Map Reference: Balemartine hh
Name Type: house
Meaning: House of Neil from Cornaig (Lamont)
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Information:Three fishermen from Balemartine went to the east coast fishing. When they came back they were given the names of the skippers of their boats as nicknames: Eoghann 'Lang' MacDonald, 'Captain Stioraidh' for Neil Lamont, and 'Donaldson or Dobson' for Eardsaidh Bàn. John Fletcher, Balemartine, 7/2014
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Languages : GaelicInformants: John Fletcher, Balemartine, 7/2014
This is the house of my Great Grandfather Neil Lamont born 1843 from Cornaig, who married Christina McFadyen from Balemartine in 1874. He lived there until 1929.
In the 1861 census the house belonged to Christina McFadyen’s parents Neil McPhaden and Rachel Lamont.