Tour Scotland Video Reverend Liston Stained Glass Window St Fillan's Church Aberdour Fife

Tour travel Scotland video of the Reverend Liston stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Fillan's Church in Aberdour, Fife. In memory of the Reverend John and Robert Liston, Ministers of this Parish from 1723 to 1796, and of their descendants the Reverend William Liston, Minister of Cardonald Parish, and Thomas Liston, Merchant in London. Robert Liston, born 22nd of March 1730, died 11th of February 1796, was a Scottish Minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Robert was the son of the Reverend John Liston, Minister of Aberdour. The Liston family had been much involved in the Covenanter struggles. His great grandfather William had been sentenced to death for his part in the Battle of Rullion Green, though he fled and escaped. Robert married Janet Hardie, daughter of Henry Hardy, Minister of Culross on the 11th of November 1766. His wife Janet died at Auldcathie, Hoptoun Park, on the 31st of December 1814.

Notable people with the Liston surname include:

Emil Liston, born 1890, died 1949, American athletic coach and administrator.
Eoin Liston, born 1957, Irish sports person.
Henry Liston, born 1771, died 1836, Scottish minister and inventor.
James Michael Liston, born 1881, died 1976, New Zealand Catholic bishop.
John Liston, born 1776, died 1846, English comedian.
Larry Liston, born 1952, American politician, Colorado House of Representatives.
Melba Liston, born 1926, died 1999, American jazz musician.
Robert Liston, born 1794, died 1847, Scottish surgeon.
Robert Liston, born 1742, died 1836, British diplomat.
Robert Liston, born 1730, died 1796, Scottish clergyman.
Sonny Liston, American boxer.
Virginia Liston, born, 1890, died 1932, American blues and jazz singer.

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Tour Scotland Video Drysdale And White Stained Glass Window St Fillan's Church Aberdour Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Thomas Drysdale and his wife Catherine White memorial stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy family history visit and trip to St Fillan's Church in Aberdour, Fife. John died in January, 1906, and Catherine in December, 1889. This window given by their children. The Drysdale surname, with the variants Drysdall and Drysdell, is Scottish in origin, from Dryfesdale, a parish in county Dumfries.
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Tour Scotland Video Cunningham Stained Glass Window St Fillan's Church Aberdour Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Cunningham memorial stained glass window on history visit and trip to St Fillan's Church in Aberdour, Fife. The Cunninghams have been around a long time in Aberdour from 1700 onwards. The Cunningham surname is of early medieval Scottish origin. It is a locational regional name from Cunninghame, one of the territorial divisions of the county of Ayrshire. A Scots family of this name can trace their ancestry back to one Wernebald, a vassal of the Norman nobleman, Hugh de Morville, who obtained the manor of Cunningham from his feudal superior in the early 12th Century. Notable bearers of the name were William Cunningham, fourth Earl of Glencairn and lord high treasurer of Scotland, in 1526; and also Sir Charles Cunningham, bon 1755, died 1834, first lieutenant of the " Hinchingbroke " with Horatio Nelson in 1779.

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Tour Scotland Video Livingston And Mitchell Stained Glass Window St Fillan's Church Aberdour Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the John Livingston and his wife Helen Mitchell memorial stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Fillan's Church in Aberdour, Fife. John died on the 22nd of February, 1908. Helen died on the 23rd of August, 1911. The surname Livingston was first found in West Lothian. From this small beginning the Clan would grow into the nobility of Scotland and achieve the Earldoms of Callander, Linlithgow and Newburgh; the viscountcies of Kilsyth, Kinnaird and Teviot and the Lordships of Livingston.
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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Bluebells Castle Garden Aberdour Fife

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Bluebells in the traditional 17th century walled garden on visit to the castle in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Campanula rotundifolia, harebell, is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the bellflower family native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In Scotland, it is often known as the bluebell. Elsewhere in Britain, bluebell refers to Hyacinthoides non-scripta, and in North America, bluebell refers to Virginia bluebell. The Harebell is dedicated to Saint Dominic.

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