Hello Simon, I can't help you with any information on your specific shipwreck near Tiree in 1830; however, I thought you might enjoy this short glimpse into life on Tiree at the time. Written by my great-grandmother who was about six years old in 1830. It is experpted from an autobiography she wrote when she was eighty and living in the United States. Describing her childhood on Tiree she explained that it was not unusual for shipwrecks to occur in the storms off the coast, and after doing everything possible to assist in rescue efforts, the islanders also salvaged what they could of the cargo that washed ashore. I believe the Scots are well known known for their frugal habits! Then she writes: "I have said before that Uncle John was a great favorite with both young and old. He was kind and very generous to all, but especially in his dealings with the poor. He loved a good joke but could not tolerate deception of any kind. I remember distinctly, though but a child at the time, the incident I am going to tell you. There was a man who used, without failing, to go very early to the shore on any morning after there had been a storm in the night. He went to see what he could find, and often he was heard boasting that he had seen ghosts and talked with them. Indeed, he was not afraid of them! It happened one morning, very early after a severe storm the night before, that uncle saw in the dim light what he took to be this man, making his way to the beach. No sooner thought than done, and Uncle John was on his way by a shorter route to the same place, clad only in his undergarments and a pair of fine boots, which he had not taken time to remove. Arrived at his destination, he quickly rolled himself in the shallow water and sand, and, with face partly averted and his father�s nightcap on his head, he lay in the dim light, a very good specimen of a drowned man, washed ashore. Very soon the talker with ghosts came to where he lay and stooping down, said �Poor fellow! You got drowned out of your sleep! Then he began to search for pockets or belt with money, but, not finding either, was about to leave without ceremony when his eyes fell upon the fine new boots on Uncle John�s feet. �I will have them,� he said, and after pulling them off, he turned away with a muttered prayer that God might have mercy on the soul of the poor fellow he had robbed. But they say it takes two to make a bargain, and Uncle John allowed him to go but a short distance when he arose and in a hoarse, sepulchral voice thundered, �Bring back those boots!� At the sound the man turned and, at the sight of what he supposed to be a dead man following him, he trembled and fell in a dead faint. Uncle John had to get help to take him to his own house where he was sick for a week, and for a long time he would not believe uncle was the man he had found on the shore." I hope you enjoyed her little tale. Genie > [Original Message] > From: Simon Carter <s.n.carter@btinternet.com> > To: <SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 2/8/2005 3:49:32 PM > Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Tiree Shipwrecks 1830 > > Hello List, > I am a bit out of my territory here, being normally a researcher in the West > Wales areas and a subscriber to the Dyfed rootsweb lists. > > Whilst researching my family tree, I chanced upon the following inscription > in a Baptist Chapel graveyard near Cardigan in West Wales (Penybryn > Baptists): > "... Also of OWEN WILLIAMS, Son of the above [Stephen Williams 1777-1832], > late Master of the Schooner Artuoise, who was shipwrecked near the Island of > Tyre (sic) > and buried at Kilmichalog (sic) in the Highlands of Scotland Nov 20th 1830 > aged 28 years." > I assume that "Tire" is Tiree, but where is Kilmichalog? Is it Kilmoluaig, > Tiree? The "Artuoise" was a schooner of about 100 tons, built in 1823 and > registered in Cardigan and certainly lost in 1830. > The Williams family were shareholders in the vessel and were curriers in and > around Cardigan for several generations. > Can any lister shed any light on the fate of the "Artuoise", where I might > find any comtemporary reports, or whether there is any memorial on Tiree (or > elsewhere) to the men who were lost? > > I imagine that news of the incident may have taken a while to get back home > and that names would have been rendered phonetically. > I found a similar MI to another member of the crew in Llangoedmore > churchyard (a parish adjacent to Cardigan). > > Many thanks in advance. > > Simon Carter > s.n.carter@btinternet.com > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >