Inverfarigaig
Inverfarigaig situated at the mouth of the Farigaig River. Once a pier stop for the steamers from Inverness to Fort Augustus, it had a Post Office .
Windy road to Foyers c1950, picture is taken just prior to Inverfarigaig, a bus managing to pass a car on the narrow winding road .
Inverfarigaig aerial view Photo taken from hilltop on lochside of Corkscrew road around 1975. Showing Foresters house, Hillhead croft house and Forestry workers houses .The Hillhead croft surrounding them still being worked by Dod Watt. As the field across from forestry houses partly ploughed and cattle in furthest west field. Lady on rock is Pat Chase. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Howard.
Inverfarigaig Photo taken from Corkscrew road approx. 1968 Shows Foresters house whilst Hillhead croft house is hidden by trees. Note the two fields drilled up for potatoes or turnips. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Howard.
Inverfarigaig Post Office and Shop before 1904 Grant family Pier Master outside house . Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Howard
Inverfarigaig Pier late nineteen twenties. John Reid was Pier Master and run Post Office and shop. Photo show the pier workers getting the landing gangway ready for the approach of steamer, to enable the passengers to embark and alight from the boat. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Howard.
The Macleod family unloading their winter stock of peats at their home in Inverfarigaig L-R Alex (Eck), Mary ,Murdo, Kathy and their neighbour Ollie Mackenzie. Photograph courtesy of Kathy Stoddart.
My Great Great Grandmother moved from Islay to Inverfarigaig in 1856. I wonder what she did between then and Christmas Eve 1868, when she married Donald McKenzie, a Journeyman Blacksmith in Inverness.
Hi Liz,
Sorry unfortunately we do not research genealogy in the area as it is very time consuming we are more involved with place names of the area. Inverness the largest local town has an archive centre incorporating a family history centre which have employed genealogists, one of them Ann Fraser comes from Dores and may be able to help you but there will be a charge involved as she is employed by the Archive centre.
http://www.highlandarchives.org.uk/harc.asp
The Highland Family History society based in Inverness may be able to help, see contact email address
info@highlandfamilyhistorysociety.org
You may be able to pick up some information from 1861 Census returns or her Marriage certificate concerning her occupation
Regards
Alister
My GGG Grandfather, William Gollan, was a sawmiller and had five children (1829-1836) while residing at Inverfarigaig. He came with his wife and children to Australia via assisted passage, departing in 1838. Would the Forestry workers houses, shown in the 1975 aerial photo (5th last photo), have been around in the 1830’s?
No they were built in the 1950’s
Thanks Alister for the prompt response. I also meant to ask if you knew when the Saw Mill, shown in the 1910 photo on page 1, was built. It is a great photo. Thanks to Sheree Hankin for contributing. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and have never been to the Highlands, so I have found all the photos very illuminating. (dealt with)
Kind Regards
David