Tour Scotland Autumn video of a late afternoon drive East on the A827 road on ancestry visit to Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was the birthplace of the sociologist Adam Ferguson, born 1723, died 1816, he received his education at Logierait Parish School, Perth Grammar School, and at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews in Fife. The village was also the birthplace of the Canadian politicians John McIntosh, born 1796, died 1853 and Alexander Mackenzie, born 1822, died 1892, Canada's second Prime Minister. Mackenzie was the son of Mary Stewart Fleming and Alexander Mackenzie. He was the third of ten children. At the age of 13, Mackenzie's father died, and he was forced to end his formal education in order to help support his family. At the age of 20 he apprenticed as a stonemason and immigrated to Canada in 1842 to seek a better life as well as to follow his sweetheart, Helen Neil.
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