Years later, her relatives the McFies had a dramatic situation of their own to deal with – losing their home in the Highland Clearances.
The clearances of the 18th Century and early 19th Century saw hundreds of families moved off land by landowners to make way for large-scale sheep production or other agricultural uses.
Some families moved to other parts of Scotland, while others emigrated.
Calum Beaton, chairman of Skye’s Kilmuir Historical Society, said the McFies were among those who headed overseas.
“I understand they were evicted from Erisco when Duntulm Estate brought in Cheviot sheep,” he said.
“There wouldn’t have been much for them here at the time and they went to Australia in search of a better life.”
Martin McFie was born in 1867 in Merino Downs in Australia, but his connection to Skye remained strong and the cause of some interest for football historians.