Order of service for the funeral of Rev Bob Higham (1937-2020), and a letter to John Holliday, Balephuil, from Bob’s wife, Di Higham, dated 9/03/2020. Rev Higham was the Church of Scotland minister of the Parish of Tiree during 1995-2002. He published a book about life as a minister on a Hebridean island, was a driving force behind the Tiree Heritage Society, and is buried at Polwarth in the Scottish Borders.
Printed eulogy read out at the funeral of Angus Munn, Heanish (1927-2015), written by his daughter.
Untitled, nine-verse poem in English, hand-written in ink on a scrap of black-edged funeral paper. Probably to be read out at a funeral in the early 1900s. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Memorial card for the funeral of Mary Ann Brown, Tiree and Skye, 1856-1903. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Memorial card for the funeral of Archibald Brown, Balephuil, 1820-1895. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Graph of births, marriages and deaths on Tiree 1855-1920
Printed graphs showing the numbers of births, marriages and deaths from the Tiree Parish Registers from 1855 to 1920.
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Letter from Rev. Neil MacLean, 1851
Transcript of a letter from Rev Neil MacLean, Gott, in 1851 to his sister-in-law, the widow of Alexander MacLean, telling of the sudden death of “our dear Donald”, the affect on his mother and the funeral.
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Texts from the funeral of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, 2009
Programme of church service, 3 colour photographs, and eulogy and tributes to Alasdair MacKinnon Sinclair, Brock (1923-2009), engineer and enthusiastic co-founder of An Iodhlann. A service of thanksgiving and remembrance was held at Kirkapol Church on 20 Jan. 2009.
Two photocopied letters from Marion Blair of Partick, Glasgow, to her brother and sister, Duncan and Georgina, in 1931. The letters tell of the death of their brother Archie (Dunne?) in Glasgow and the difficulty and expense of transporting his coffin to Tiree via Oban.
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Eulogy about Lachie MacLean, Druimfraoich
Sheet of text about Lachie MacLean, Druimfraoich, read out at his funeral by Pat Boyd, Cornaig.
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