Tour Scotland Video Robert Ruthven Saddler Gravestone South Queensferry

Tour Scotland travel video of the Robert Ruthven, Saddler gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, family genealogy, history visit and trip to South Queensferry, near Edinburgh. Robert J H Ruthven, Saddler, born 1866, died 1949, aged 83. Agnes G Stewart Saddler, born 1870, died 1957, aged 87, wife of Robert J H Ruthven Saddler.

This is a famous Scottish clan surname. It is locational from the barony of Ruthven in the former county of Angus. In the ancient charters of Scotland, the original family were recorded in the register of the abbey of Scone by Perth, Perthshire, as being witnesses to various transfers of land by the royal family of Scotland in the years between 1125 and 1150. Interestingly all the early personal names such as Thor and Swein are Scandanavian, showing the influence of Danish-Viking settlers in the region. The first of the clan to have held the title of de Ruthven', was Swan de Ruthven in the year 1211.

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Old Photograph Post Office Staff Perth Scotland

Old photograph of Post Office Staff in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Boat of Garten Scotland

Old photograph of Boat of Garten in Badenoch And Strathspey, Scotland. The settlement name derives from the nearby old ferry over the River Spey. It is also known as " Osprey village " due to its significant population of Ospreys. Boat of Garten is located between Aviemore and Grantown on Spey. It lies to the northeast of Aviemore, just north of Auchgourish and east of Kinveachy. Loch Garten lies to the southeast of the village.




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Old Photograph Cottages Enochdhu Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Enochdhu a hamlet located West of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Colinton Scotland

Old photograph of Colinton located South West of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally sited within a steep sided glen on a convenient fording point on the Water of Leith, and expanding from there, Colinton's history dates back to before the 11th century.



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