Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Reverend James Park, Celtic Cross, gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the parish church and graveyard on visit to Abercorn in West Lothian. In memory of Reverend James Park minister Eheritas of St. John's Parish church Leith in Edinburgh for sometime the very worshipful Grand Chaplain of the grand lodge and the right worshipful chaplain of lodge 223 who died at Blackness House, MINISTER EMERITUS OF ST. JOHN'S PARISH CHURCH LEITH FOR SOMETIME. THE VERY WORSHIPFUL GRAND CHAPLAIN OF THE GRAND LODGE AND THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL CHAPLAIN OF LODGE TRAFALGAR 223.He died on 25th of November 1931.
The surname Park was first found in Cumberland, England, where they held a family seat from early times. One of the first records of the name was when Rober de Parco witnessed a charter by Earl David and later witnessed another charter by Walter Olifard. James Park, a Scottish convict from Glasgow, who was transported aboard the " America " on April 4, 1829, settling in New South Wales, Australia. Robert Park settled in Eastern District Cornwall, Ontario in 1786 he served in the Royal Regiment of New York. Joseph Park, aged 56, a farmer, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship " Madawaska " in 1833.
Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Abercorn is one of several Outlander locations in the surrounding locality.
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