COLONSAY GRAVEYARD

ROW 2        ROW 3        ROW 4        ROW 5, 6 & 7        ROW 8        ROW 9 & 10    ROW BESIDE WEST WALL

1 to 12 see Naval & War Memorial

13 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOAN McLEOD / WHO DIED 7th FEBRUARY 1914 / AGED 33 YEARS / BELOVED WIFE OF / MALCOLM BELL McINTYRE / (BLACKSMITH) / WHO DIED 30th DECEMBER 1956 / AGED 82 YEARS / GUS AN TEICH NA SGAILEAN

14 through 17 - uninscribed

18 PO/10910 PRIVATE RMLI / E PALMER / HMS "VIKNOR" / 13th JANUARY 1915 AGE 31 / THE MISTS HAVE ROLLED AWAY

19 TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD PRIOR / MASTER GUNNER R.N. / H.M.S. KING EDWARD V11 / KILLED OFF COLONSAY / 18^th SEPTEMBER 1912 / ALSO HIS BROTHERS / CHARLES, KILLED IN BELGIUM / 23^rd DEC. 1914 / ARCHIBALD, KILLED AT ARRAS / 3^rd MAY 1917 / HERBERT, KILLED AT SEA / 30^th OCT. 1918 / AND THEIR COUSINS / JAMES, KILLED AT SEA / 22^nd SEPT. 1914 / HARRY, KILLED ON THE SOMME / 7^th OCT. 1916

(The funeral of Richard Prior was accorded full Naval honours and was attended by the First Lord of the Admiralty and other senior figures.  His cortege was taken to be the fulfillment of a vision experienced many years earlier by Hugh of Ardskenish Glen.)

20 - uninscribed

21 CATHERINE McPHEE / WIFE OF / NEIL McPHEE / DIED 27th MAY 1889 AGED 46 YEARS / ANN McPHEE, DAUGHTER OF NEIL McPHEE / DIED 23rd FEBRUARY 1896, AGED 17 YEARS / NEIL McPHEE, SON OF HUGH McPHEE / DIED 12th MAY 1902, AGED 55 YEARS

22 through 31 - uninscribed

32 IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN McNEILL / MILLER / DIED 4th MARCH 1892, AGED 54 / ALSO HIS WIFE / FLORA McPHEE / DIED 30th NOV 1914 AGED 65 / AND THEIR TWO SONS / DONALD AND ARCHD ALEXR / OF THE SCOTS GUARDS / AGED 30 AND 25 YEARS / KILLED IN FRANCE / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1917 / ALSO THEIR DAUGHTERS / CATHRINE / DIED 5th MARCH 1945 AGED 61 / ANNIE TROUP / DIED 13th NOV 1967 AGED 77 / "THY WILL BE DONE"

33 MURDOCH McNEILL / DIED 15th JANUARY 1904 / AGED 65 / FOR MANY YEARS MANAGER OF / THE COLONSAY ESTATE / ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / A TRUSTED SERVANT AND / FRIEND BY MAJOR GENERAL / SIR JOHN McNEILL, PROPRIETOR

34 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HESTER CURRIE McNEILL / BORN 3rd OCTR 1865 / DIED 2nd DECR 1885 / EVEN SO FATHER FOR IT SEEMS GOOD / IN THY SIGHT

Also, on north side  ALSO HER MOTHER / CATHERINE McNEILL / WHO DIED 15th MARCH 1921 / AGED 80 YEARS / ERECT..  MURD... McNEILL/ ESTATE MANAGER ORONSAY

35 through 43 - [ Uninscribed. Record includes "Mrs Malcolm McIntyre" and "Malcolm McIntyre"; also "Mrs Smith"]

44 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN MACMILLAN / WHO DIED 12th MAY 1891 / AGED 42 YEARS / HIS SON HECTOR / WHO DIED 25th FEBRUARY 1927 / AGED 46 YEARS / HIS BELOVED WIFE MARY BUIE / DIED MARCH 1942 / THEIR SON MURDOCH MACMILLAN / DIED 12th JANUARY 1961 / AGED 77 YEARS / THEIR DAUGHTERS / HESTER MACMILLAN / BORN 1887 - DIED 1963 / MARY MACMILLAN / BORN 1891 - DIED 1967 / ALSO THEIR SON DONALD / WHO DIED 26th DEC 1975 / AGED 89 YEARS / FOS TAMULL BEAG IS RUIGIDH SINN / AN CALADH AIT FADHEOIDH/ MACMILLAN

45 IN MEMORY OF / HESTER McNEILL / WIFE OF HECTOR BUIE / WHO DIED 5th JANUARY 1877 / AGED 53 YEARS / ALSO HER HUSBAND / HECTOR BUIE / DIED 3rd APRIL 1888 AGED 67 YEARS / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD / WHICH DIE IN THE LORD

Note: In both places, the word BUIE is in replacement of another name or spelling which has been excised

46 IN MEMORY / OF / MURDOCH McNEILL / DIED 31st JANUARY 1884 AGED 93 YEARS / ALSO HIS WIFE / MARGARET CURRIE / DIED 21st MA(Y) 1876 AGED 82 YEARS / AND HIS ELDEST SON / JOHN / DIED 17th FEBRUARY AGED 60 YEARS

ROW BESIDE WEST WALL

1. IN / MEMORY OF / CALUM McK McGEACHY / BORN 28th APRIL 1867 / DIED 28th DEC 1940

2. IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEARLY BELOVED SON AND BROTHER / JOHN WILLIAM MACDONALD / WHO DIED ON 22nd MARCH 1962 / AGED 8 YEARS / JUST AS YOU WERE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE / A TREASURED THOUGHT IN OUR MEMORY / WHILE LIGHT LASTS AND MEMORY REMAINS / WE SHALL REMEMBER THEE

3. DONALD / THIRD BARON STRATHCONA / AND MOUNT ROYAL / 1892 - 1959

4. DIANA / WIFE OF / THIRD BARON STRATHCONA / AND MOUNT ROYAL / 1899 - 1985

5. 464634 A.C.W. 2nd CLASS / CATHERINE SMITH / PATTERSON / WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE / 17th DECEMBER 1942 / AGE 21 / EVER LOVING, EVER KIND / HAPPY MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND

6 through 9 Uninscribed -includes "Annie Campbell" (pre. 28/2/45), "Alex Campbell" (post 28/2/45); "Alexander McConnel" (pre 28/2/45), "Mrs. Peggy MacConnel" (post 28/2/45); "William Gardiner", "Mrs. Morag Gardiner", "Edward Brown", "Mrs. Annie Brown" (all pre. 28/2/45) and "Doti Brown Monghan" (?), (post 28/2/45)

10. 196250 GUNNER / JOHN BROWN / ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY / 13th APRIL 1917 / AGE 41 / IN LOVING MEMORY / GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

11 through 15  -uninscribed

16. IN / MEMORY OF / KINALES McPHEE / DIED 28th OCTr 1881 / AGED 64 / HIS WIFE / FLORA McNEILL / DIED 12th APRIL 1906 / AGED 90 / THEIR SONS / ALEXANDER / DIED 26th SEPr 1878 / AGED 30 / GILBERT / DIED AUGt 1863 / AGED 4 / THEIR GRANDCHILDREN / ALEXANDER STROYAN / AND / LILY NORA McPHEE / WHO DIED YOUNG

17 - 18  -uninscribed

19 IN MEMORY OF / JOHN McMILLAN / DIED 2.1.1875 AGED 75 / ERECTED BY / HIS SON IN LAW / R McDONALD / IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY McNEILL / BELOVED WIFE OF / JOHN McMILLAN / WHO DIED 15th JUNE 1919 AGED 72 YEARS / ALSO HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER MARY / WHO DIED 19th OCTr 1922 AGED 38 YEARS / ERECTED BY JOHN McMILLAN

20. IN MEMORY OF / MY DEAR BROTHER / WILLIAM MACMILLAN / WHO DIED ON 21st APRIL 1953 / AGED 62 YEARS / ERECTED BY / HIS SISTER MARGARET

21  - uninscribed

22. IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND / DUNCAN MACFADYEN / WHO DIED AT GLASSART / ON THE 24th FEBRUARY 1907

23 through 25  - uninscribed

26. IN LOVING / MEMORY / OF / CATHERINE / McNEILL / WHO DIED / 15th MARCH 1921 / AGED 80 / AND IS BURIED / BESIDE HER HUSBAND / MURDOCH McNEILL / HER DAUGHTER / SUSAN CARRUTHERS McNEILL / WHO DIED 3rd FEBRUARY 1921 AGED 50 / BELOVED WIFE OF HUGH BUIE / WHO DIED 28th APRIL 1944 AGED 82 / AND HER SON HUGH / WHO DIED 12th OCTOBER 1910 AGED 9 / "PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD / IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS" / ERECTED BY THEIR LOVING AND SORROWING FRIEND / INA BUCHANAN BAILLIE HAMILTON

Broken stones behind ruin of Cille Chatain:

1.  MEMORY OF / D(UNC)AN MA(CK)INNON / ROSS OF MULL / MAY - 1851 AGED 47 YEARS / MARY CURRIE HIS WIFE / --7- AGED 51 YEARS

2  -CTED / - DAUGHTERS / - AND MARY / - - - MALCOLM / DIED IN - H 1872 AGED 42 / W(AS BUR)IED HERE

3  ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / JOHN BELL / LATE BLACKSMITH COLONSAY / WHO DIED 19th APRIL 1853 / AGED 58 YEARS / AND HIS GRANDCHILD / DUNCAN McD - OLD / - N 1856

Above Inscriptions compiled by Kevin and Christa Byrne, Colonsay, PA61 7YP, to 29 June 1996, now corrected to 27 October 2002

A copy of the original list, together with one for Oransay, was lodged with  The Scottish Genealogy Society and also with the County Archivist, Argyll & Bute

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