Photocopy of the marriage certificate of John MacLean, Caoles (Am Bard Thighearna Cholla; 1787-1848) and Isabella Black. They were married in Glasgow on 18th July 1808, where they were both residents and where John was a shoemaker. They later emmigrated to Nova Scotia.
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Paper titled `Gaelic in the Bruce` by Archie MacKinnon of Guelph.
Paper by Archie MacKinnon of Guelph, then Dean of Education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, about the Gaelic heritage in Bruce Counry, Ontario.
A history of Elm Bower Farm and other concessions in Kincardine Township, Ontario by Archie MacKinnon of Guelph.
A history of Elm Bower Farm and other concessions in Kincardine Township, Ontario by Archie MacKinnon of Guelph.
An account of an incident in the childhood of Archie MacKinnon of Guelph, Ontario.
An incident in the childhood of Archie MacKinnon of Guelph, Ontario.
Copies of e-mail correspondence about MacLeans and MacKinnons from Tiree who settled in Ontario.
E-mail correspondence about MacLeans and MacKinnons from Tiree who settled in Ontario.
Letter dated 20/7/2001 from Archie MacKinnon of Guelph and Alasdair Sinclair`s reply.
Letter dated 20/7/2001 from Archie MacKinnon of Guelph about items in this acquisition, plus Alasdair Sinclair`s reply.
Black and white photograph of the grandchildren of Lachlan and Catherine MacFadyen of Salum.
The grandchildren of Lachlan and Catherine MacFadyen of Salum, photographed in Lindsay, Ontario in 1921. Lachlan and Catherine were married in Tiree on 2nd February 1831 and emigrated to Canada shortly afterwards. They settled in Brock Township, Ontario where they had eight children.
L-R: (standing) Hector Allan (1869-1950), Lachlan Martin (1871-1959), Annie Belle (1873-1948), Catherine Jane (1877-1944), George Charles (1878-1961), Neil Malcolm (1880-1928), Millie Hannah (1882-1952), Linnie Hughena (1884-1930), (front) their mother Melinda Gilson (1846-1831), widow of Lachlan and Catherine’s son Hugh.
Black and white photograph of Senator Donald Cameron.
Senator Donald Cameron was born in 1901 and spent his early days in Hong Kong, where his father, who came from Mull, worked in the naval dockyards. His mother was Marion MacFadyen from Croish in Caolas. In 1906 the family emigrated to Canada and bought a farm of 320 acres near Innisfail, Alberta. Donald won a scholarship to study Agriculture at the University of Alberta. He went onto become a lecturer in the Department and founded the Banff School of Fine Arts. After years as its Director, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1955.
Copied birth certificate and photograph of Alexander Campbell MacLean of Kilmoulaig.
Birth certificate for Alexander Campbell MacLean of Kilmoulaig, born 20th August 1878 with attached photograph, used for a job application and stamped by the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Toronto.
Black and white photograph of Alexander Campbell MacLean of Kilmoluaig.
Alexander Campbell MacLean who was born at Druimbhuidhe in Kilmoluaig on 20th August 1878, the son of Hugh MacLean and his wife Mary MacLean. He had two sisters, Flora and Catherine, and one brother Hugh Alexander. He married Marion Kelly in 1905. The couple emigrated to the States in 1906 but eventually settled in Canada, where Alexander was employed as an assistant manager at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Toronto.
