Great site. I am looking for ancestors, Hugh McColl and Christina McColl who had a daughter Christina 1774-1781 died 1873 at Inverfolla, Appin she married John McCorquodale 1802 Lismore. I would love to hear from anyone who has any infomation on them or their families. Cheers, Marilyn
Name:
Bob McCorkindale
Date:
18 Jul 2010
Location:
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Comments:
Bob,Neil,Bill & Jim and spouses visited Lismore in 2006..great times! Our great(s)grandfather John McCorkindale (MacCorquodale) (a blacksmith) left Lismore (around 1800 for Paisley and then came to Guelph, with his four children, in 1828 as a pioneer homesteader.
Name:
Alistair Campbell
Date:
6 May 2010
Location:
Canada
Comments:
Re: 1861 Scotland Census. I too would like more information and to whom my Great Grandmother was Connected to on the Isle of Lismore where she was born there abt 1825 My sister Jean Campbell signed this guest book in 2008. Quite neat that I ran across her entry as well. Information on my Great grandfather is still a mystery, very elusive.
Name:
William Jenkins
Date:
14 Oct 2009
Location:
Isle of Bute
Comments:
The first of my family to come to Bute was John McLachlan and his wife Ann Campbell. John came from Lismore and was born abt 1821 in Port Kilkerran. His occupation was limestone worker/causewayer.His death certificate has his father as Hugh McLachlan, though an earlier application for poor relief has his parents as Lachlan McLachlan and Mary McDonald. Does anyone have record of McLachlans in this part of Lismore?
Name:
karl mckinley
Date:
6 Sep 2009
Location:
alberta canada
Comments:
searching for McIannlaich family name after clearances the name became McKinley. I have reason to beleive we are descended from MacLeas. Karl McKinley
Name:
James Dawson MacGregor
Date:
16 Jun 2009
Location:
East Kilbride
Comments:
I've just been reading Donald Black's truly excellent book "A tale Or Two From Lismore" and find it great reading. As I've been researching my Lismore family ancestors for a few years now, I find the stories very interesting,and I'm being able to paint a bigger picture of their lives and habits on the Island. Altho' very informative, I find myself craving for more information on some of the islanders mentioned. As an example, there's a chapter on Lachlan MacDonald...can anyone verify that Lachlan was the son of Hugh Macdonald and Ann McCaig? There are other small questions that I would love answered so, if someone would be good enough to give me contact details of Donald, or tell him of my post, I would be very grateful. Many thanks, Regards,Jim. jmsw06733@blueyonder.co.uk
Name:
henrietta (rita) gowdie
Date:
5 May 2009
Location:
scotland
Comments:
my father gathered information before he died and after coming across birth certificates etc that he had collected I thought I would take search further. From information I have I think it is my great grandfather duncan mcnaughtan missionary barony church initially glasgow but information is that he moved to lismore and is buried in the cemetary there. His daughter was born 8.11.1869 glasgow margaret mcfarlane mcnaughtan Any information would be appreciated.
Name:
Jim MacGregor
Date:
10 Nov 2008
Location:
East Kilbride
Comments:
Hi,I was wondering when Tigh Iseabal Dhaibh was last inhabited, and what address it would be found under in the Census Returns? TIA Jim.
Name:
Jim MacGregor
Date:
5th Nov 2008
Location:
East Kilbride
Comments:
Hi this is a great website. I have info that relates to an earlier poster,Jean Campbell from Canada, regarding her relative, Mary Campbell nee McIntyre.
Regards Jim MacGregor
PS Can someone tell me when Achanard(sp?) was "deserted/evacuated"?
Name:
Jacquie
Date:
19 Oct 2008
Location:
Canada
Comments:
Hi,
I just found out that a grandmother is from Lismore. She was christened there in June 1791. Her parents were David McEwan and Harriot Nimmo or Nimms. I'm hoping that someone recognizes the unusual names or can give me some idea of what their lives in that time period.
Thanks Jacquie
Name:
Patricia Scott
Date:
16 Sep 2008
Location:
South Lanarkshire
Comments:
My husband is related to a Solomon McColl and a Catherine McInnes. They had a son Duncan who married Dorothy McColl and they had two daughters Agnes and Christie. Christie was born at Achbhlar but I cant find it on any old maps. Dorothy and Duncan died at 105 High Street Glasgow about 1861. He was a policeman. Hope it is your family.
Name:
Karen Evans
Date:
18 Aug 2008
Location:
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Comments:
Researching McCorqoudales from Lismore
Name:
Date:
15 Aug 2008
Location:
inverness
Comments:
I am looking for family of Agnes Mccoll born 1857 who was daughter of Hugh McColl and married a David Holt in Ireland witnesses at their wedding were Robert and Jessie Dick
Name:
Anna Pettigrew
Date:
14 Jul 2008
Location:
Cumbernauld nr Glasgow
Comments:
I look forward to visiting Lismore in the near future as I\'m hoping to find out something about my family, the McGregors,who came from Balgarbh on the Island
Name:
Anna McGregor Pettigrew
Date:
24 Jun 2008
Location:
Cumbernauld
Comments:
I'm trying to trace my ancestry and have managed to traceback to Gregor McGregor born about 1764 on Lismore, he married Sarah Carmichael 1762, daughter of Dougald Carmichael and Janet Stewart
Name:
seon
Date:
19 Apr 2008
Location:
Dùn Eideann
Comments:
Meallaibh ur naidheachd air an ionad ur. S math gu bheil a' Ghaidhlig fhathast beo san eilean mhaiseach seo. Gu math a theid leibh!
Name:
Eleanor Smart
Date:
19th Mar 2008
Location:
Paisley, Scotland
Comments:
Hello Lorna Edwards,Interested in your MacColls & MacInneses from Lismore. Looking for a Solomon MacColl who m. a Cath. MacInnes in Lismore in the late 18th C. Any connection with yours? Thanks.
Name:
Jean Campbell
Date:
16th Mar 2008
Location:
Canada
Comments:
I have a copy of a 1861 Census that Mary Campbell(my great gandmother) was born in Lismore, Argyllshire about 1825. Her address was Killeane and she was a farmer of 13 acres. How would I obtain more information on her? Love your site and had the pleasure of visiting Lismore in 1998. We visited your museum and I met Deidre Campbell who has the same thumbs as me, Take care, Jean
Name:
robert marshall
Date:
24th Feb 2008
Location:
burnbank hamilton
Comments:
my neice lorraine king recently moved to isle of lismore, lorraine says lismore is the most beautifull place she has ever seen and loves staying there with her husband jim and wee daughter sophie maybe someday i will see for myself.
Name:
Scot AnSgeulaiche - oral histo
Date:
18th Dec 2006
Location:
Mid Argyll
Comments:
I always like to see what Lios Mòr is doing. The new museum project is ambitious and I have, as always, great respect and faith in the people of liosmor to bring it together. I'm still out there, telling the history of the
island to tourists and promoting it as a visitor choice.
Name:
Ann Davidson
Date:
27th Oct 2006
Location:
Bristol, England
Comments:
As a visitor to Lismore it would be great to read a synopsis of the history in easy to read English. But I love the island - it is absolutely just right and I hope the future balance of the island stays as the perfect mix it
seems to be today.
Name:
Fiona NicChoinnich
Date:
13th Jul 2006
Location:
Inbhir Pheofharain
Comments:
Bidh sinn a tighinn dhan t-eilean airoso seachdain anns an t-Iuchair.
Bidh sinn a cur ceilidh air a Chomuinn uairegin gu dearbh! N dochas gum bidh
cothroman son bruidhinn - \'s seinn s\'doch?- comhla ri cheile.
Le durachdan
Name:
Rob Livingston
Date:
29th May 2006
Location:
Placerville, California
Comments:
Clan Livingstone/MacLea has been working very hard on a DNA project to figure out just who is and who isn't a Livingstone from Lismore and vicinity.
This project is also helping us to understand just how we might be genetically
related to other clans such as the Carmichaels, the Campbells the Blacks, etc.
If you or anyone in your family has an interest in learning more about this
project, go to our DNA website at www.familytreedna.com/public/livingston_maclea_dna
or visit our Clan Livingstone website at http://www.clanmclea.co.uk/SiteMap.htm
Cheers, Rob Livingston
Name:
Abi
Date:
21st May 2006
Location:
Nottingham
Comments:
Spent last week staying in Port Appin and visited Lismore for a couple
of days, one of which by bike so I got to see a lot of it. It's a fantastic
place with wonderfully friendly people. Good luck with the Heritage Centre. Do
you happen to have contact details for the Contractor working on the scheme? I
spoke to one of them while I was there and would be interested in getting in
touch.
Name:
Sandy Forrest
Date:
11th May 2006
Location:
Inverness
Comments:
I hope the project goes from strength to strength. I was surfing to
find evidence of the McColl family ,Brylen Croft,Achinduin as my aunt Jane
Forrest from Hamilton married Duncan who died in 1940 and left it to his son
also named Duncan. They lived in Johannesburg. Hope to sail to Lismore this
summer.
Name:
Margaret Kipp
Date:
4th Dec 2005
Location:
Toronto Canada
Comments:
I am glad to see a Lismore site. I am researching the McColls. My gg
grandmother Ann McColl (c.1820-1915)married Donald McPhail (1811-1895) around
1843. They emigrated to Elgin County, Ontario Canada about 1884 with grown
children. I believe Ann's parents were Alexander McColl and Mary McCallum who
may have emigrated to Ontario even prior to 1884. Campbell seems to be a common
middle name in this family.
Name:
Frances McColl Stewart
Date:
1st Nov 2005
Location:
West Virginia, USA
Comments:
What a great site - I was introduced to it by one of your regulars who emailed me and pointed out to me that this is the same McColl family that I belong to. www.mccoll-name.com
Our branch left Appin for South Carolina, USA 17th and 18 centuries. I'll be
checking back - Thank you - a chara :)fran
Name:
Lorna Edwards
Date:
28th Aug 2005
Location:
Shropshire, England
Comments:
Have known for some time that my dads family,McCaigs and Keiths were from Lismore in the early 1800s.Incredibly, have now found that my mum's family, McColls and McInnes' were also from Lismore and at the same time!! So it's no wonder the whole family loves the island so much.
Name:
Beathag Mhoireasdan
Date:
15th Jun 2005
Location:
Glaschu
Comments:
Gach deagh dhùrachd gu Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòir.
All the best to C.E. Lios Mòir - I like your website.
Name:
gillian norman
Date:
2nd Jun 2005
Location:
cheshire, england
Comments:
Hi
I don't know whether anyone can help me or not, Jane Muirhead recommended your
site to me.
I am tracing my ancestors and have managed to get back to 1757. My ancestor
Samuel McColl who was the son of Hugh McColl and born on Lismore married a Janet
Campbell and they had 14 children. Samuel became the schoolmaster on Lismore,
also the postmaster and also the clerk to the kirk session. His gravestone
stands in Lismore graveyard. As far as I know the children's names were (some names are repeated so obviously the first children born of that name died) JOHN, HUGH, ANGUS, EUPHEMIA, LILLY, ANNE, DONALD, MAGDALENE, ALEXANDER, DONALD, JOHN, MARY, ALEXANDER.
I know that Anne died in 1891 in Taynlochan on 11.09.1891. Hugh McColl was a
tenant farmer in Kenlochlaich. If anyone has any info on this family could they
please get in touch. I am hoping to visit Lismore in a couple of weeks and look
forward to it.
Name:
J.L. Wigley
Date:
4th Mar 2005
Location:
Wirral, Merseyside
Comments:
Read about your petrol problems and the ferry - total madness! Hope you get a
sensible solution very soon. Best of luck, take care of each other
Name:
Edith Stevenson
Date:
10th Jan 2005
Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Comments:
Great to see you are online!
I will be using your site for my family history as I have ancestors from there.
Good luck with your project!
Name:
Andy McColl
Date:
9th Nov 2004
Location:
UK
Comments:
Does anyone have any information on Samuel McColl (1788-1862) schoolmaster and clerk to the session?
Name:
Marie Carmichael
Date:
2nd Nov 2004
Location:
Lismore
Comments:
Hey, great site it helped me loads with my gaelic project on the history of
Lismore, Thanks Marie
