William Henry Haig Gravestone Cramond Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the William Henry Haig, Celtic Cross, gravestone in the graveyard cemetery on ancestry visit to Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Haig surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical name from residence by an enclosure, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " haga ", cognate with the Old Norse " hagi ", hedged field; or locational from Haigh in West Yorkshire, or in Lancashire, England.
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Annabel Millar Gravestone St Mungo's Church Cemetery Penicuik Midlothian Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the Annabel Millar gravestone in St Mungo's Church cemetery on ancestry visit to Penicuik, Scotland. Annabel Millar spouse to Thomas Rutherford Papermaker at Pennycuik, 1737. Millar is Anglo Saxon occupational name derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century " mylnere " meaning the " operator of the mill ". The mill was an important centre in every medieval settlement, where peasants gathered to have their corn ground into flour. The miller often kept a proportion of the ground corn by way of payment. A David Millar, together with his wife Rose, daughters Ann and Mary Jane, and son Robert, were famine emigrants, who sailed from Belfast aboard the Glenmore bound for New York, America in February 1847.
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St Andrews Church Tower And Cemetery Peebles Scottish Borders Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of St Andrews Church Tower and cemetery on ancestry visit to Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The oldest building in Peebles is the tower of St Andrew's Church. The church was founded in 1195. It was destroyed by the soldiers of King Henry VIII. The stones of the ruins were pilfered for many other local buildings leaving only the tower standing amongst the gravestone of the churchyard.
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Skull And Crossbones Gravestone Cemetery Peebles Scottish Borders Scotland
Tour Scotland video of a Skull and Crossbones gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry visit to Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. In memory of Thomas Hogg and family. Twisted pilasters with Ionic capitals, with a winged soul in the pediment above. A large skull and crossed bones appear between the pillasters, topped with an hourglass.
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Teacher Gravestone Kirkton of Monikie Angus Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the John Dargie gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry visit toKirkton of Monikie in Angus, Scotland. Erected by Susan Gibson in memory of her husband John Dargie, teacher Bankhead, Monikie, who died on the 12th of May, 1856, aged 77 years. This surname is of medieval Scottish origin and is locational from a place so called in the parish of Liff Benvie in Angus. The derivation is thought to be from the Scottish Gaelic word dearg, meaning red, and may refer to the redness of the earth or minerals in the rock, giving it a a red hue. The name is well recorded in Angus, for example, John Dargie in Hill of Fynnevine in 1613, Pat Dargie in 1616, at Monikie, and John Dargie in July 1656 at Maine and Strathmartine.
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