Bishops Of Dunkeld Burial Site Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis Dundee Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Bishops Of Dunkeld Burial site in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on visit to Dundee, Scotland. The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Cormac. However, the first known abbot dates to the 10th century, and it is often assumed that in Scotland in the period before the 12th century, the roles of both bishop and abbot were one and the same. The Bishopric of Dunkeld ceased to exist as a Roman Catholic institution after the Scottish Reformation but continued as a royal institution into the 17th century. The diocese was restored, with a different boundary, by Pope Leo XIII on 4 March 1878; it is now based in the city of Dundee.

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Paul Kane Gravestone Balgay Cemetery Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of the Paul Kane gravestone in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on ancestry, genealogy family history visit and trip to Dundee. An Irish surname, Kane comes from Gaelic term of cathain which means a long distance. The spelling variations for Kane include O'Cain, O'Kane, Kayne and Cain. The German spelling of Kane would be Kohn. In Ireland the original Kane families lived in the County Londonderry in northern Ireland.

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George Gilfillan Gravestone Balgay Cemetery Dundee Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the George Gilfillan gravestone in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dundee. George Gilfillan born on 30th of January 1813, died 13th August 1878, was a Scottish author and poet. He was born at Comrie, Perthshire, where his father, the Reverend Samuel Gilfillan, the author of some theological works, was for many years minister of a Secession congregation. After an education at the University of Glasgow, in March 1836 he was ordained pastor of a Secession congregation in Dundee. Gilfillan, Gilffillan, Gillffilland, Gillilan, Gilliland, and others, this is a Scottish surname. It is also widely recorded in its different spellings in the province of Ulster, Northern Ireland. It derives from the pre 10th century Gaelic name " Mac gille Fhaolain ", meaning " The son of the servant of St. Faolan ", an early saint whose personal name represents a diminutive form of " faol ", meaning wolf.

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Margaret Watson Gravestone Balgay Cemetery Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of the Margaret Watson gravestone in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dundee. 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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Robert McGavin Greig Gravestone Balgay Cemetery Dundee Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Robert McGavin Greig gravestone in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip Dundee. The surnames MacGavin and McGavin are Scottish surnames, which are possibly variations of the surnames McGowan and MacGowan, which are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacGobhann and Irish Gaelic Mac Gabhann, meaning " son of the smith ". When the surname MacGavin and McGavin originate from Glasgow and Moray, they can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as Mac a' Ghobhainn.

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