Colour photograph of the daughter-in-law of Lachie MacDonald, Kenovay with her two children.
L-R: Lia Horber, the daughter-in-law of Lachie MacDonald of Kenovay and wife of his son Jorge, with her daughter Isabel (b. 1960) and son Eduardo (b. 1858).
Colour photograph of the descendants of Lachie MacDonald, Kenovay in Patagonia in 2002.
The family of Jorge MacDonald, son of Lachie MacDonald of Kenovay who emigrated to Patagonia in the early 20th century. L-R: Jorge`s son Eduardo, Eduardo`s daughter Lucia, Jorge`s wife Lia Horber, his daughter Isabel`s daughter Virginia, Isabel, Isabel`s sons Marcos and Nicolas, Isabel`s husband Eduardo Pavlovic.
Colour photo of Sir Harry Gibbs, a descendant of Tiree emigrants.
Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Harry Gibbs (2nd man from right at table) at his cousin`s 80th birthday celebrations. Sir Harry`s great-grandparents were Ann Campbell, who was born in Tiree, and Donald Rankin MacDonald, a doctor and magistrate in New South Wales.
E-mail from donor with information about the antecedents of Sir Harry Gibbs.
The antecedents of former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Harry Gibbs who was descended from Duncan Campbell and his wife Ellen MacCall (MacColl?).
Photocopied letter dated 18/4/2003 from Isabel MacDonald Pavlovic, the granddaughter of Lachie MacDonald from Kenovay.
Letter dated 18/4/2003 from Isabel MacDonald Pavlovic, the granddaughter of Lachie MacDonald from Kenovay who emigrated to Patagonia at the beginning of the 20th century. Isabel gives an account of her family`s history.
Black and white photograph of lawyer Alasdair MacDonald.
Alasdair MacDonald, from Tiree, was the oldest practicing lawyer in Ottawa when he died in 1994 aged ninety-three, having been a regular attendee at the Elgin Street offices of MacDonald Affleck until just nine months before he passed away. He came to Ottawa from Tiree during the First World War and was a prominent lawyer in the city for sixty-five years. He was a fluent Gaelic speaker who helped found the Chair of Celtic Studies at Ottawa University.
Colour photograph of Barney`s River taken Dr Margaret MacKay in 1978.
Barney`s River in Pictou County, Nova Scotia photographed Dr Margaret MacKay in 1978. John MacLean, Bard Thighearna Cholla bought a plot of woodland there after emigrating from Caoles in 1819.
Colour photograph of MacIntyre`s Corner in Canada.
MacIntyre`s Corner in Canada where emigrants from Tiree settled in the 19th century.
Printout of scanned newspaper cutting from pioneer life in Manitoba in the 1880s.
Pioneer stories of Scottish emigrants to Manitoba in the 1880s.
Black and white photograph of Archie MacKinnon and his wife Christena Clark. John was the son of Fingon MacKinnon and Christena McLean of Salum, Tiree and was baptized 23 Nov 1832. The whole family (including John’s six younger brothers) left Tiree aboard the Conrad in September 1851. Christena Clark was the daughter of Hugh Clark and Christena McLean of Ruaig, Tiree. She was baptized 10 Jun 1833. The whole family came to Ontario about 1846, settling first in Brock Township. Christena and John were married in Ontario about 1857. They had eight children, but only one married and there were no grandchildren. John died 5 Feb 1919 and Christena died 24 Aug 1918. They are buried in Tiverton Cemetery.
