Tag Archives: sailors

2008.27.6

Black and white photograph of Donald MacKinnon of Brock with an unknown man.

Donald MacKinnon of Brock (on the right) with an unknown man. Like his bother Neil (see photo K129), Donald was a sailor who fished for lobsters after retiring to Brock.

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2007.53.1

Copied newspaper clipping about Hugh MacFadyen.

Newspaper clipping about the death of Hugh MacFadyen of Kirkapol (Cathy MacNeill`s maternal uncle). He was the Chief Officer of the Canadian National Steamships and died unexpectedly aged forty-three. The four sisters in Scotland mentioned in the article were Kate (Cathy`s mother), Janet, Effy and Hughina (who married a Carmichael); the two brothers were Lachie and John. Cathy`s grandmother Isabel MacFadyen came from Kirkapol and moved to Baile Mhic Eoghainn when she married joiner Lachie MacFadyen. Effy Low, a cousin of Cathy`s mother, married Peter Anderson, the gamekeeper. Effy was a sister of Hugh Alexander Low.

2007.39.1

Photocopied NUS card of Malcolm Campbell of Balemartine and plus an assortment of photocopied bills.

Collection of documents and bills: (1) NUS card of Malcolm Campbell of Balemartine; (2) 1944 bill for coal; (3) 1945 bill from George Henderson of Edinburgh for guttering and downpipes; (4) 1941 bill from Peter Fisher of Glasgow for one five-gallon drum.

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.

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2006.138.1

Black and white photograph of Malcolm Campbell in 1930.

Malcolm Campbell in 1930. This photograph was sent as a postcard to his sister Marion Campbell in Mannal and was written aboard the S.S. `The Marquis` in Dublin. Malcolm was godfather to Catriona Cowling nee Stewart of Barrapol.

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