List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Australia, 1852-1857
List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Moreton Bay, Portland Bay, Geelong and Hobart Town in Australia, during 1852-1857, giving record no., surname, residence, estate, parish, county, ship name, departure date, port of departure, port of arrival, remarks (incl. finances and deaths) and page no.
Booklet `West Highland Notes & Queries`, May 2013
Paper-covered booklet of articles by the Society of the West Highland & Island Historical Research. Contents:1467 MS. The MacLeans; An Account of the Isle of Coll – Knockleathan; Fort Dewart, Pennsylvania; Macleans in Barra; The 84th`s Pipe Banner; Hugh Gray, Inn Keeper in Coll; Torloisk, Isle of Mull; An Account of the Isle of Coll (4).
Telegram re wedding of Mairi and Hector Campbell, Corrairigh, 1955
Photocopy of a Post Office telegram from “Hector – Helen” (Campbell?) in Cape Town, South Africa, to Mairi and Hector Campbell, Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg, on the advent of their wedding on 10 August 1955.
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Letter to George Paterson, Crossapol, from Patagonia 1913
Photocopy of a typed letter dated 3/6/1913 from the accountant of Compania Frigorifica de Patagonia to George Paterson of Crossapol Farm, informing him that his father, Donald Paterson, has instructed them to send £28 for passage on the SS Victoria from Liverpool to Patagonia so that he may join his father to work there.
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Birth record for George Alexander Paterson in Argentina in 1891
Photocopy of hand-written record of the birth of George Paterson on 14th June 1891, son of Donald Paterson, Crossapol, and his wife Ada Maria Luisa Hallet. Written by Francesco Gouche, Civil Registrar of Santa Cruz, Argentina, on 17th July 1891.
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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.
Various photographs and information about Tiree ancestors of Gordon McConnell, New Zealand
Various photographs and information printed from ancestry websites regarding the Tiree ancestors of Gordon McConnell of New Zealand. Includes: Donald MacLean (his uncle, drowned Bay of Biscay 1928), Hector MacLean, Kenovay (1858-1929, Tobermory), Mary MacLean (b. 1906 Tobermory, d 1983 Wales), Hugh MacKinnon, New Zealand (1916-1943), Charles MacLean, West Lothian (d 1941 France), John McConnell (b. 1903, Mary MacLean`s husband), Margaret MacLean, Ardbeg (b. ca 1860). (individual photos not high enough quality to accession separately)
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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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.
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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