MacPherson, Neil, 1781-1877 (crofter | Liniclate | Benbecula)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891
Notes on the family of Neill MacPherson, Benbecula, 1877
Notes collected from Neill Macpherson, pauper, aged 95, Lianacleit, Benbecula [Lionacleit/Liniclate, Beinn na Faoghla] about his family, stating that he has 9 daughters, 51 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren and 'if he lives five years more he may see his great great grand children'. He also states that there had been 6 people over 90 on Benbecula in December [1876] and that 3 of these people have since died.
Story about fishing for basking sharks off Uist, 1877
Story collected from Neill Macpherson [Neil MacPherson], aged 95, pauper, Lianacleit, Benbecula [Lionacleit/Liniclate, Beinn na Faoghla], about fishing for basking sharks off Uist [Uibhist] including the method by which the basking shark is caught and killed and the comment that ‘steamers are supposed to be the cause of the absence of the sun-fish’.
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