Tour Scotland Video Angus MacDonald Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of the Angus MacDonald gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. Clan MacDonald is the most famous and numerous of the long line of Scottish Highland Clans. The surname is now recorded in every part of the world, the origination of the chiefs being from one Donald of the Isles in the 10th century a.d. The derivation is from the Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, translating as The son of Donald. It is said that the personal name Donald translates as world rule, a meaning which is perhaps not coincidental as the clan have long assumed the unofficial title of Lords of the Isles. This assumption took place in the time of King David 11 of Scotland in circa 1369 and made the king exceedingly angry, since they also claimed title to all tithes and taxes. He went to considerable, if unsuccessful, lengths to dispossess them. Amongst the many famous MacDonalds are Flora MacDonald, born 1722, died 1790, the rescuer of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, and Sir John MacDonald, the founder and premier of the Dominion of Canada, born 1815, died 1891.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Tour Scotland Video John Gray Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of the John Gray gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. Recorded as Gray, Graye, Grey, Greye, de Grey, MacGray, McGray, McGrah, McGreay, McGrey, and possibly others, this ancient Anglo Scottish surname has at least two possible origins. The first was Old English and a nickname or personal name for a man with grey hair or beard, from the pre 7th century word " graeg ", meaning grey. Although the name means the same in Scotland and Ireland,name holders there took their name from the early Gaelic word " riabhach " which also means brindled or grey.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Tour Scotland Video Duncan MacPhee Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of the Duncan MacPhee gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands This interesting name, with variant forms, Duffie, MacDuffie, McFee, McPhee, D'Duffie and O'Duhig, is an Anglicization of the ancient Gaelic personal name Mac Dhubhshith a compound of elements, " mac " meaning " son of " plus " dubh ", " black " and " sith ", peace, hence " son of the black one of peace ". The name was borne by a 6th Century saint who was also Archbishop of Armagh. The name is one of the oldest, most interesting, and widespread in Scotland, while also prevalent in all provinces of Ireland except in Munster, where the variant is known as Duhig. Johannes Macdufthi appears as a charter witness in Dumfridshire, in the reign of king Alexander 11 of Scotland, circa 1180. Church Recordings include one John, son of John Duffy, who was christened on May 30th 1570, at St. Giles' Cripplegate, London, England, and James Duffy married Jane Armonette on December 17th 1684, in London. James Duffy, a famine emigrant, embarked from Londonderry to New York, America, on board the " Mary Harrington ", on June 2nd 1846.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Tour Scotland Video John Davidson Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of the John Davidson gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. This interesting Anglo Scottish surname is a patronymic from the male Hebrew given name David. This crusader name meaning beloved of god was borne by the greatest of the early Kings of Israel, which led to its popularity first among Jews and later among the Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. St. David, the 6th Century Bishop of Menevia, became patron saint of Wales, and the name was borne by two Kings of Scotland, David 1st, who reigned from 1124 to 1153, and David 11, who reigned from 1329 to 1371. In the modern idiom the surname has numerous variant spellings including Davison, Davson, Davisson, and Davids. William Davidson, one of the early settlers in the New World, was granted a special licence to " dig for all mines of gold and other metals in Jamaica, for two years " in March 1674, by King Charles of England.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Tour Scotland Video Maggie MacPherson Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of the Maggie MacPherson gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic surname for Macpherson is Mac a' Phearsain which means son of the parson. The Celtic church allowed priests to marry and the progenitor of the chiefs of Clan Macpherson is believed to have been a man named Muireach or Murdo Cattenach who was the priest of Kingussie in Badenoch. The Clan Macpherson is part of the Chattan Confederation. In 843 the chief of Clan Chattan was Gille Chattan Mor and one of his sons, the first chief of Clan Macpherson was forced to resettle in Lochaber by Kenneth MacAlpin, first king of Scots. The chief could have been the lay prior of Ardchattan and he seems to have been named in honor of Saint Cathan. Macpherson clan traditions is that in 1309 Robert the Bruce offered the lands of Badenoch to the chief of Clan Macpherson on the condition that they destroyed the Bruce's enemies, the Clan Comyn, and the Macphersons carried out the king's wishes. The Clan Macpherson is sometimes known as the Clan of the Three Brothers owing to the fact that chief Ewan Ban Macpherson had three sons: Kenneth Macpherson of Clunie, Iain Macpherson of Pitman and Gillies Macpherson of Invereshie.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)