Tour Scotland Video John Coutts Schoolmaster Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the John Coutts, Schoolmaster, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Mr John Coutts. For 38 years the zealous and respected Schoolmaster of this Parish. Born in Glenshee in 1787, died in Rattray, 24th January, 1859, aged 72 years. This stone is erected by his brothers and sister.

Coutts and Couts are English language surnames derived from the Gaelic language. The names are derived from the Gaelic cuilt, meaning " nook" . It also was a habitational name from Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. William Coutts, a Coutts of Auchintoul, was a vassal of the Clan Macdonald, settled in Montrose, in the 16th century and became a provost of the town. The Coutts are associated with the Clan Farquharson.

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