Photocopied extract from letter from Catherine Muriel MacPhail.
Extract from letter (date unknown, probably pre-World War I) from Catherine Muriel MacPhail, describing a visit to Tiree. The Post Office mentioned in the letter was probably at Cornaigmore, as the family have a photograph of it.
Photocopied extract from `Sermons by the late Rev. Neil McKinnon` edited by Rev. Dugald Currie.
Biographical sketch of Rev Neil MacKinnon from Baugh.
Copied newspaper clipping about Hugh MacFadyen.
Newspaper clipping about the death of Hugh MacFadyen of Kirkapol (Cathy MacNeill`s maternal uncle). He was the Chief Officer of the Canadian National Steamships and died unexpectedly aged forty-three. The four sisters in Scotland mentioned in the article were Kate (Cathy`s mother), Janet, Effy and Hughina (who married a Carmichael); the two brothers were Lachie and John. Cathy`s grandmother Isabel MacFadyen came from Kirkapol and moved to Baile Mhic Eoghainn when she married joiner Lachie MacFadyen. Effy Low, a cousin of Cathy`s mother, married Peter Anderson, the gamekeeper. Effy was a sister of Hugh Alexander Low.
Photocopy of two poems in English by Hector Smith.
Two poems in English by Hector Smith about Tiree. The second one was written in 1960 when he returned to Tiree for a visit after he retired from work.
Family history of Archibald MacKinnon and Annie MacLean and their descendants.
Family history of Archibald MacKinnon and Annie MacLean and their descendants. Three of their children, Neil Flora and Allan, emigrated to Canada in the mid-19th century.
Bound family history of Donald and Margaret MacKinnon, Kirkapol, and their ancestors and descendants, with photographs, maps and other illustrations. They emmigrated to Canada with their son, Captain Hugh MacKinnon (1846-1915) in 1852.
Family history for Hugh MacLean and Christena MacLeod; farm history of Lot 2 Conc. 4, Bruce Township, Ontario.
Family history for Hugh MacLean and Christena MacLeod; farm history of Lot 2 Conc. 4, Bruce Township, Ontario.
Copied transcription of a letter dated 28/8/1905 to Jessie Coghill of New Zealand from her cousin Jenny in Balemartine.
Copied transcription of a letter dated 28/8/1905 to Jessie Coghill of New Zealand (probably the daughter of Flora MacDonald Kennedy) from her cousin Jenny in Balemartine with family news.
Copied photograph of Flora MacDonald Coghill nee Kennedy around 1871 in New Zealand.
Flora MacDonald Coghill née Kennedy, the daughter of Hugh Kennedy and Jessie MacDonald of Sleat, Skye holding her son Robert, born in 1870, in Watahuna, New Zealand. Flora was born in Tiree in 1852 or 1853, married Robert Coghill in 1868 and died in Dunedin in 1923. (Copy of original photo from donor and view of New Zealand in Filing Cabinet 9 drawer 1)
Copy of a newspaper cutting `Wild story about moose on the loose` by Fred McGuinnes.
Story about Dugald MacKinnon and his trained moose team.
