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Tour Scotland photograph of the Lorn Menzies Celtic Cross gravestone in the Parish Churchyard in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Farmer in Keir, who died 22nd February, 1907, aged 80.
Famous Menzies from Scotland include:
General Sir Charles Menzies, born 1783, died 22 August 1866, who was a senior Royal Marines officer. Although he became a respected soldier, fighting with Horatio Nelson in the Napoleonic Wars and later rising to the rank of general before becoming aide de camp to Queen Victoria, Menzies is best remembered for the founding of Newcastle, New South Wales. Charles was born at Bolfrack House, near Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
James Menzies, born September 3, 1830, died March 22, 1913, who was an American farmer and politician. James was born in Newtown of Tullymet, Perthshire, Scotland, He emigrated to the United States in 1841 and settled in the town of Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin Territory. He lived in Dane County, Wisconsin for seven years before returning to the town of Harmony and was a farmer. He was chairman of the Harmony Town Board and served on the Rock County Board of Supervisors. He also served as the town superintendent of public schools. In 1881, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. He died at his home in the town of Harmony as a result of ill health.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Margaret Ogilvie gravestone in the Parish Churchyard in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Robert Monteath, Blacksmith in Gask, in memory of Margaret Ogilvie, his affectionate wife who died October 5th, 1840, aged 80.
Famous Ogilvies from Scotland include:
Dame Maria Matilda Gordon, née Ogilvie, born 30 April 1864, died 24 June 1939, known as May Ogilvie Gordon, was an eminent Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. She was the first women to be awarded a Doctor of Science from University of London, England, and the first woman to be awarded a PhD from the University of Munich. She was also a supporter and campaigner for the rights and equality of children and women. She was born in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire in 1864, the eldest daughter of Maria Matilda Nichol and Reverend Alexander Ogilvie, headmaster of Robert Gordons College. She had five brothers and two sisters. Her eldest brother, Francis Grant Ogilvie, was also a scientist and director of the London Science Museum.
Lawrence Ogilvie, born 5 July 1898, died 16 April 1980, was a Scottish plant pathologist. He was born in Rosehearty in the north of Aberdeenshire. His father, the Reverend William Paton Ogilvie was the minister of the Presbyterian church there.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Lachlan McLean gravestone in the Parish Churchyard in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Died 20th July 1867, aged 27.
Clan MacLean , Scottish Gaelic: Mac Gill-Eain, is a Highland Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLeans became famous for their honour, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with the Mackinnons, Camerons, MacDonalds and Campbells. They were fierce Jacobites fighting in all of the Jacobite risings.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the the Reverend James Martin gravestone in the Parish Churchyard in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Minister of Gask for 53 years, died July 3rd, 1906, aged 83.
There are several groups of Martins or Macmartins in Scotland. The MacMartins of Letterfinlay appear to have allied themselves to the Clan Cameron in the late 14th century, and finally merged with the Camerons after the Battle of Lochaber in 1429. The MacMartins, who became a sept of Clan Cameron, are said to have been amongst the most loyal and valuable followers of Cameron of Lochiel. In the Jacobite rising of 1745, the MacMartins were with Lochiel's regiment. There is a branch of MacMartins from Strathclyde. The Martins on Isle of Skye are traditionally associated with Clan Donald, and the Lothians were home to a powerful de St Martin family from the 12th century.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the James Archer gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Late farmer in Charlesfield, Gask, who died 23rd December, 1832, aged 53.
Famous Archers from Scotland include:
Colin Archer, born 22 July 1832, died 8 February 1921, was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder from Larvik, Norway. His parents had immigrated to Norway from Scotland in 1825. He was known for building safe and durable ships including the Fram used in both Fridtjof Nansen's and Roald Amundsen's polar expeditions.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Houston gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Janet Houston in memory of her parents, John Houston, late tenant Bonnieview, who died 30th June, 1829, aged 76. Also her mother, Jean Thomson, who died 2nd January, 1832, aged 82.
Houston is a distinctly Scottish family name. The City of Houston in America was named in honour of General Sam Houston, born 1793, died 1863, whose ancestry was Scottish on both sides of the family. The suggestion for the new city's name came from Charlotte Allen, the wife of Augustus Allen. An inheritance received by Charlotte enabled the Allen brothers to purchase 6,600 acres along the Buffalo Bayou for the purpose of establishing a new city.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Isabella Kemp gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Died 5th February 1830, aged 62.
The Kemp name originates from the pre 7th century word cempa meaning a champion, a title bestowed upon a champion of jousting or wrestling. The name is derived from the Roman word " campus ", meaning a battlefield.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the George Wilkie gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Millwright in Gask, who died 26th of April, 1869, aged 59. This surname is a distinctively Scottish double diminutive of the male given name William, itself coming from " Wilhelm ", the Norman form of an Old French personal name composed of the Germanic elements " wil ", will, desire, and " helm ", helmet, protection. Introduced into England by the Normans at the time of the Conquest, William soon became the most popular given name in England, mainly, no doubt in honour of the Conqueror himself. It subsequently generated a wide variety of diminutive and pet forms including: Will, Wilkin, Wilkes, Willet and Willmot. A family of the surname Wilkie was seated at Rathobyres in Midlothian from the beginning of the 14th Century. One William Wilkie was a member of an Assize in Edinburgh in 1529, and Catherine Wilkie was recorded in Dysart, Fifeshire in 1541. James Wilkie was a tenant of Newbattle Abbey in the Borders in 1563, and in 1591 the accounts of the ballies of the burgh of Lanark were rendered to the Exchequer by William Wilkie, burgess there at that time. Sir David Wilkie, born 1785, died 1841, was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830, retaining the office under William 1V and Victoria. A Coat of Arms granted to the Wilkie family is a silver shield, with a fess wreathed azure and red, between a crescent in chief and a cinquefoil in base of the second. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of David Wilkie, who witnessed a notorial instrument, which was dated 1495, in Records of Pitcairn, Fifeshire, during the reign of King James 1V of Scotland, , born 1488, died 1513. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Daniel MacFarlane gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Schoolmaster of Gask for fifty three years. Died 5th December, 1868, aged 78. He was greatly beloved as a man, and highly esteemed as a teacher. Clan MacFarlane, Scots Gaelic: Clann Mhic Phàrlain, is a Highlands Scottish clan. War Cry: " Loch Slòigh " meaning; The Loch of the Host. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet upwards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, particularly those of Clan Colquhoun, and as such a full moon became known locally as " MacFarlane's Lantern ". The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.
Clan MacFarlane is a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighboring clan lands, (particularly those of Clan Colquhoun), and as such a full moon became known locally as MacFarlane's Lantern. The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Mary Syme gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary Syme who died aged 4 years and one month in December, 1834.
Famous Symes from Scotland include:
James Syme, born 7 November 1799, died 26 June 1870, who was a pioneering Scottish surgeon. James was born in Edinburgh. His father was a writer to the signet and a landowner in Fife and Kinross, who lost most of his fortune in attempting to develop the mineral resources of his property. James was sent to the Royal High School at the age of nine, and remained until he was fifteen, when he entered the University of Edinburgh. For two years he frequented the arts classes, including Botany, and in 1817 began the medical curriculum, devoting himself with particular keenness to chemistry. His chemical experiments led him to the discovery that a valuable substance is obtainable from coal tar which has the property of dissolving india-rubber, and could be used for waterproofing silk and other textile fabrics; an idea which was patented a few months afterwards by Charles Macintosh, of Glasgow. He married the sister of his former colleague, Robert Willis.
David Syme, born 2 October 1827, died 14 February 1908, who was a Scottish Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age and regarded as "the father of protection in Australia" who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria. Syme was born at North Berwick in Scotland, the youngest of the seven children and fourth son of George Alexander Syme a parish schoolmaster. David's mother, was Jean née Mitchell.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Andrew Moncur gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Farmer Clathybeg, who died 30th of May, 1876, aged 63. Recorded in a number of forms including Moncur, Mankor, Minker, Moniker, Moncarr, Muncor and Muncer, this is a famous Scottish surname. It is one which is claimed to be ultimately of Norman French origins, and if so may well owe something to the invasion of England in 1066, when many French took the opportunity to offer their services to the king of Scotland. In return for this protection, they were often granted lands and estates. This surname is first recorded in Scotland in the 13th century. It is known that Andrew de Muncurr was a retainer of James, known as The Steward of Scotland, in about the year 1285 and that one Robert de Muntcurt was one of the prisoners taken at Dunbar Castle in the same year. The family of Moncur of Dundee for several generations enjoyed a high reputation as armoures in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, of 1566. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Michale de Muncur. This was dated 1237, when he was a charter witness, during the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the James Stevenson gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland.
James Stevenson of Mossside Parish of Gask who departed this life on 9th October 1856, aged 70.
Famous Stevensons from Scotland include:
Robert Stevenson, born 1772, died 1850, who was a civil engineer, famed for designing and building lighthouses. His first and perhaps most important work was the Bell Rock Lighthouse, where the rock was covered by the sea except at low tide. It was regarded as one of the major engineering feats of the age. Stevenson served for nearly fifty years as engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board during which time he designed and oversaw the construction and later improvement on 15 lighthouses. He innovated in the choice of light sources, mountings, reflector design, the use of Fresnel lenses, and in rotation and shuttering systems providing lighthouses with individual signatures allowing them to be identified by seafarers. Three of Stevensons sons became engineers: David, Alan, and Thomas; he also had a daughter, who assisted in writing and illustrating an account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse construction.
Robert Louis Stevenson, born 1850, died 1894, who was a grandson of Robert Stevenson of lighthouse fame, was a novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, often known just by his initials " RLS" . His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Gask Parish Church and cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Gask Church was built in 1800, replacing an earlier church located a mile to the south, near to Gask House. The architect of the stone built and white harled church was Richard Crichton. Attached to the rectangular sanctuary is a small vestry, a boiler house and semi-circular stairtower with stairs to the gallery.
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