Individual record
First name: Alexander
Surname: Gillies
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname: Alì Dhòmhnaill
Date of death: 30/08/62
Place of death: Culduie
Age: 89
Year of death: 1962
Date of burial:
Date of funeral: September 1, 1962
Gravestone inscription: Sacred
to the memory of
our dear parents
Isobel Gillies,
died 19th May 1936,
aged 58.
Also of
Alexander Gillies,
died 30th August 1962,
aged 89.
At rest.
Home address: Culduie
Township: Culduie
Originally from: Culduie
Date of birth:
Biography: Brother of John Gillies (Fiocair). He was one of the original crew on the ‘Isa Wood’ in 1926. He had one son, Donald (Donac), and a daughter, Morag MacBeath (Mòrag Ali Dhòmhnaill) who lives in Wales (2012). His father Donald (Dòmhnall) was working on the road between Torridon and Kinlochewe, roughly in the 1870s, when he awoke on a beautiful early morning in late winter. He immediately began to prepare to leave for Applecross. When asked where he was going he said: “Tha mi a’ dol dhachaigh. (I’m going home)”. When asked why he said: “Cha tàinig àm seinn nan eòin fhathast (The tinme for the birds to be singing hasn’t come yet).” So he left and made it home to Applecross before a blizzard struck that kept his colleagues confined to their bothy, not working and unpaid, for several weeks.
Reference number: 201
Interment number: 356
Graveyard section: 2
Lair number: 51
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