Tour Scotland Video William McBain Memorial Window Parish Church Pittenweem

Tour Scotland travel video of the William McBain Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife. To The Glory of God and loving memory of William McBain, Fisherman and Elder of this church, born 30th of March, 1920, died 5th of May, 1973. This window given by his wife and family in 1974.

This interesting surname is from the Middle English word, bene, meaning friendly, amiable; the name was given as a nickname for a pleasant person. In Scotland the origin is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name, Beathan, a diminutive of, beatha, meaning, life. The name development since 1166 includes: Robertus filius Biene, 1168, in Cumberland), Ricardus filus Bene, 1278, in Lancashire, and Juliana Bean, 1301, in Yorkshire, England. The modern surname can be found as Beane, Been, McBean, McBain and McBayne. Among the sample recordings in London are the christening of Thomas, son of Francis and Emma Margaret Bean, on May 10th 1840 at St. Andrew's, Holborn, and the marriage of George Bean and Sarah Payne on October 22nd 1787 at Bermondsey. The first recording in Scotland is of one Ferchard Bean in 1428, in Edinburgh.


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