Township: kilmoluaig

2021.54.41

Transcript of a police report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Finlay Fraser charging John Brown with Breach of the Peace in December 1861. Brown (crofter and fisherman, Kilmoluaig) assaulted Donald McDonald (son of Flora McKinnon, Kilmoluaig) in a field in Kilmoluaig. It is mentioned that McDonald called Brown a ‘water horse’. A statement is provided by Donald McDonald and is corroborated by:

John McCallum (son of Dugald McCallum, Kilmoluaig)
Hector McKinnon (son of Neil McKinnon, Kilmoluaig)
Dugald McCallum (Kilmoluaig)
Mrs Dugald McCallum (Kilmoluaig)
Alexander McKinnon (son of Archibald McKinnon, Kilmoluaig)

This record also contains details of charges against Archibald Kieth (ploughman, Achnacroish, Mull) accused of assault and Breach of Peach in July 1861. Niel Currie (labourer, Craignure), Donald McLeod (labourer, Craignure) and Hector Currie (shop keeper, Craignure) are summoned as witnesses. This section of the report is written by Kenneth Fraser, Sheriff Officer .

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.54.37

Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by written by Finlay Fraser (D.C., Tiree) charging John McKinnon (son of Neil McKinnon, Kilmoluaig) with assault and John Cameron (son of Archibald Cameron, Kilmoluaig) with breach of the public peace on 13 January 1860.

Statements are provided from:
Donald McKinnon (crofter, Balevullin)
John McLean (son of Archibald McLean, Kilmoluaig)
James McLean (son of Archibald McLean, Kilmoluaig)
Duncan McKinnon (son of Alexander McKinnon, Balevullin)
Duncan McNeil (son of Catherine McNeil or Cameron, Balevullin)

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.54.8

Transcript of a memorandum regarding the ejection of Mrs McDonald from Kilmoluaig in 1856. In this brief note Mr Nisbet writes to Mr McQuarie in Tiree to inform him that Mrs McDonald has taken possession of a barn following her eviction from a farm at Kilmoluaig. Mr Henry Nisbet was Procurator Fiscal in Tobermory.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.54.18

Transcript of Inventory of Precognition against John McMillan and Donald MacPhail on charges of Housebreaking and Theft at the house of Niel Kennedy at Balevullin in December 1859. £10 was stolen from Kennedy’s house during the burglary.

Statements are provided by:

Henry Nisbet (Tobermory Procurator Fiscal)
John MacMillan (fisherman, Balevullin)
Niel Kennedy (fisherman, Balevullin)
Donald Cameron (boatman, Kilmoluaig)
Niel Kennedy (police constable, Balevullin)
John Kennedy (Balevullin)
Donald McPhail (fisherman, Kilmoluaig)
Mary Maclean or McKinnon (wife of Donald McKinnon, Balevullin)
Marion Cameron or McMillan (wife of John McMillan, Balevullin)
Catherine Maclean (sister of Mary Maclean, Scarinish)
Archibald McMillan (son of John McMillan, Balevullin)
Peter Macdonald (teacher, Balevullin)
Donald Lamont (cottar, Balevullin)
Flora McLean or McMillan (wife of Niel McMillan, Balevullin)
Archibald Cameron (fisherman, Balevullin)
Donald Maclean (tenant, Scarinish)
Finlay Fraser (police constable, Scarinish)
Dugald MacCallum (Kilmoluaig)
Allan Cameron (sergeant of police, Tobermory)

Many of the statements were originally given in Gaelic but are transcribed in English. William Robertson, Esquire Sheriff Substitute of Argyllshire, writes that John McMillan’s statement was given in the Gaelic language and translated into English by the Judge Examiner, and then read back to the defendant in Gaelic.

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2021.54.10

Transcript of a Precognition of Witnesses against John MacKinnon (Kilmoluaig) on charges of housebreaking and theft of a sheep in December 1856.

Statements are provided by: John MacDougall (Shepherd, Island House), Dugald MacCallum (Constable, Kilmoluaig), Hugh Maclean (Cornaigbeg), Lachlan Macquarie (Clerk, Heylipol) and Allan Cameron (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory).

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

 

2021.53.22

Digitised copy of State of the difference between the Tiree rental 1757 and the Tiree rental 1758. This record contains a table showing the differences in rent for farms at Kilmoluaig and Beist, Balivilline [Balevullin], Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg, Ruaig, Kirkapol, Hianish, Vaul, ¾ of Kelis [Caolas], Baugh, Heylipol, Balinoe and Quiyeish [Hynish].

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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.46.1

Two black & white photographs of John MacCorquodale, 16 Crossapol, son of Donald & Mary (nee Cameron) MacCorquodale, formerly of Kilmoluaig. John served in the Merchant Navy and was Chief Officer on the SS Rio Blanco when his ship was torpedoed by a U-boat in the North Atlantic on 1 April 1942. He and some of the crew survived in a lifeboat. They were rescued after 12 days at sea but John died just one day before rescue.

2021.54.4

Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses regarding the sudden death of Euphemia McMillan, 1852. McMillan (widow, Balevullin) died after drinking spirits at the inn of Lachlan Maclean in Kilmoluaig.

Statements are provided by:

Lachlan Maclean (Innkeeper, Kilmoluaig)
Archibald Maclean (Seaman, Kilmoluaig)
John MacMillan (Fisherman, Balevullin)
Neil McMillan (Fisherman, Balevullin)
Sarah Kennedy (Balevullin)
Donald MacNeill (Fisherman, Balevullin)
Sarah Cameron or MacMillan (wife of John MacMillan, Balevullin)
Lachlan Cameron (Fisherman, Balevullin)
Ann Macdonald (Servant to and residing with Lachlan Maclean, Kilmoluaig)
Niel Lamont (son of John Lamont, Cornaigmore)

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2021.29.2

Gaelic hymn ‘Ionndruim a Chiobair air a Leannan / The shepherd’s love for his sweetheart’ composed by Alexander MacKinnon, Cornaigbeg (1880-1965), with sheet music and comments by his grandson.

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Alexander MacKinnon’s father, also Alexander, Kilmoluaig, was one of the Skerryvore Lighthouse team housed at Hynish. Alexander Sr died from pneumonia contracted after a sea rescue in a storm in 1887(?), after which Alex Jr and his mother had to vacate their Hynish cottage and live with her parents, MacLeans of Cornaigbeg.  Alexander Jr took Divinity at Glasgow University, serving as minister for 33 years at the Presbyterian Church in Manchester, St. Columba’s in Glasgow and at Kilmonivaig at Spean Bridge, amongst others. Former Vice-President of the Tiree Association.

2021.23.1

Two copies of booklet ‘My Hebridean Heritage’ by Alan Iain Cameron, 2020. Alan traces his ancestors back to the early 1700s, identifying his Tiree ancestors as Camerons (Kilmoluaig and Scarinish), MacDonalds, McLeans (Grianal and Cornaigmore), Campbells (Cornaigbeg), Munns, Kennedys and McFadyens (Scarinish).

Text of previous draft: 2019.92.1