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Showing posts with label Tour Scotland Gravestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tour Scotland Gravestones. Show all posts
Tour Scotland photograph of the Christian Henderson gravestone in the old graveyard cemetery in Saline, Fife, Scotland. In memory of Christian Henderson. " No standing stone shall tell my fame. A sinner saved is all the Christens claim. "
Henderson is a common Scottish surname. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Hendry, which is a Scottish form of Henry. Some Hendersons also derive their name from Henryson. The surname Henderson is borne by numerous unrelated families in Scotland. For example, the Hendersons of Fordell, in Fife, were the chief Lowland family of the name. This family descended from a family of Henrysons, from Dumfriesshire. A branch of Clan Gunn also bears the name. According to tradition, this family descends from Henry Gunn, a younger son of a chief of the Gunns who lived in the 15th century. The Hendersons of Glencoe in the Highlands derive their surname from the Gaelic MacEanruig. The surname was unknown in England prior to the 17th century and is first mentioned in a marriage document between one of the Borders Hendersons and the daughter of a Carlisle merchant at Hexham. The surname is rendered in Scottish Gaelic as: MacEanraig or MacEanruig, masculine, and NicEanraig or NicEanruig, feminine.
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Photograph of a tour of the graveyard in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. I don't often get my tour Scotland vehicle this close to the gravestones my guests are looking for on their ancestry tour, but it does happen sometimes.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Richard Forsyth gravestone in the cemetery in Dalserf, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. An esteemed local shepherd who died on 11th November, 1816, aged 82.
The history of the Clan Forsyth dates back to before the twelfth century and as is usually the case with families who date back this far, the derivation of the family's surname is uncertain. If the name is of Celtic origin, then it may derive from Fearsithe, which is Scottish Gaelic for man of peace. However there is a tradition that gives a Norman origin from Forsach, who was amongst the Norsemen who settled on lands on the River Dordogne in Aquitaine, France. The Viscomte de Fronsoc accompanied Eleanor of Provence to marry King Henry III of England in London and from 1236 to 1246 lived at the English court. This family are believed to have obtained lands in Northumberland and from there moved to the Scottish Borders.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Dryburgh gravestone in Scoonie Cemetery, Fife, Scotland. In affectionate a loving remembrance of Thomas Dryburgh, Leven, died 18th December 1934, aged 76.
This surname is of early medieval Scottish origin, and is a locational name from the lands of Dryburgh in the parish of Merton, Berwickshire, so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century " dryge ", dry, with " burg, burh ", fortified place, fort. As a second element in placenames, " burg " appears variously as borough, burgh, berry and bury. Frequently, the reference is to a British pre Roman fort, though sometimes an Anglo-Saxon fort is referred to. Dryburgh Abbey, a monastic ruin, dating from 1150, is in South West Berwickshire, and in St. Mary's Aisle is the tomb of Sir Walter Scott in the Borders, born 1771, died 1832. The surname development has included: Dribrucht and Driburch, Scotland, 1484 and 1550 respectively. On April 12th 1598, Janet Dryburghe and John Rogers were married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, and in 1680, one John Dryburgh was servitor to the Lord Sinclair.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Bob Black gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. Here lies the corpse of Bob Black, who died December 10th, 1706, aged 63.
In the Highlands, Black is synonymous with the patronymics Macilduy, Macildowie, or MacGilledow, all of which derive from the Gaelic " Mac Gille dhuibh " meaning son of the black lad, and it is these Blacks who have been particularly associated with the Lamonts, MacGregors, and MacLeans. When the Lamonts and MacGregors became " broken " clans, both were forced to conceal their identity and many chose the names Black and Macilduy. The novelist, William Black, traced his descent from a branch of Clan Lamont who were driven from their home-lands under a leader called the "Black Priest". The exiles settled in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, and were later noted covenanters. Another lineage of Blacks were descended from the Blacks of Garvie, in Glendaruel, Argyll, where the head of this family was known as " Mac-'Ille-Dhuibh-mor-na-Garbha ".
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Tour Scotland photograph of the James L. Anderson gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. In loving memory of James L. Anderson, J.P., Secretary of the Commercial Bank, son of the Reverend David Anderson, Ceres, who died in Edinburgh, on the 5th of February, 1927, in his 78th year.
Famous Andersons from Scotland include;
In 1585 John Anderson was a commissioner to Parliament for Cupar, Fife.
Alexander Anderson was a famous mathematician who was born near Aberdeen and later settled in Paris, France, where he published works on Algebra and Geometry.
In 1863 William Anderson published his famous biographical history of the people of Scotland, The Scottish Nation, in three volumes.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a two trumpets gravestone in Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland. Blowing a trumpet, and sometimes two trumpets, represents the day of judgment, and Call to Resurrection. Meigle is a village in Strathmore, Scotland. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross in the Coupar Angus and Meigle ward. The nearest town is Forfar in neighbouring Angus. Other smaller settlements nearby are Balkeerie, Kirkinch and Kinloch.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Kinnear gravestone in the Churchyard in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland. Though weathered, the elaborate carvings can still be seen. The gravestone is topped by the symbols of two angels holding a crown of life above a winged head representing the soul of Mary Cowll ascending into heaven. She was the wife of John Kinnear, and died in 1797.
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Tour Scotland photograph of an eighteenth century Scottish gravestone showing the tools of a tradesman in the churchyard cemetery in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a long parting gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland. An interesting and unique Scottish gravestone carving. Beneath a winged soul it shows a couple who stand very much apart, but who are still connected by elongated arms. This gravestone was erected by James Kay in memory of his wife Margaret Lorimer who died in 1768, aged 50.
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