Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of St Anne’s a small country church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dowally, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Built in 1818 on the site of a 16th century building. The designer was probably John Stewart, although the church has been much altered since. One of the Memorials is to John Robb, a minister of the parish who perished in the shipwreck in which Grace Darling became a national heroine. Reverend John Robb of Dunkeld, died age 39, was born Lamington, Lanarkshire on 23 September 1798. Ordained as minister at Dunkeld Cathedral on 14 June 1834 where a plaque commemorates his death with these words: " To the memory of Reverend John Robb, who on a voyage for the benefit of his health, perished by the wreck of the Forfarshire steamer off the Fern Islands." Died on the wreck. Buried in Bamburgh churchyard in the civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England.
Robb is a surname of Scottish origin, formed from a reduction of the name Robert. Robert was a popular name, especially after its use by three Scots Kings in the fourteenth century. Rob is first recorded as a surname in the decades before 1500 with early groupings in Aberdeenshire, Lanarkshire and Perthshire and Stirlingshire. It is likely that the name originated with the offspring of a Robert or Rob, when surnames began to flourish, but unlike some surnames there is no one source for the name. Although the surname originates in Scotland, Protestant branches of the family settled in Ireland during the sixteenth century. The name is often recorded as a sept of the Clan MacFarlane who were based historically on the eastern side of Loch Lomond, but this only stems from an early inclusion of the surname MacRobb, which is a Highland surname, as a MacFarlane sept. It is unlikely there was ever a link between the, largely, lowland surname and the highland clan. Robb has been spelled Robb, Robbie, Roby, Robe, MacRobbie, MacRobb and others.
James Robb, a Scottish convict from Edinburgh, was transported aboard the Asia on July 29th, 1823, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; John Robb, aged 20, a carpenter, arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Bucephalus. Jessie Robb, born 1841, aged 21, Scottish dairymaid, from Forfarshire travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Queen of Mersey arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, Southland, South Island, New Zealand on 20th October 1862; Robert Robb, a Scottish settler travelled from Glasgow aboard the ship Robert Henderson arriving in Bluff, Southland, South Island, New Zealand on 18th November 1863; Thomas Robb, settled in Virginia, America, in 1635; James Robb, arrived in South Carolina, America, in 1716; Michael Robb, aged 16, arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1738; Alexander Robb, arrived in New York State, America, in 1804.
Spring in the northern hemisphere technically starts on the 20 March, at the equinox, and lasts until the 20 or 21 June, the Summer solstice. This is also the case in Scotland.The months that make up the Spring season are March, April and May. However, for travelling at this time of year, I will be referring to April and May. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day
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