Tour Scotland 4K early Winter short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Frederick Thomson gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Western Cemetery in Dundee, Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. Frederick was born on 10th of April, 1864 and died on 4th of September, 1917. His father, William Thomson, was a successful draper and later a shipowner, and in 1884 became the major shareholder of the Dundee Courier & Daily Argus. Frederick, joined the company in 1888. In 1905, D.C. Thomson Ltd. was founded with £60,000 capital. William, the father, David Coupar, the other son, and Frederick had all but four of the company shares which were valued at £10 per share. Each wife had an allocation of one share. When Frederick died in 1917, D.C. became the sole proprietor of the company. The ancestors of the Thomson family lived among the Strathclyde people of the Scottish and English Borderlands. Their name is derived from the ancient personal name Thomas, meaning twin. The surname Thomson was first found in Ayrshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where the first listings of the name were found in the early 1300s. They include: John Thomson, leader of the men of Carrick in Edward Bruce's war in Ireland in 1318 and Adam Thomson who was listed as Lord of Kylnekylle, Ayrshire in 1380. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of #Winter is always 1st December in #Scotland; ending on 28th of February. 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.
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