Tour Scotland Video Neil Gow Stained Glass Window St. John's Kirk Perth

Tour Scotland travel of the Neil Gow Stained Glass Memorial Window in St. John's Kirk, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. The window is known as the Neil Gow Stained Glass Window given that it was the gift of Neil Gow, of Perth, in memory of his parents. Niel Gow, born 1727, died 1807, was the most famous Scottish fiddler and travelling dance instructor of the eighteenth century. Gow is a surname of Scottish or Gaelic origins. The origination is the Gaelic word gobha meaning an iron worker or smith, and is usually found as MacGowan or McGowan. The Gow's are regarded as being part of the Clan Chattan. Examples of early surname recordings taken from the charters and registers include Alexander Gowansoun, who it is recorded was hanged in Dundee in 1578, although for what crime is not known, and Michael Gow who was arrested in Perth in 1595 for raiding. Agnes Gowlett was christened at Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England, on March 12th 1621, whilst Colin Gowin of Isle of Tiree, was denounced as a rebel in 1695.


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