Tag Archives: emigration

2008.39.3

Sepia photograph of four of the children of Alexander MacEachern of Gortenvickeachin.

Ffour of the children of Alexander MacEachern of Gortenvickeachin. L- R: (back) Angus (b. 1844 in Tiree, d. 1917 in USA), Donald McEachern (b. 1838 in Tiree, d. 1910 in London, Ontario) (front) Sarah (b. 1830 in Tiree, d. 1920 in Glamis, Bruce County, Ontario), Ann (b. 1842 in Tiree, d. 1917 in Ontario)

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2008.38.2

Black and white photograph of John MacNeill with Pat Hobden in South Africa.

John Napier McNeill was born at `Argyle` near Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1881. He was the second child of Donald MacNeill from Hough and his wife Mary Napier who were married in Glasgow in 1877. John is holding his niece Vivienne Patricia Hobden (1924-1998), known as Pat, the daughter of his sister Sarah Currie MacNeill.

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2008.38.3

Colour photograph of an old reaper and binder at Tufthill Farm in East Cape, South Africa.

An old reaper and binder used by the descendants of Marion and Donald MacNeill from Hough who emigrated to South Africa in the 1870s or 1880s and settled at Tufthill Farm in the Eastern Cape (see photo K157).

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2008.34.4

Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family at Maraekakho in New Zealand.

Blacksmith Donald MacKinnon of Balinoe with his wife Mary Flora Campbell of Balephuil and their children Hugh, Dolly, Annie, Sarah and Mary on the verandah of their house at Maraekakho in New Zealand.

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