Old Photograph Donald Russell Shop High Street Banchory Scotland

Old photograph of the Donald Russell shop on the High Street in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The surname Russell was first found in Dorset, England, where they were originally descended from William Bertram, Baron of Briquebec, living in 1012. His son Hugh named de Roussel attended Duke William at Hastings, and became Marshall of England. Hugh de Rosel was a benefactor of the abbey of Caen accompanied the Conqueror to England, and was rewarded with possessions in county Dorset, the principally of which were Kingston, afterwards called Kingston-Russell and Berwick, the latter of which is still in possession of the family.



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