AN AMERICAN descendant of Lismore’s last weaver, John MacDougall, returned to her ancestral homeland this month to thank Lismore Historical Society for helping her compile a book of letters between John and his son, who emigrated to Minnesota.
Left to right are Margaret A Miller, Lee Ann Stearns, Donna Potter and Robert Wilcox at the memorial stone in the graveyard of the Lismore Parish Church.
Margaret Miller, John Mac-Dougall’s great-great-granddaughter, published her book last year, entitled My Dear Son: Letters from John McDougall (weaver), Isle of Lismore, Scotland, to his son, John, in America.