Embo drifter Mizpah

Date Added: 24 April 2008 Year Range: 1975 - 1985 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2007_188_01 | ▶ Picture No: 3322

Cutting from the Northern Times with three photographs related to Embo lent to the paper by Morag Macdonald, daughter of Janet Grant Cumming. The first shows the Embo drifter Mizpah sailing into Wick Harbour. It has the caption 277 WK MIZPAH at the top. The boat was owned by Donald Cumming, father of James Cumming, whose widow was still living at Mizpah, Front Street, Embo at the time of the article (date unknown).

Dimensions: Width 85 mm - Height 127 mm

5 Comments

Donald Cumming was my paternal grandfather and James Cumming my uncle. Comment left on 25 March 2009 at 19:02 by Kenneth Mackay now Empangeni born Embo 1939

Currently researching family history - My Great Granny was Annie Cummings born 28 10 1866 and died Lieth 16 04 1922. Donald Cumming born 23 1 1837 and died 5 2 1858 (Ardrossan Bay) and his wife nee Janet Grant (orignally Golspie) born about 1843 and died 21 5 1910 were my great great grandparents. Interested in any additional information. My undersanding is that Donald Cumming was drowned by "the upsetting of a boat". Comment left on 26 April 2009 at 11:10 by Diane Marr

Donald Cumming is my 3rd Great Grandfather. My Father Donald Mitchell named his sailboat Mitzpah after this boat! Comment left on 07 November 2017 at 04:01 by Lauren Annie Mitchell Mansell

My father Donald Mitchell son of Annie Ross, named his sailboat Mizpah after his "grandfather's" boat. This would have really been his great great grandfather. He had a picture of the boat.
Comment left on 10 November 2017 at 04:50 by Lauren Annie Mitchell Mansell

If the photo was taken in 1975 of this article and it references James Cummings widow, Williamina (Mina Cumming née Gillie) then the publication date of the article must have been the latter half of 1975 as James Cumming died that summer according to Embo - Genealogy, Uncle Sandy's Story and a Little History by Rona Grigg. Comment left on 05 January 2022 at 00:15 by Colin Mackay

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