Tag Archives: the church

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2008.67.1

Black and white photograph of Rev. Allan Munn copied from the book `Voices in the sun` by Elspeth Jack.

Rev Allan Munn was born in Heanish in 1867, the son of Hugh Munn and his wife Ann MacKinnon. Allan left Tiree for Glasgow University and was ordained in 1897 into the United Free Church. His first parish was in Inverness. In 1911 he spent several months at the Scottish Church of Algiers and in 1913 he moved with his wife and seven children to take charge of a church in Germiston in the Transvaal. Eleven years later he moved to the Presbyterian church in Bulawayo, now in Zimbabwe.

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2008.61.4

Three religious booklets in Gaelic.

Three religious booklets in Gaelic in question and answer form. (From a collection of memorabilia belonging to Alexander C. MacLean)

2007.126.1

Black and white photograph of Rev. Alexander MacFadyen of Vaul.

Alexander MacFadyen was born on 14th February 1831 in Vaul, the son of John MacFadyen and his wife Flora MacFadyen. Alexander, deeply religious from an early age, married Mary MacLean in Broadford, Skye, in 1862, by which time he had become a Baptist missionary. Their first son, Daniel, was born in Kilchoman, Islay, in 1866, after which the young couple emigrated to Canada so that Alexander could take his mission to a new world.

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2007.126.8

Photocopied letter from the Kirk Session of Tiree dated 13th June 1821.

Letter dated 13th June 1821, signed by the minister Neil MacLean, the Session Clerk Alexander Mathewson and three others, attesting to the `unimpeached moral character` of Donald MacPhaiden, his wife Catherine MacNaughton and their family and recommending them to `any Christian Society or Congregation` in North America.

2007.85.6

CD-ROM with four photographs, the 1776 Coll Kirk Session List of the Inhabitants of Coll, and a plan of the S.S. Hebrides.

CD-ROM with four photo files of Tiree, twenty-one Word documents with scans of the 1776 Coll Kirk Session List of the Inhabitants of Coll, and a plan of the S.S. Hebrides.

2007.79.1

Minidisk recording of Lachie MacFadyen of Caoles talking to Maggie Campbell on 4/7/2007.

Lachie MacFadyen of Caoles talks to Maggie Campbell in July 2007 about the Tiree Rural Development to Orkney, how Orkney compare with Tiree, the crofting techniques practised there, the famous bere barley mill, their religious beliefs and the Italian Chapel decorated by Italian POWs.

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