Tag Archives: canada

2008.46.17

Colour photograph of the gravestone of Hugh MacLean and his wife Isabella MacCallum.

The gravestone on Pictou Island of Hugh MacLean, a native of Tiree who died in 1867 aged 75 years, and his wife Isabella MacCallum who died in 1876 also aged 75 years.

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2008.46.1

Black and white photograph of Lachlan MacCallum (1823-1903) from Cornaigbeg.

Lachlan MacCallum was born in Cornaigbeg in 1823. He emigrated to Canada with his mother and brother in 1842 and settled in Ontario where he worked as a contractor and shipbuilder. For many years a Member of Parliament, he was appointed as senator in 1887 and died in office in 1903. In 1854 he married Priscilla Thewlis, an American of English descent, and the 1881 cenus for Sherbrooke, Monck County in Ontario records six children to the marriage. He was a hero at the defense of Fort Erie during the Fenian Raids of 1866.

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Black and white photograph of Lachlan MacCallum (1823-1903) from Cornaigbeg, a native of Tiree and member of the Canadian Senate.

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Lachlan emigrated to Canada with his mother and brother in 1842 and settled in Ontario where he worked as a contractor and shipbuilder. For many years a Member of Parliament, he was appointed as senator in 1887 and died in office in 1903.

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Black and white photograph of the grandchildren of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol.

Alex and Wilfred MacDonald, the children of Mary Brown and her husband William MacDonald and the grandchildren of Neil Brown, who emigrated from Heyipol to Canada around 1847, and his wife Sarah Henderson. The photograph was taken in Manitoba.

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2008.43.5

Black and white photograph of Janet Brown, the daughter of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol.

Janet Brown (b. 1861) the second child of Neil Brown, who emigrated from Heyipol to Canada around 1847, and his wife Sarah Henderson. Janet married Dan Mackinnon of Bruce County, Ontario; the couple moved to Mather, Manitoba.

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2008.43.6

Black and white photograph of Katherine Brown (b. 1863), her husband Charles Upshall from Kippen in Ontario, and their children Frank (standing) and John (seated). The family settled in Gilroy, Saskatchewan. Katherine was the third child of Neil Brown (1819-1905) Heylipol, who emigrated with his wife Sarah Henderson to Canada in around 1847.

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2008.43.7

Black and white photograph of three grand-daughters of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol.

The daughters of Katherine Brown and her husband Charlie Upshall. Katherine was the third child of Neil Brown (1819-1905), who emigrated from Heyipol to Canada around 1847, and his wife Sarah Henderson. L-R: Stella (b. 1903), Eliza Jane known as Jennie (b. 1894) and Catherine known as Cassie.

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2008.43.9

Black and white photograph of Christena and Flora Brown, the daughters of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol.

L-R: Sisters Christena (b. 1876) and Flora (b. 1868), daughters of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol and his wife Sarah Henderson. Christena married Frank Fowler in 1906 and settled in Seaforth, Ontario. Flora married Archie McKinnon and lived in Teeswater, Ontario.

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