Scanned image of a newspaper cutting about a forgotten pioneers` cemetery near Regina, Canada.
Article in a Canadian newspaper about an abandoned pioneer settlement which contained emigrants from Tiree. (See also 2007.90.1)
2007.126.9
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2007.90.1
Account of a forgotten Scottish settlement in Assiniboia in the North West Territories of Canada.
Illustrated account of a forgotten Scottish settlement in Assiniboia in the North West Territories of Canada.
2007.19.1
Colour photograph of the graves of HMS `Sturdy` sailors at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The graves of the sailors from H.M.S. Sturdy who were lost at Sandaig in October 1940. The wreath was handmade by Lt. Cdr. Michael J. Gibson RN RD (Rtd) whose father E. J. A. Gibson, Engineer Officer, was injured during the incident, and the photograph taken by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2007.19.2
Colour photograph of the grave of seaman J.H. Rivett at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The grave at Soroby cemetery of seaman J.H. Rivett from H.M.S. Sturdy who was lost at Sandaig in October 1940, photographed by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2007.19.3
Colour photograph of the grave of seaman F. Greenshields at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The grave at Soroby cemetery of seaman F. Greenshields from H.M.S. Sturdy who was lost at Sandaig in October 1940, photographed by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2007.19.4
Colour photograph of the grave of seaman T. W. Cowler at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The grave at Soroby cemetery of stoker T. W. Cowler from H.M.S. Sturdy who was lost at Sandaig in October 1940, photographed by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2007.19.5
Colour photograph of the grave of seaman P. R. Cornford at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The grave at Soroby cemetery of Able Seaman P. R. Cornford from H.M.S. Sturdy who was lost at Sandaig in October 1940, photographed by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2007.19.6
Colour photograph of the grave of Leading Stoker A. T. Trahearn at Soroby cemetery in September 2005.
The grave at Soroby cemetery of Leading Stoker A. T. Trahearn from H.M.S. Sturdy who was lost at Sandaig in October 1940, photographed by Gordon Scott in September 2005.
2006.136.1
Colour photograph of the grave of Donaldina MacLean, Tiree, in the Australian outback near Charleville in Queensland.
Courtesy of Mr Chris Hurst
A few years ago, four friends on a trip in central Queensland came across a grave near Charleville. The inscription on the headstone reads: ‘In loving memory of Donaldina McLean only daughter of Dugald and Mary McKinnon Born on the Island of Tiree Argyleshire Scotland November 30th 1880 Died May 1st 1886 Aged 5 years and 3 months.’
According to local knowledge, the child was restless and crying, and the parents attended to her several times during the night. In the morning they found the girl dead with a snake in her bedclothes. She had been bitten several times.
Isolated graves like these are not uncommon in the outback, a testament to the hardships and tragedies endured by the early settlers.
2006.122.1
Tombstone of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles
Photograph of the tombstone of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, in the graveyard at Kirkapol.
In this photograph of the graveyard at Kirkapol, the table-tomb in the foreground has round its margins an inscription which, when translated from the Latin, reads: ‘Here lies Mr Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, who died on 14 February 1680 aged 74.’
According to the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Frazer became ‘preacher in Sir Lachlan MacLean’s Regiment in 1645 under Montrose, for which he was debarred from his charge and stipend and plundered by Campbell of Ardnamurchan…’
‘He was the first minister who constantly preached here [in Tiree] and was very diligent among his people, not only in matters of faith and religion but in secular subjects also. It is said that at his coming [in 1633] only three persons (all MacLeans) could write their names.’
Colour photograph of Dean Farquhar Frazer`s tombstone at Kirkapol graveyard.
Table-tomb of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, at Kirkapol graveyard, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2006. The inscription round the margin, when translated from the Latin, reads: ‘Here lies Mr Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, who died on 14 February 1680 aged 74.’