Colour photograph of the grave stone of Hector Cameron, Balephuil (1836-1883), who emmigrated to Canada in the early 1860s with his brother Donald Cameron. Hector is buried in Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus, Wellington County, Ontario. Their mother was Catherine Black from Balephuil, who was also the mother of Ann MacLeod. Also named on the gravestone: Effie Cameron (1839-1915), Duncan Cameron (1863-1892), Libby Cameron (1875-1898), Mary Cameron Arnold (1871-1899).
Article titled ‘Leaving Tiree’ by Brian Anderson, published in the Scottish SIG Newsletter of the Ontario Geneaological Society, 2015. The author tells of his Tiree ancestors Allan MacLean, Kenovay, his wife Mary and their children, and the hardships they faced when they emmigrated to upper Canada on board the Oughton in May 1804, arriving in Baldoon Settlement in southwestern Ontario in September 1804.
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University assignment ‘The Isle of Tiree: One of a Kind’ written in 2013 by Leanne Piper, University of Guelph, Canada, who is descended from emmigrants John MacKinnon (1816-1896) and Grace Campbell (b.1811), Cornaigbeg. Includes information on geography, crofting history, geology, the kelp industry and architecture.
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Christmas card made in Canada from “Nonnie Maclean” around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Possible photograph of the Rev. Alexander MacLean Sinclair, from the front cover of one of his books ‘The Clan Gillean, 1899’. He became the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1857. His father, the Rev. John C Sinclair (Iain Mac Phàdruig; Iain son of Peter, son of Donald, son of Donald), was born on Tiree in 1800, attending school in Gott, and University in Edinburgh and Glasgow, before emigrating to Canada in 1838, and then on to North Carolina with his family in 1852. See 1997.60.1 for further biographical information.
DVD of TV programme Cairdeas Cogaidh in Gaelic and English, featuring Prof. Donald Meek documenting the life and death of his relative, John MacDonald of Caoles, and John ‘Jock’ Stewart who served with John MacDonald in France when John was killed in action in 1917. Donald begins with papers kept in his family’s home in Caoles for 100 years, then travels to John’s grave in France, and on to Africa where Jock lived and worked as a vet.
Photograph of a Remembrance Day wreath “On behalf of Tiree”, 2014
Colour photograph of a wreath of poppies with a ribbon stating “On behalf of Tiree”, placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2014. It is unknown who placed the wreath.
Book `Highland Settler`, 1953
Softback book `Highland Settler – A Portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia` of the experiences of early settlers and their descendents (from the collection of Gene Lamont, Canada).
Correspondence about books donated from the collection of Gene Lamont, Canada, 2014
Letter, printed email and lists of books from Mary Hartman, Canada, whose father Gene Lamont was a descendent of Tirisdeach with an enthusiasm for genealogy. Mary donated nine of Gene`s books to An Iodhlann (see 2014.66.1-9).
Transcript of a press cutting about the suffering of emmigrants to Canada, 1849
Printed transcription of a newspaper article from the Inverness Advertiser in 1849 about the poor conditions faced by western islanders when they landed in Canada in the mid- 1800s, their welfare and tragic losses.
