Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Ceres, Fife. The name Ceres signifies " place to the west " from the Gaelic Siar meaning " west ", probably in relation to St Andrews. Robert Fleming Gourlay was born March 22, 1778 in Craigrothie in the Parish of Ceres. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of St. Andrews and studied agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. In 1817, his wife inherited some land in the Niagara District of Upper Canada and he travelled there via New York City, expecting to return by the Fall. He returned to England and published A General Introduction to a Statistical Account of Upper Canada in 1822. In 1856, he returned to his property in Canada and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Oxford in Canada West. He returned to Edinburgh, Scotland, and died there in 1863. Ceres Church is within the Church of Scotland Presbytery of St Andrews. In 1983, the parish of Ceres was linked, and later united, with the neighbouring parish of Springfield. This united parish was further united with Kemback in 2005, although the three church buildings are retained. One serving past minister of Ceres has been Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland: the Reverend Thomas Buchanan in 1588. The village is dominated by the Parish Church. It has what is possibly the shortest High Street in Scotland, just a few houses on each side. The church was built in 1806 to a design by Alexander Leslie, on the site of a much earlier building. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip.
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