Tour Scotland Travel Video Thomas Stewart Builder Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Thomas Stewart, Builder, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by David A. Stewart in memory of his father Thomas Stewart, Builder, Rattray, who died 29th February 1864, aged 64 years. Also of his mother Susan Robertson, who died 19th December 1868, aged 57 years. The above David A. Stewart who died at Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1875, aged 33 years. Also their son Alexander Stewart who died at Zlobane in the Zulu War 28th of March 1879, aged 42 years.

The progenitor of the Stewart family was Alan fitz Flaad, a Breton knight who settled in England after the Norman Conquest. His son, Walter fitz Alan, relocated to Scotland during the Anarchy, and became the High Steward of Scotland, hence the origin of the surname. Stewart is the 66th most common surname in the United Kingdom.

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