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Scotsman Archives An accident resulting in the loss of three lives took place between Appin and Lismore on Wednesday evening. It was pay-day at the limestone quarry on Sheep Island, off Port Appin, and some of the men were more or less under the influence of liquor. Five of them proposed to cross over to Lismore in a boat of 10 ½ feet keel. Mr Maclachlan, manager of the works, interfered, and succeeded in locking up one of the men, while the other four, named Donald Black, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Buchanan and Dugald Carmichael, launched the small boat, but they…
Susan Newell (nee MacAllister), hung for murder in 1923 There were many Travellers campsites at one time in Appin, frequented by many families throughout different seasons of the year. But one site in particular was the residence of one young girl, whose name would later be known all over Scotland for a hideous crime committed. Her lifestyle is one that can only be imagined to be that of a tranquil and peaceful existence. But she was to become the last woman in Scotland to be hung. Susan McAllister was born in a field near Glenshellach Road, Oban. She was one…
Scotsman archives – 9th September 1926 (UPDATED 01/09) John Harris, aged 40, gardener and Michael Grant (24), both in the employment of Charles Stuart of Barcaldine, Ledaig, were returning on Saturday evening from Creagan to their homes and apparently in order to avoid a lengthened detour round the head of Loch Creran, which would involve a journey of 8 miles to their homes at Barcaldine, they had set out from Creagan by the railway line with the intention of crossing the railway bridge over the loch, and shortening their journey to about a mile. The night was dark and stormy,…
Short compilation of hidden treasures in Appin Treasure Tree On a Knoll above Shian, known as Tir-a-chlaonaidh, there still remains the ruins of the old residence of the Maclachlans, whose freehold marched with Airds on one side and with Invernahyle on the other. Before joining the Stewarts in the ’45 Rising, they wrapped the family treasure in a cowhide and buried it under a tree in the wood, which they marked with the hatchet. On the way home they noticed that their action had been observed. They returned therefore and hacked each tree after the same manner as the treasure…
Robert MacFie of Airds Robert MacFie was born in 1812 to a family of wealthy ‘sugar refiners’ in Greenock. In 1851, he was sailing his yacht ‘La Belle Anglaise’, on a tour of the West Highland coast. He sailed into Airds Bay on the 6th of September and instantly fell in love with Airds House. He bought the estate on the 4th October, the following month for £26,000. When Robert brought his young family to Airds and his wife Agnes Fairrie, in April 1852, bonfires were lit in their honour by people on the estate. Agnes bore two more sons…
August 1907 Scotsman Archives- 26th August 1907 A sad accident occurred at Port Appin on Saturday by which two lives were lost. Two boys named Whitelaw and Archibald Kay, whose families were summer residents at Port Appin, were amusing themselves in a boat off the pier when the boat upset and both were thrown into the water. The pier is a T-shape structure with a long leg running to the shore and the accident occurred in one of the angles formed by the head of the pier. Mr George Whitelaw, father of one of the boys, was on the pier…
[accordions] [accordion title=”1881 Census Part 1 (Allan – MacColl)” load=”hide”](Allan – MacColl) The Appin 1881 Census Dwelling: Coilard Labourers Ho Marr Age Sex Birthplace William ALLAN M 34 M Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Ag Lab Christina ALLAN M 36 F Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Wife John ALLAN 3 M Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son James ALLAN 5 m M Appin, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son Alexander CAMPBELL (ALLAN) 10 M Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Stepson Occ: Scholar Dwelling: Ardnaclach Farm Ho Marr Age Sex Birthplace John ALLISON M 66 M Inchinan, Renfrew, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Farmer Of 100…
