Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, North on the A9 route From Perth on ancestry, genealoy, family history visit to Bankfoot, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Jessie Margaret King was born in 1862 at Bankfoot, in the parish of Auchtergaven, Perthshire, and received her education at the village school there. She was delicate as a child, but was very studious, and a great reader. Her father encouraged her in her studies. Every now and then, a box of miscellaneous reading magazines, reviews, and so forth would come on a carrier's cart from Perth, where her uncle, James Sprunt, was editor of the Perthshire Advertiser. At school, she was a good pupil, carrying off many prizes and the girls’ dux medalat. Preparing herself for a career as a teacher, but she had been only just entered at Sharp's Institution, Perth, when her father fell ill, and this altered all the family plans. After a long illness he died. After her father's death, King began working in an office in the village. After being two years in the Bankfoot office, King received an appointment in the Dundee Advertiser office, and shortly afterwards, attained a responsible and important position on the staff of the Dundee Evening Telegraph. It was not until about 1884 that King began to write verse. Her first attempt, a poem entitled, Cloudland" was printed. For a year or two, she wrote very frequently with most of her poems appearing under various pen names in the Telegraph and Friend. was a Scottish author of essays and poetry, as well as a journalist. Jessie died as Mrs William C. Batey in 1947 in Aysgarth, Yorkshire, England, having moved to her husband’s hometown of Newcastle after their marriage, and her ashes were scattered in Vicarsford Cemetery, in Newport on Tay in Fife. 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 on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. The A9 is a major road running from central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 miles, it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth longest A road in the United Kingdom. Historically it was the main road between Edinburgh and John o' Groats, and has been called the spine of Scotland. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March.. @tourscotland #spring #music #drivingtrip #scotland #accordion
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