Tour Scotland Travel Video George Sharp Gravestone Kilrenny East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the George Sharp gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kilrenny by Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife. George Street in Cellardyke is named after George who was a Provost in that fishing village. The Sharp surname, also recorded as Sharpe, and the diminutives Sharpin, Sharplin and Sharpling, is an English surname. It is a good example of a surname originating from a medieval nickname, with the derivation from the Olde English pre 7th Century word " scearp ", meaning sharp and used to describe a " sharp or smart " person. As a surname it is found recorded all over the British Isles. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Henry Russell Gravestone Kingskettle Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Henry Russell gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kingskettle, Fife. Kingskettle village is situated in the Howe of Fife, around a mile South of Ladybank. Howe of Fife is the name given to the fertile farming area of central Fife in the valley of the River Eden between Strathmiglo and Cupar. The term ' howe ' is derived from an old Scots word meaning a hollow, valley or flat tract of land. The surname Russell appears to be derived from rous which means red. The name was commonly found amongst the Normans and French people as the personal name of Rufus. Between 1164 and 1177 Walter Russel witnessed a charter in favour of Paisley Abbey. Mentioned in a charter of about 1180 is John, son of Robert Russel of Duncanlaw. In 1259 Robert Russel witnessed a deed relating to the lands of Threipland. In 1296 Robert Russel appears on the Ragman Rolls giving homage to Edward I of England. The name of Russel first came to Aberdeenshire with one Rozel who was an English baron who fought at the siege of Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. Rozel subsequently settled in Scotland and obtained the estate of Aden.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Skull And Crossbones Gravestone Cemetery Peebles Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland travel video of a Skull and Crossbones grave stone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Peebles in the Borders Region 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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Tour Scotland Travel Video Andrew Duncan Gravestone Ratho

Tour Scotland travel video of the Ann Duncan gravestone in the graveyard cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Ratho in West Lothian. The Duncan surname is both Scottish and Irish, but of Scottish origin: from the Gaelic personal name Donnchadh, composed of the elements donn " brown haired man " or " chieftain. ", Anglicized in Ireland as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare Donahue. Irish, Sligo: used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn " descendant of Donncheann ".

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Ann Mercer Craig Gravestone Ratho

Tour Scotland travel video of the Ann Mercer Craig gravestone in the graveyard cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Ratho in West Lothian. The Craig surname is of Scottish locational origin from any of the various places thus called, including Craig in North East Forfarshire, and Craig in South Ayrshire. The name derives from the Old Gaelic " creag " meaning rock, a word that has been borrowed in Middle English as " crag ". In some instances, the name may be topographical, from residence by a steep or precipitous rock. Anneys del Crage of Edinburgh and Johan del Cragge of Lanarkshire rendered homage to John Balliol in 1296, and in 1323 reference was made to the land of James del Crag, son and heir of John del Crag, in Ayrshire. Mercer is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a trader, or merchant. It derives from the Old French word " mercier " or " merchier." The name was very early into Scotland, William Mercer witnessing two charters on behalf of the Abbey of Melrose in the year 1205, whilst Aleumnus Mercer, was bound over to keep the peace, as part of a bond between King Alexander 11 of Scotland, and King Henry 111 of England in the year 1244. Today there are a number of variant forms of the surname, these include Mercies, Marker, and Merchier. Dorcas Mercer, aged 30 yrs., was one of the earliest colonists to the New World Colonies, embarking from London, England, on the " Assurance ", bound for Virginia, America, on July 1635.

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