Friday, December 25th, 2009
Further to the previous item about WJ Maclean of Gisla, who was a Chief Trader with the Hudson's Bay Company: an account of the one Christmas he and his family spent at Fort Pitt before it was burned to the ground in April 1885. This is from an article by ...
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
We've mentioned before the story of William "Big Bear" Maclean, who was born in Scaliscro in 1837 and, after his family moved to Gisla, went on to an eventful career with the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. His HBC record has recently come to light (thanks to Donald Macaulay, Stornoway) ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
More about Uig side schools, the small schools provided for a minimum of three pupils in remote parts. From research undertaken by Maggie Smith for Hebridean Connections and the Stornoway Gazette; see also Part I and Part III.
Lily Macdonald (Lilidh Mhorsgail), born 1918, whose father Finlay Ferguson worked as under-keeper ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
From research undertaken by Maggie Smith for Hebridean Connections and the Stornoway Gazette. See also Part II and Part III.
After the Education Act of 1872, children throughout the country were entitled to an education, and a side school could be provided in remote districts where there were at least three ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Teacher Babag Smith
Back: 1. John Macdonald Carishader
2. Donald A Macdonald Scaliscro
3. Kenny A Mackay Geshader 7 Geshader
Middle: 4. Angus Macdonald Scaliscro
5. Agnes Matheson 8 Enaclete
6. Peggy Ann Matheson 8 Enaclete
7. Christina Buchanan Schoolhouse
8. Malcolm K Buchanan 3 Carishader
Front: 9. Donald N Gillies 4 Enaclete
10. Donald Macdonald Scaliscro
11. Donald Matheson 8 ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
by David SD Jones, February 2008.
An illustrated history of the sporting estates, including Morsgail, Scaliscro, Grimersta, Uig & Hamnaway, Garynahine, Eishken, Barvas, Galson and others. Information from estate records and game books, detail of tenants and development programmes, and many photographs previously unknown to the Comann Eachdraidh, coming as they ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Babag Smith 5 Carishader and Peggy Ann Macritchie 7 Carishader at Scaliscro road end.
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Photo by Chris Murray.
This letter was written by a clerk for Alexander Macrae who signed it in his own hand. He was tenant of Scaliscro from about 1830 until his death from fever in January 1839. He was known in Uig as 'an Ciopair Ban', the fair shepherd, and was the first ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
[singlepic=1045,280,left]William J. Maclean was born at Scaliscro in 1837, son of Angus Maclean, mason, and Ann Macrae, daughter of the farmer Alexander Macrae. The family had moved to Gisla by 1861. William emigrated to Canada (his brother Duncan, who remained at Gisla, remembered travelling to Liverpool to see him off) ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
A letter dated 1836, from Thomas Knox, Chamberlain of the Lews at Seaforth Lodge to JA Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth, MP, the Proprietor. Mealista was cleared in 1838 and the farm let to John Macrae of Kintail (and latterly Harris.)
Seaforth Lodge 21 April 1836
Dear Sir
I have now the honour to reply to ...
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Stornoway, UNITED KINGDOM