Tour Scotland short aerial 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of old footage of Kelso, have an ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders and former county town of Roxburghshire. The town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town's name stems from the fact that the earliest settlement stood on a chalky outcrop, and the town was known as Calkou. Kelso's main tourist attractions are the ruined Kelso Abbey. The Kelso Bridge was designed by John Rennie who later built London Bridge. A small hamlet existed before the completion of the abbey in 1128 but the settlement started to flourish with the arrival of the monks. Many were skilled craftsmen, and they helped the local population as the village expanded. Jane Lundie was born at Kelso on 1 December 1821, in the old manse by the River Tweed, located by the Abbey. She was a daughter of Robert Lundie, minister of Kelso, who had attained literary accomplishments, and, besides being acquainted with Sir Walter Scott and other literary celebrities. Her mother, Mary Grey, was a native of Northumberland, England. Her paternal grandfather, Cornelius Lundie, had also been minister of Kelso, and had preached in Kelso Abbey before its ruined condition required the erection of a new building which was occupied by her father. In April, 1832, her father died, and in the autumn, with her widowed mother, her elder sister, Mary Lundie Duncan, and brother, she moved to Edinburgh. In 1835, she was sent to a school in London, England, and developed a friendship in Mrs. Evans, the friend of her sister Mary. She also spent time with her sister at the manse in Cleish, until 1840, when Mary, a poet and memoirist, died. An elder brother, George Archibald Lundie, went with a missionary band to Samoa, hoping that the climate might restore his failing health, but died in less than three years. There were two other brothers, Cornelius, engineer and railway manager of a branch in South Wales, and Robert, minister of the Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, Liverpool, England. The poetry of Jane Lundie possessed a deep spirituality of tone and a submissive glint of piety. Her hymns appeared in Dr. Bonar's Songs for the Wilderness, 1843, and his Bible Hymn Book, 1845. She was chiefly known through her hymn, Pass away, earthly joy, Jesus, all in all, which appeared in the Songs for the Wilderness, 2nd Series, 1844, and again in the Bible Hymn Book 1845, No. 108, in 4 st. of 8 1., including the refrain, Jesus is mine! The original text was given in Dr. Edwin Francis Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, No. 661. Sometimes, this was altered to Fade, fade, each earthly joy” as in the American Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 774, and others. The last stanza of this hymn was also stanza iv. of the cento, Now I have found a friend, and others. On 16 August 1843, she married Reverend. Horatius Bonar, becoming the first Free Church minister's wife. After marriage, she lived in the manse of Kelso. Intervening years were spent partly in Edinburgh and partly in Ruthwell, her mother having married Rev. Henry Duncan of that parish. These were years of varied financial circumstances. She moved to Edinburgh with her husband and family in 1867. With health never very strong, Jane Bonar often wore herself out for others. She died at Edinburgh on 3 December 1884. He giveth me Salvation, were among her last words. 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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