about her great-great-grandparents Archibald McPhaiden and Mary Gillies, crofters at Balemartine and Balinoe. Includes extensive details of the family`s and descendents lives from moving to Glasgow and then to Canada in 1921.
2009.111.4
Photocopies of two black & white photographs relating to Tiree MacKinnons who emmigrated to Canada in the 1800s.
Two photocopied photographs relating to the family/descendants of Hugh MacKinnon born 1841 Ruaig who emmigrated to Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. Probably taken in the late 1800`s: (1) unknown group of two men and one woman, and (2) a barn/homestead.
2009.111.5
Road map of Manitoba, Canada 1990/91
Annotated road map of Manitoba, Canada 1990/91 with photographs, town maps and traveller information. Scale 1:4,800,000. Colour map on paper, folded to 12.5 x 19.5 cm.
2009.111.6
Eleven colour photographs of the MacKinnon Family Farm, Manitoba (est. 1892 by Tirisdeachs).
Eleven colour photographs of the MacKinnon Family Farm, Manitoba, Canada taken in 2000-2005 by descendents of Hugh MacKinnon who was born in 1841 at Ruaig, Tiree. The farm was established in 1892 by the family of Hugh MacKinnon. Photos include the gravestones of Finney (Fingon?) McKinnon (died 1859) and his wife Christenia (died 1896).
2009.111.1
Newspaper obituary from 1909 for Ann MacKinnon, Canada, formerly Tiree
Photocopy of an obituary from a Canadian newspaper dated June 1909, for Mrs Ann MacKinnon (formerly Clark, nee MacDonald) who was born on Tiree in about 1836. Ann emmigrated to Brock township, Ontario, with her father Donald MacDonald and seven siblings shortly after her mother Eliza Lamont died. Ann moved to Bruce County with her first husband, Malcolm Clark, with whom she had two children, then to Brandon Hills with her second husband Hugh MacKinnon (also originally from Tiree), with whom she had eight children.
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