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Haswell-Smith says that the last occupant was a batchelor living alone. Does anon contributer have a better source of information?--JBellis 17:13, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Having spoken to some locals in St Margaret's Hope I understand that the last family living on the island (the Rosie family) consisted of two brothers and their sister. One brother became ill and was taken off the island for medical attention by the other family members. Unfortunatly he died shortly after and the remaining two did not return to the island, leaving everything as it was. Doug MacLeod 19/12/05.

This article has many glaring technical inaccuracies in it. Even the grid reference is wrong, 58 40.8785′ N, 3 06.7012′ W lies right on top of Stroma (the wrong island). Swona lies roughly on 58° 44' 34" N, 3° 3' 32" W. William Annal. 06/08/2006

My apologies if my edit is not a minor one but I am new to Wikipedia. My husband is one of the owners of Swona and after conforming the facts with him I changed the information. I know that in 1974 there were 2 members of the Rosie family remaining on Swona. My husband's aunt, Violet, told me about how she and her brother James were taken off the island by their sister's husband Mr A T (Sandy) Annal. J Annal 06/08/2006

I have updated the grid reference J Annal 07/08/2006

The paragraph referring to Robert Louis Stevenson's book - Records of a Family of Engineers, aught to be removed as there is no factual basis for the identity of the Island on which the Regent was in close proximity. Stevenson himself states in footnote 54a of his book that:

"This is only a probable hypothesis; I have tried to identify my father’s anecdote in my grandfather’s diary, and may very well have been deceived. - [R. L. S.]"

Furthermore, as it appears from the footnote, this account appears to be nothing more than his father's anecdote, from which his father only recalls from a childhood memory. As this loose anecdote has no factual basis, It aught to be removed. William Annal 03/03/2009.