Photograph of Mike and Meg McPhaden, Seattle, holding their Tiree ancestor`s bible dated 1821.
Colour photograph of Dr Mike McPhaden, Seattle, and his daughter Meg, holding the bible of Murdock McPhaden (1820-1903), who emmigrated to Brock Township, Canada, with his parents Charles and Mary McPhaden, Ruaig in 1821. “Murdock McPhaden was the BROTHER of Dr. Mike`s great great grandfather Archibald McPhaden. Archibald and Murdock were sons of Charles McPhaden and Mary McLean of Ruaig, Tiree. The family immigrated to Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada Sept 1821 (written in Bible) where Murdock was a Tinsmith and he and his wife Ann McLean and family lived in Sunderland, Ontario. Murdock`s son Charles McPhaden and family lived in Toronto. Charles had two daughters but they did not have any children, thus the Bible remained in the McPhaden home where the daughter Ella lived. Ella married Hugh Robert Samuels and after she died, Hugh married again and the Bible was stored in the attic of the McPhaden home. When Hugh`s wife died in 2008, the Bible was found and a note was posted on Ancestry.com by Candice (niece of Hugh`s last wife) that she was in possession of Murdock`s Bible and would like to return it to family. I [Glenda Franklin] contacted her, telling her I knew of family descendants of Murdock`s BROTHER Archibald and she sent Dr. Mike McPhaden the Bible.” See also photo 2013.143.1 ; T107.
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.
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.
Image of an envelope addressed to John Lamont, Hong Kong, 1859
Printed image from an auction website of an envelope addressed to John Lamont, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, in 1859, with additional information about the auction item. John Lamont emigrated from Ruaig, Tiree, in 1820 and became a successful and well known shipbuilder in Hong Kong.
Newspaper notices of deaths, marriages and anniversaries in Australia 1887-1947
Printed transcripts of newspaper notices & obituaries regarding the deaths, marriages and anniversaries of Tiree Australians appearing in various Australian newspapers during 1887-1947. Includes: Jessie Hughes (1836-1886) and Jane Campbell (1828-1891) daughters of Archibald and Mary Campbell, Tiree; Captain Archibald MacLean (1821-1901); Donald Brown (1868-1947); Catherine MacKinnon, Tiree (d.1947); Dr Charles Nicol Macquarie (1861-1937); Niel Campbell (1832-1912); marriage of David MacKinnon to Euphemia MacKechnie, daughter of Donald MacKechnie, Heynish (1921); silver wedding anniversay of Dugald Colquhoun of Tiree and Eliza MacFadyen (1933).
Information about Coll MacColl of Tiree (1787-1842)
History of Coll MacColl, son of the Rev. Archibald MacColl of Tiree, compiled by Alasdair Roberts in 2013. “As a young man he fathered an illegitimated child in Tiree, went as a gardener to Bishop Ranald MacDonald`s Lismore seminary, became a Catholic and then a priest, undertaking pastoral journeys through the Highlands. Emigrated to Australia after falling out with the Vicar General in Arisaig, dying within 3 weeks of arrival.”
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.
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.
Various articles relating to Tiree from Australian and New Zealand newspapers 1875-1936
Newspaper articles about Tiree and Tiree people from various Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Includes `Aeroplanes Banned` by the Duke of Argyll 1936; marriage of Mary Brown, Tiree, to Thomas Lindsay of Maruimato, NZ, 1896; marriage of Flora MacIntyre, Tiree, to George Theyers of Maori Creek, NZ, 1875; death of Neil Campbell (1833-1912) of Tiree and Parramatta, Australia, 1912; diamond wedding anniversary of Donald Kennedy, Tiree, and Alice Hardman, York, 1818; `Another Island for Sale` 1911; `In the Western Highlands`, 1894.
