498: Isabella Macaskill
Iseabail Dhòmhnaill Dhòmhnaill
Isabella (1885-1970) was a daughter of Donald Macaskill and Margaret Maclennan, 26 Gravir. The family later obtained 9 Gravir
She emigrated to Canada and worked as a cook in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
She returned to Scotland and qualified as a midwife in 1923, then trained as a district nurse in the Cottage Nurses Training Home from 1925 to 1928. She was District Nurse and had a number of private nursing posts before returning to Gravir in the 1930's. She became Relief District Nurse for Lewis and had earned the money that helped her father buy 9 Gravir and build a new family home on the croft.
Isabella lived with her brother Allan at the Old Nurse's Cottage, renamed Edgemoor Cottage.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Also Known As:
- Iseabail Dhomhnaill Oig
- Date Of Birth:
- 13 Mar 1885
- Date of Death:
- 1970
- Gender:
- Female
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEP 287
- Occupation:
- Nurse
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP
Related Media
Gravir group