Tour Scotland Photograph Video John Coutts Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the John Coutts gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. For 38 years the zealous and respected Schoolmaster of Rattray Paarish, born in Glenshee in 1787, died in Rattray 27th January, 1859, aged 72. Coutts and Couts are English language surnames derived from the Gaelic language. The names are derived from the Gaelic cuilt, meaning " nook ". It also was a habitational name from Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. William Coutts, a Coutts of Auchintoul, was a vassal of the Macdonald's, settled in Montrose, in the 16th century and became a provost of the town. The Coutts are associated with the the Clan Farquharson.



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Tour Scotland Photograph J Ramsay Gravestone Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of 5522 Private J. Ramsay, Scottish Horse Regiment, gravestone in the cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Died 18th November 1916, aged 21. The name Ramsay originated from a place in Huntingdonshire, England, and Sir Symon de Ramesie was one of the many Norman knights who accompanied King David I when he returned to Scotland in 1124. Sir Symon was granted land in Midlothian but by the 13th century the family had become established not only in Fife, Dalhousie, Midlothian but also in Angus and Banff on the Moray Firth. Neis de Ramsay Bamff, near Alyth in Perthshire, was a physician to King Alexander II in the first half of the 13th century. William of Dalhousie was one of the signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320.



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Tour Scotland Photograph David Baxter Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the David Baxter gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. David Baxter, died 1754. Baxter is an Anglo Saxon and Scottish name, originally from the English occupational surname meaning " baker, " from the early Middle English bakstere and the Old English bæcere. The form Bakster was originally feminine, with Baker as the masculine equivalent, but over time both names came to apply to both men and woman. Ancient variations in the spelling of the surname include Bakster, Baxstar, Baxstair, Baxstare and Baxster.



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Tour Scotland Photograph James Howie Gravestone Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Howie gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Died 3rd November, 1839, aged 78. Howie is a Scottish locational surname derived from a medieval estate in Scotland's south west county of Ayrshire. While its ancient name is known as " The lands of How ", its exact location is lost in time. The word " How ", predating written history, appears to originate from the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde as a locational description of a " hollow " or deep valley. The alternate spelling of Howie is " Howey ". The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of Brechin in Angus.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Alex Grant Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Alex G. Grant gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. 1st Canadian Engineers. It is almost certain that the ancestors of the chiefs of Clan Grant came to Scotland with the Normans to England where the name is found soon after the conquest of that country. Although some historians have asserted that the Grants were part of the Siol Alpin group of families who descend from Alpin, father of Kenneth MacAlpin, first king of Scots. The first Grants to appear in Scotland are recorded in the 13th century when they acquired the lands of Stratherrick. One of the family married Mary, daughter of Sir John Bisset and from this marriage came at least two sons. One of these sons was Sir Laurence le Grand who became Sheriff of Inverness.



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