Late Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Errol Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland late Autumn early Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Errol in Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire. The Errol family name was first used by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. It is a name for someone who lived in the lands of Errol in Perthshire. The family is not directly related to the Lords of Errol, who are in fact a part of the Scottish Hay clan. Errol Parish can be dated back to the creation of a barony by William the Lion granted to the Hay family in the twelfth century. A descendant, in King James II's reign, was created Earl of Errol. A local landowner and farmer was the biological scientist Patrick Matthew, born 1790, died 1874, who planted a large orchard at Gourdiehill, Grange, Errol. A former student of Edinburgh University, he made scientific observations of his orchards and wrote On Naval Timber and Arboriculture in 1831 which included early descriptions of a process of natural selection. He is credited with being the first person to bring Giant Redwood seeds to the UK. The surname Errol was first found in Perthshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt, former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland. Errol has been spelled Arroll, Arrol, Errol, Erroll, Arrell, Arrel, Errel, Errell, Arrall, Arral, Errall, Erral, Arrill, Arril, Errill and many more. Bert Errol, aged 30, arrived in America in 1913; Ray Errol, aged 28, arrived in America in 1913; Bertha Stella Errol, aged 33, arrived in America in 1919; Leon Errol, aged 38, arrived in America in 1919; Mabel B. Errol, aged 33, arrived in America in 1919 When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip. Autumn leaf color or colour is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the Autumn season, various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, orange, pink, magenta, blue and brown. The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours or autumn foliage in British English and fall colors, fall foliage or simply foliage in American English All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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