Just noticed this on the Coll list and thought it worthwhile re-posting to this list just in case one of the four names rings a bell with anyone. Ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Darryl <stoutd@shaw.ca> Date: 19 December 2013 04:29 Subject: [SCT-ARG-COLL] Did the Hudson Bay Company employ men from Tiree? To: SCT-ARG-COLL@rootsweb.com A few weeks ago I learned that a couple of Fair Isle cousins signed on with the HBC ~1861. Since I was researching the HBC I thought I would have a look for Tiree employees. I searched the internet and also had the HBC archivist check her searchable data base. Her data base has a lot of the employees but not all. To-date we found zero from Tiree, 4 from Mull, 5 from Islay and another 4 from other parts of Argyll. So it looks like the company did very little recruiting in Argyll and none on Tiree. Anyone know if that is true or not? Anyone aware of people I missed? Tiree none ….................... Mull McDOUGALL, John Lorn 1820 McLean Donald Charles 1813 McLean Donald 1833 McLean John 1820 ….................... Islay Carmichael Archibald 1824 McDuffie John 1824 McEachern John 1824 McLellan William 1824 SINCLAIR Charles Cuthbert 1887 ….............................. Other Argyll McDOUGALL Neil 1858 McDonald Donald 1812 McTavish Dugald 1833 McTavish William 1833 _________________________________________________________________ [1][avast-mail-stamp.png] This email is free from viruses and malware because [2]avast! Antivirus protection is active. References 1. http://www.avast.com/ 2. http://www.avast.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ARG-COLL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message