Tour Scotland Winter snow travel video of a sunny, but cold, road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, East on the A926 road on visit to Kirriemuir, Angus. Kirriemuir's most famous son was the author JM Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. Barrie, born May 9, 1860, was the son of a weaver, and he never recovered from the shock he received at the age of six from a brother’s death and its grievous effect on his mother. Throughout his life Barrie wished to recapture the happy years before his mother was stricken, and he retained a strong childlike quality in his adult personality. Barrie died of pneumonia at a nursing home in Manchester Street, Marylebone, an area in the West End of London, England, on 19 June 1937. He was buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings. Barrie’s marriage in 1894 to the actress Mary Ansell was childless and apparently unconsummated. Kerrimuir, a small area in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, is named after this town. Bon Scott, vocalist of AC/DC, was born at the maternity hospital in nearby Forfar in 1946 and lived in Kirriemuir until 1952, when his family emigrated to Australia. Violet Jacob, poet and novelist, returned widowed from India in 1936, went to live in Kirriemuir, and died there in 1946.
The ancestors of the surname Barrie come from the ancient Scottish tribe known as the Dalriadans. They lived along the rugged west coast of Scotland and on the Hebrides islands and used the name to indicate a person who lived in Barry, in Angus in mid-west Scotland. The place name Barry, often spelled Barrie, is derived from the Gaelic word borrach, which means " rough, grassy hill." Many spelling variations of Barrie have been recorded including; Barry, Barrie, Barre, Barrey, Barree and others. Robert Barrie, aged 37, a labourer, arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship Nugget; James Barrie, aged 20, a labourer, arrived in South Australia in 1860 aboard the ship " Grand Trianon."; Laura Barrie, aged 31, a British settler travelled from London, England, aboard the ship "Joseph Fletcher" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th October 1856; Thomas Barrie, aged 38, a shoemaker, arrived in Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship "Atlas" in 1815; Debora Barrie settled in Virginia, America, in 1635; Peter Barrie settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1772. During the coronavirus pandemic I have been a volunteer driver doing some shopping etc; for elderly Scots. From Tuesday 5 January, mainland Scotland moved from Level 4 to a temporary Lockdown. Fresh snow is expected to hit Scotland with the weather forecast anticipating as much as 15cm to fall over a 24-hour period. Stirling, the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and Glasgow are among the place to potentially see the worst of the conditions.
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