Tour Scotland travel video of the George MacBain gravestone in the Cathedral Graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Brechin, Angus, Scotland. The MacBain surname, including, MacBane and MacVain, is an anglicized form of the Olde Gaelic Mac A'Ghille Bhain. The Gaelic prefix " mac " means " son of ", " an ghille ", the servant, plus the adjective " ban " meaning " white ", hence, " son of the white or fairhaired servant ". The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 17th Century. Sir James MacBain, born 1828, died 1892, was a Scottish national who emigrated to Australia in 1853 and became President of the Legislative Council, Melbourne, Australia, in 1884. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alison MacBain who married Andrew Wright on May 6th 1629, in Edinburgh.
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