Tour Scotland Video Ferguson Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews Fife
Tour Scotland travel video of the Ferguson Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This window was designed by Herbert Hendrie of Edinburgh, dedicated in 1935 by Rev. Charles L. Ferguson in memory of his brother Rev. James Ferguson and his wife. This large piece consists of seven lights in a decorated style that is surmounted by tracery. The upper part of the central light and the main theme of the window is the Ascension of Christ. There are also scenes of the nativity and images of several saints and followers of Christ embellished by the highly decorated tracery.
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Tour Scotland Video Forgan Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews
Tour Scotland travel video of the Forgan Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Designed and executed by Douglas Strachan in September 1929, inscribed with a dedication: " To the Glory of God and in memory of Robert Forgan and his wife, Elisabeth Berwick; the gift of their son James B. Forgan, Chicago, USA " There are three main panels in the tall single lancet window which reach 18 feet high and 2.5 feet wide. The first panel is an image from the New Testament depicting Christ blessing children. The central panel depicts the Transfiguration of Christ on the mountaintop. The third and lowest panel is a scene taken from Luke of the resurrected Christ travelling.
This name is of Scottish locational origin from the village of Forgan in the parish of Forgandenny, Fife. Originally spelt Forgrund, the name derives from the Olde English pre 7th century words for land on which pigs were bred or reared.
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Tour Scotland Photograph William Watson Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews
Watson is a famous Anglo Scottish surname of great antiquity. Very popular in the north of England and the Border Country, it is one of the patronymic forms of the pre 7th century popular male personal name Watt, itself a development of the Anglo Saxon personal name and later surname, Walter. This has the interesting translation of powerful warrior. It is also claimed that the name was introduced into the British Isles by the Norman French invaders after the Conquest of England in 1066, in the forms of Waltier and Wautier.
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Tour Scotland Photograph John Millar Roger Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews
Recorded in over seventy different spellings ranging from Roger, Rodger, and Rodgier, to diminutives and patronymics such as Rogers, Ruggiero, Di Ruggero, Ruckhard and Roggeman, the ancient Roger surname is of Old German pre 7th century origins. The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world is believed to be that of Richard Roger, which was dated 1263 in England.
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Tour Scotland Video Jessie Roger Grubb Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews Fife
Tour Scotland travel video of the Jessie Roger Grubb Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife. Jessie was born Janet Bett on 5th February, 1870 at Burnside, Auchtermuchty, Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Her parents were James Bett, a Gas Manager, and Janet Roger. Jessie was 26 when she married 48 year old Charles Grubb, a Grocer and Wine Merchant, on 15th June, 1896 at Don's Bank, Auchtermuchty. His parents were Charles Maitland Grubb, a Porter and Farmer at different times, and Maria Watson Gardiner. Jessie and Charles lived at St Columba's, 1 Murray Park, St Andrews, at least from 1915 until her death. Charles owned houses and shops at 84 and 86 Market Street where he had his own shop, and others which he let out to various businesses and tenants. Charles died of Cerebral Apoplexy at Kilmorack, Pitlochry, Perthshire on 7th June, 1925, aged 77. Jessie died from Arterio Sclerosis, aged 78, at home on 3rd February 1948. Above is the stained glass window in her memory in the Martyrs' Church, North Street, St Andrews.
This interesting surname, with variant spellings Grob, Grube, Grubbe etc., derives from the Old German " grube ", a mine, pit, hollow or cavity, from the Old High German verb " grubilon ", to dig, related to the Middle Dutch " grobben ", to scrape, and was originally given as an occupational name to a worker in a mine.
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