Holm Mills

[whytes]

Is there any way I can find out about a particular person that worked at Holm Mill?

 One of my great great grandfathers daughters worked at Holm Mill, her name was Mary Whyte(could be white), she was there in 1867, again in 1873 and again in 1878, she had 3 children while she worked there (father unknown).
 the first child, Alexander, bn 1868 on beauly railway station.
 the second, Harriett, bn 1874 in Holm Mill
 the third, Flora, bn 1879 also in Holm mill

 Flora also later worked at the mill and had a child (father unknown) at the mill, her son was called John MacKay Whyte bn 1902...he later died of TB

 would like to try to find more about who their father possible was...am guessing flora's 'romance' was with someone who's surname was MacKay.

 I went to Holm Mill yesterday, and in their cabinet, they had a book of their workers, the manager kindley opened the display cabinet so i could look at the book, but it only goes back to 1916!...

 ...is there any way i can go further back??

[RSMACL]

Alan, my husband is direct descendant of McDonalds through his grandfather Malcolm - and I am very interested to read of your James MacDonald, who could be a relative.  Do you have any details of his parents, children, etc. as I have traced my husband's tree back to 1700's.      See my earlier post re Finlay McDonald.          Ruth

[RSMACL]

Sorry, meant to mention - have you tried 'Am Baile' Highland site, based in Highland Library, Inverness - they may have some info. which could help.  Ruth

[RSMACL]

This information is earlier than requested, but may be of interest:

Taken from the book: "Inverness before Railways" by Isobel Anderson (which I think I read at the Inverness Library in Farraline Park when in Scotland in 2006).
"HOLM MILLS.
 "Compfield" was the summer resort of the late Doctor Nicol, who first started the Holme Mills (their spelling) and who, when Provost of Inverness, planned and carried out many local improvements, and caused that pretty path to be made which runs alongside of the River from the end of Ness Bank to Bellfield, and to which he gave the name "The Ladies' Walk".  He was a remarkably clever physician and was also a man of great energy and force of character.  It was a great loss to the town when he was carried away by the Cholera during its memorable visitation in 1849."   Ruth  (Australia)

[Bond1]

My grandmother Jemima Boyd Hume worked as a Printfield Worker,(Factory worker who dyed and printed calico cloth) in Inverness at the age of abt 15 abt1901.
Don't know if it was at Holm Mills at this stage.