Hello everybody
Looking for some help from Sgitheanachs
First of all newspaper reports of the time say that some of the people who perished in the Annie Jane shipwreck were from Skye, given that I already have people from all over Scotland and the 100 tradesmen and families who were originally on the Annie Jane were recruited in Glasgow its quite possible. Thirteen left after the abortive first voyage and among the survivors there were about eight of the original group. Unfortunately they were in the middle section of the ship which collapsed so not many survived.
So could some of you Skye folk cast your eye over the casualty list to see if any names jump out at you. Remember they are not in family groups the list was done alphabetically so all the same surnames were lumped together. This is the website
http://www.anniejane.net/Twenty eight of the survivors of the Annie Jane shipwreck left Barra on Thursday 13th of October sailing on the smack Alarm heading for Tobermory. They were caught up in another storm losing most of their sails and then tried to get into Canna but failed, finally making for Skye under only a foresail they made it into loch Bracadale late on Friday night making it ashore at daybreak on Saturday morning.
Going to the ministers house they got four carts to convey what luggage they had to Portree, being given a local guide they walked on a short cut to Portree which I can only imagine was the direct route across the hills.
Reaching Portree at 10.30 on Saturday night they were put up at Mrs Ross's hotel embarking on the steamer Chevalier they departed Portree on Wednesday morning finally reaching Glasgow on Thursday evening.
Would anybody know who was the minister in Bracadale in late 1853?
What became of Mrs Ross's hotel is it still in business?
Thanks for reading.
Allan