le Seonaid Mhurchaidh, banntrach Ruairidh Mhochain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019S ann \u00e0 Tolstadh a bha an d\u00f9in\u2019 agam. Bha e se\u00f2ladh aig a New Zealand Shipping Company. Bha e air falbh fada. Rugadh a nighean againn anns a\u2019 Mh\u00e0rt agus chan fhaca a h-athair a-rithist i gun an t-Samhain. Bha e duilich agus goirid as d\u00e8idh sin dh\u2019fhalbh e agus chaidh a ghoirteachadh \u2013 thuit e dhan toll. Cha do rinn e an c\u00f2ir obair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bha m\u2019 ogha ag r\u00e0th rium as d\u00e8idh dhith dhol dhan a sgoil, \u201c Bheil cuimhn\u2019 agaibh air a bha iad a\u2019 toirt an ceann fo na daoine?\u201d \u201cChan eil buileach!\u201d thuirt mi rithe. Bha sinn fh\u00ecn an aon rud ach bha aodach dubh air a h-uile seann duine anns an latha againne. A chiad uair a chaidh mise gu cruinneachadh na seann daoine thuirt mo bhr\u00e0thair, \u201c\u2019S cinnteach nach eil thu dol ann a sin?\u201d \u201cNam bithinn sa ann ri linn mo sheanmhair bhithinn ann a s\u00e8ithear bascaid le plaide mu m\u2019 uachdar!\u201d Ach bha iad sg\u00ecth, le \u2019n cuirp air am briseadh le obair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chaidh feadhainn \u00e0s a seo a\u2019 Chanada air a\u2019 Mhetagama agus air a\u2019 Chanada. Chaidh m\u2019 athair a\u2019 Chanada. Bha e \u2019g iasgach air na Lakes airson ceithir bliadhna agus th\u00e0inig e dhachaigh an uair sin. Rinn e math ann an Canada. Bha e p\u00f2sta \u2019air a chaidh e ann le teaghlach \u00f2g. Cheannaich e \u2019n Dove \u2013 fhuair e sin \u00e0s. Thog e taigh geal. \u2019S e taighean dubh a bha anns a chuid mh\u00f2r dhan a\u2019 bhaile - feadhainn aca air an robh g\u00e8ibheal. Bha taighean ann le teine a meadhan a l\u00e0ir. Anns an fheadhainn sin bhiodh a che\u00f2 na do sh\u00f9ilean! Ach bha iad d\u00f2igheil annta. Bha ochdnar anns an teaghlach agamsa ach bha an t\u00e8 bu shine air b\u00e0sachadh mas do rugadh mise. Bh\u00e0saich i air a bha i ochd bliadhna. Bha tri\u00f9ir bhalach ann agus ceathrar nighean. Tha tri\u00f9ir againn be\u00f2, piuthar ann an Inbhir Nis agus tha br\u00e0thair anns an taigh againn fh\u00ecn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bha mo sheanair a-muigh anns a Loch a Tuath agus chaidh an t-eathar a bha seo bhon a\u2019 Bhac seachad oirre agus bha iad ag obair air mo sheanair airson gun deach i seachad air. Goirid as d\u00e8idh sin chaidh i fodha. Chan eil fhios agam co mheud a chaidh a chall ach chaidh a fear leis an robh i a sh\u00e0bhaladh agus duine na dhithis eile. Chaidh mo sheanair a ghoirteachadh a\u2019 togail fear \u00e0s an fhairge. Bha an t-eathar cho m\u00f2r agus fhuair e an sti\u00f9ir man a bhroilleach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chaidh dithis de ch\u00e0irdean mo mh\u00e0thair a chall air an Iolaire, d\u00e0 bhr\u00e0thair, agus bha fear an ath dhoras, chan eil fhios agam an ni sia seachdainean a bha iad p\u00f2sta, chaidh a chall. Bha an teaghlach a bha seo, \u2019s ann air a\u2019 Ghleann a bha iad a fuireach, chaidh an duine a bh\u00e0thadh, \u2019s chaidh athair a bhean a bh\u00e0thadh, chaidh a bhr\u00e0thair a bh\u00e0thadh, \u2019 s chaidh a\u2019 cliamhainn a bh\u00e0thadh. Cha robh iad p\u00f2st\u2019 ach na sia seachdainean. Chaidh mac Red a chall. Bha a\u2019 phiuthar thall na choinneamh. Bha gig acasan. Bha balach eile shuas an rathad. Cha robh taigh ann a seo bho muigh a sin anns a\u2019 Ch\u00e0rnan nach deach cuideigin a chall ann aig \u00e0m a\u2019 chogaidh. Chaidh br\u00e0thair dha m\u2019 athar a chall aig an Somme. Chaidh an aon bhr\u00e0thair a bh\u2019 aig mo mh\u00e0thair a mharbhadh anns na Camshronaich. Cha robh e ach bliadhna thar fhichead \u2013 anns an Fhraing. \n\nBha da bhr\u00e0thair agam a bhiodh a\u2019 creagachd c\u00f2mhla ri bodach a bha \u2019n ath dhoras. Bhiodh m\u2019 athair ann a Yarmouth na ann a Ste\u00f2rnabhagh. Thigeadh iad dhachaigh agus e dubh dorch le na bha sin a chudaigean agus bhiodh sinn a s\u00ecamachadh airson a sgadan, c\u00e0il ach sgadan! Bhiodh mo sheanmhair ag r\u00e0th, \u201cTha latha tighinn agus bi airgead gu le\u00f2r agaibh ach chan fhaigh sibh sgadan a cheannaicheas sibh leis!\u201d Tha e ann an diugh. An tuirt an ce\u00e0rd, \u201cNach b\u2019 e latha air Tolstadh e, air a bhiodh iad ag \u00e8igheachd as mo dh\u00e8idh, \u2018A, Dh\u00f2mhnaill, a Dh\u00f2mhnaill, a bheil bobhla agad a cheannaicheas mi?\u2019\u201d Chaidh mi steach a dh\u2019fhaighinn p\u00ecos iasg agus bha e c\u00f2ig notaichean. Thuirt mi ris, \u201cCha robh m\u2019 athair a\u2019 faighinn sin air crann sgadan.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Our family My husband was from Tolastadh. He was sailing with the New Zealand Shipping Company. He was away for long trips. Our daughter was born in March and her father didn\u2019t see her again until November. I\u2019m sorry to say that soon after he left, he was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51365,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[268],"class_list":["post-6307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-village-histories","tag-lewis"],"yoast_head":"\n