Newspaper articles and letters regarding the conditions faced by emmigrants to Canada in the 1840s
Four newspaper articles and letters from the Inverness Advertiser in November 1849, describing the awful and tragic conditions faced by many emigrants from Tiree, Mull, Uist and Lochalsh, after landing in Canada. Lack of shelter, cholera and starvation resulted in hundreds of deaths.
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Information about the Campbells of Balephuil whose family emigrated to Canada and New Zealand
Emailed information and photographs about the descendants of Archibald Campbell and his wife Mary Ann Campbell (nee Black) of Balephuil, and their grandson Hugh MacKinnon (1915-1943) who died during WWII. Hugh is the subject of a Tiree ghost story. Information about their Canadian descendant, Sharon Clayton`s, visit to Tiree in 2013. Photographs of the Campbell house at Balephuil accessioned separately as S195 & S196.
Photograph of Duncan MacPhail, Balephuil, and Sharon Clayton, Canada, in 2013
Colour photograph of Duncan MacPhail of Balephuil, and Campbell descendent, Sharon Clayton of Canada, outside the house of piper John Campbell (b. ca 1860), who was the son of Archibald Campbell (b.1833) and Cath Brown of Islay. See 2013.134.1 for further information.
Information about horrific conditions faced by Tiree emmigrants to Canada ca 1850.
Various information and emails about the lack of housing, poor health and cholera faced by many Tiree emmigrants when they landed at Quebec, Canada, in the 1840s and 1850s.
List of Tiree-related archival items, 2012
Printed compiled list of archival items using `Tiree` as the search term from an unknown source. The list includes items from several different archives and may have been created from the CommunityArchives.org website.
Booklet `Sìl an Eòrna – Children of the Barley` 2006
Booklet about the circumstances and fates of people who left Tiree en masse, sailing to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia and USA during the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Photograph of three generations of the Kennedy-Naismith family at Scarinish in 2004
Large colour photograph of Sheila Kennedy Naismith Ramsay, Ross Naismith and Irene Kennedy Naismith of Canada/California/Glasgow with Scarinish Lighthouse in the background. Taken in 2004. Descendents of Kennedys and MacIntyres of Tiree (see 2012.116.2). Original in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Information about a tankard inscribed in 1884
Typed letter and emails to An Iodhlann regarding the provenance of a tankard awarded to N. McIntyre, Kilkenneth (b. ca. 1840), in 1884 (see 2012.116.1).
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Information relating to the MacIntyres and Kennedys of Tiree ca. 1730-1980.
Photocopies of handwritten ancestral lineages of donor. Includes Alexander MacIntyre (b. ca. 1730 Tiree), Donald MacIntyre (b. 1768, “Queyish” Tiree), Murdoch MacIntyre (d. 1871 Kilkenneth), Donald MacIntyre (1838-1913 Heylipol), Murdoch MacIntyre (1875-1928 Greenhill & Govan), Sarah McLean MacIntyre (1905-1964 Glasgow and Ontario), Irene Naismith (Canada), Sheila Kennedy Naismith Ramsay (Ontario), Ross Naismith (California). Donald Kennedy (b. 1763 Kilkennethmore), Neil Kennedy (1797-1881 Kilkennethmore/Balevullin), Donald Kennedy (b. 1822 Balevullin), Archibald Kennedy (1863-1951 Moss and Glasgow), Donald Kennedy (1893-1950 Glasgow), Irene Kennedy (b. 1926 Glasgow), Sheila Kennedy Naismith Ramsay (b. 1956 Ontario), Ross Naismith (b. 1986 California).
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Land Grant map for Whycocomagh area of Cape Breton Island, Canada, 1950
OS-style map of the Whycocmagh area of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, showing the boundaries of land granted to Scottish immigrants during the 19th century. Those known to belong to Tiree emmigrants have been marked by the donor. Index sheet 116; scale “one inch to forty chains”. Also included is a modern touring map of Cape Breton Island on which the donor has marked the Whycocomagh area for reference. See also a covering letter from the donor – 2012.102.2
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