Rhwis Farm, Scotsburn, Logie, Ross-shire

[Spirit]

Has anyone heard of Rhwis Farm please? It is given as the address of Alexander Mackenzie in 1926, shown as next of kin/father to his two sons on a Canadian Immigration document. They were Alexander Mackenzie (24) and John William Mackenzie (20).
I have searched many old maps but can't see it anywhere.
Many Thanks
Andrew

[eilthireach]

Rhives is the correct spelling. The UK Outward Passenger Lists show the address as Rhives Farm, Invergordon, so it's clearly around that area. The Gazetteer for Scotland shows three places with the name Rhives, but, unfortunately, doesn't have entries associated with any of them. It just says they are in "Highland", according to modern usage. (It's not clear why Alexander gave Invergordon as part of the address, as Rhives is closer to Kilmuir and Barbaraville, but Invergordon was probably more likely to be known to the person recording the passengers. (There could well have been a place of that name closer to Invergordon, but it's not showing on the map).


https://www.scottish-places.info/parish ... ap175.html (and click on the Historical at the top right. You can zoom into the map to see the detail, using the tool on the left of the map). W of Kilmuir, NW of Barbaraville. It looks as if it's Bellevue Rhives and if that's not the Rhives that was a farm, then at least you know that, according to the place Alexander gave when boarding, it was somewhere around Invergordon.

[Spirit]

Hello eilthireach,
Thank you very much indeed for your research and advice, it's very helpful.
Rhives Farm sounds much more like it - I always thought that Rhwis Farm had a Welsh feel to it . . .
Much appreciated
Andy