OUR FAMILY IN SCOTLAND
Guay
School, Perths, c1924
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Row: Duncan Allen; Scott Dochart; ---
Sims; Tommy McLaren (Kindallachan); Atholl McLaren
(Kindallachan), --- ---;
Middle Row: Elma
McLaren (Ballintuim); (Sheen, twin sister, was absent);
Tibby McLaren (K), Helen McLaren (B); --- Forbes; rest of
row unknown.
Front Row: Birkie, ---
---, Johnny Kennedy, --- ---, Alex
Robertson.
If anyone can
fill in the blanks, please let me know.
 Robertson Family
Cumming Family
Duncan Family
Brodie Family
Meaning:
"Bright and Shining with Fame"
Motto: Glory is the reward of valour
AD
Robertson & Birkie
Descendants
of James Robertson
1 James Robertson of Drumdivan
.. +Jane Stewart (m: 27 May 1837 at Deskford, Banff? Jane
died 9 May 1842?
....and James subsequently married ANN DOUGLAS in June
1843.
....Children of James and Ann: Alexander, Peter, Mary
Ann, Helen, William)
...... 2 James Robertson chr: 22 Dec 1839 in Knockando,
Morayshire, Scotland d: 6 Jan 1920 in Knockando
.......... +Ann Cumming m: 6 Jan 1873 in Knockando
.............. 3 James Robertson b: 11 Dec 1874 in
Knockando d: 4 Jun 1929 in Murthly, Perthshire
.................. +Ann Duncan m: 22 Jun 1902 in
Knockando
...................... 4 Ann Brodie Robertson b: 21 Dec
1903 in Birnam, Perthshire d: 14 Feb 1954
...................... 4 James Robertson b: 3 Jun 1905 in
Birnam d: 25 May 1977 in Niagara Falls, Canada
........................... +Alice Gertrude Edith Kennedy
m: 7 Sep 1938 in Niagara Falls, Canada
...................... 4 Helen Elizabeth Robertson b: 8
May 1907 in Guay, Perths
........................... +Benjamin Percival Davies m:
23 Nov 1935
...................... 4 William John Robertson b: 9 Oct
1911 in Guay, Perths d: Dec 1976 in England
........................... +Betty Louise Scrivens m: 12
Aug 1944
...................... 4 Alexander Duncan Robertson b: 3
Nov 1918 in Guay, Perths, Scotland
........................... +Patricia Elsie Christina
O'Sullivan m: 25 Nov 1940 in Epsom, England
.............. 3 William Robertson b: 16 Nov 1865 in
Alves, Morayshire, Scotland d: Abt. 1930 in Argentina
.............. 3 Elizabeth Robertson b: 25 Nov 1873 in
Knockando
.............. 3 Ann Robertson b: Abt. 1880 d: 28 July
1919
.............. 3 Alexander Robertson d: 1948 in
Croftpoint, Knockando
.............. 3 John Robertson
Notes:
(1) James Robertson (m Jane
Stuart) used to drive cattle from Morayshire to Stirling
and Falkirk before the railways were built.
(3) James Robertson (m Ann Duncan) Railway worker -
signalman on Highland Railways. Was Station Master at
Guay.
(3) William Robertson - Engine driver on railways.
(3) Elizabeth Robertson married a Rudiman - lived in
Cooper, Fife
(3) Alex Robertson (Sandy) in WW1 at Gallipolli and
Palestine. Postman at Knockando.
Clan
Donnachaidh Society
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Motto:
Courage
Croft
Point, Knockando -1990
and now:
Descendants
of William Cumming
1 William Cumming chr: 18 Feb 1815 in Knockando,
Morayshire, Scotland
. +Elizabeth Grant chr: 17 Jul 1818 in Cromarty,
Inverness m: 5 Dec 1840 in Knockando (parents John Grant
and Janet Murray)
...... 2 Ann Cumming chr: 6 Nov 1841 in Knockando d: 3
March in 1914
.......... +James Robertson m: 6 Jan 1873 in Knockando
.............. 3 James Robertson b: 11 Dec 1874 d: 4 Jun
1929
.................. +Ann Duncan m: 22 Jun 1902
.............. 3 William Robertson b: 16 Nov 1865 in
Alves, Morayshire, Scotland d: Abt. 1930 in Argentina
.............. 3 Elizabeth Robertson b: 25 Nov 1873 in
Knockando
.............. 3 Ann Robertson b: Abt. 1880 d: 28 July
1919
.............. 3 Alexander Robertson d: 1948 in Knockando
.............. 3 John Robertson
...... 2 John Cumming
Notes:
(1) William Cumming was a Grocer
(or merchant according to 1851 census) and lived at Croft
Point, Knockando.
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Meaning:
Brown Warrior
Motto: Learn to suffer
Annie
Duncan
Descendants
of William Duncan
1 William Duncan b: Abt. 1810 in Knockando, Morayshire,
Scotland
. +Margaret Grant b: Abt. 1815 in Knockando m: 12 Aug
1837
...... 2 John Duncan b: 3 Sept 1842 in Knockando d: 13
Nov 1914 in Knockando
.......... +Ann Brodie m: 8 Jun 1867 in Knockando
.............. 3 Margaret Duncan b: 18 Jul 1867 in
Knockando
.................. +John Fraser
.............. 3 Elizabeth Jane Duncan b: 1 Apr 1869
.................. +Albert Hogg
.............. 3 Helen Duncan b: 17 Jan 1871 d: 30 Jan
1941
.............. 3 John William Duncan b: 9 Nov 1872 d: 18
Oct 1887
.............. 3 Ann Duncan b: 21 Dec 1874 in Knockando
d: 11 Apr 1952 in St Fillans, Perthshire, Scotland
.................. +James Robertson m: 22 Jun 1902 in
Knockando
.............. 3 Isabella Duncan
.............. 3 Marjory Duncan b: Abt. 1877 d: 1
December 1973
.................. +Scott
.............. 3 James Duncan
.............. 3 James Duncan
.................. +Rose
.............. 3 Isabella Duncan b: Abt. 1883 d: 1 May
1970
.............. 3 Mary Duncan
.................. +Newis
.............. 3 Jessie Duncan b: Abt. July 1888 d: 8
April 1987
...... 2 William Duncan b: Abt. July 1848
...... 2 Sandy Duncan b: Unknown
...... 2 George Duncan b: 9 July 1856 in Knockando,
Morayshire, Scotland
...... 2 Isabella Duncan b: Unknown (known as
"Ishbel")
...... 2 Nellie Duncan b: Unknown
Notes:
(1) William Duncan was a
"farmer of 6 acres" at Cardockhead, Knockando.
(2) John Duncan was a stonemason(?)
Family "tradition" says that one of the Duncans
was with Nelson at Copenhagen.
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Meaning:
Ditch
Motto: Unite
Delane,
Knockando - the cottage that Brodie built.
Now available for holiday rentals I believe.
Descendants
of William Brodie
1 William Brodie b 1769 died 31 Mar 1842
. +Jean Roy b 1769 died 1 Sep 1829
...... 2 John Brodie b 1 Feb 1797 in Duffus
...... 2 William Brodie b 28 Jan 1799 in Duffus
...... 2 Hugh Brodie b 18 Jan 1801 in Duffus
...... 2 Margaret Brodie b 10 Apr 1803 in Duffus
...... 2 Anne Brodie b 17 Jun 1807 in Drainie, Moray
...... 2 James Gillan (Gilzean) Brodie chr 28 May 1809 in
Drainie, Moray d: 15 Feb1900 in Knockando, Morayshire,
Scotland
.......... +Elizabeth Boyne b: Abt. 1805 in Edinburgh m:
23 Jan 1829 in Midlothian, Edinburgh d: 30 Mar 1888 in
Knockando
.............. 3 Ann Brodie b: Abt. 1843 d: 14 Sep 1932
in Knockando
.................. +John Duncan m: 8 Jun 1867 in
Knockando
.............. 3 Elizabeth Brodie b abt 1839
.............. 3 Jane Brodie b 11 Dec 1834 in Edinburgh
.............. 3 James Brodie b: Abt. 1850
.............. 3 Margaret Brodie b: Abt. 1841 d: 28
January 1863
.............. 3 Jane Brodie b: Abt. 1847
Notes:
(2) James Gillan (Gilzean)
Brodie - master tailor.
Meaning and
origin of the name Brodie:
There has been some difference
in opinion on the meaning and origin of the name Brodie.
If you have an opinion or comment, please email me.
One interpretation of the name
was made by Lachlan Shaw in the 1780's - the Gaelic
Brothaigh, a muddy place or ditch.
Another possible interpretation
is a follower of Brude, leader of the Northern Picts in
the sixth century AD. Brude was apparently converted to
Christianity by St. Columba in 565AD.
"Many Pictish kings were
named Bridei (or Brude). In the writings of St Columba's
biographer (who was no friend of the Picts) we learn of
one of the most powerful of these Bridei kings.
"The writer (Adamnan)
details the journey of the Irish saint to the court of
Bridei near Loch Ness. The legendary monster of the lake
makes its historical debut in this same story, and we are
told that King Bridei (ruled 554-584) was an
exceptionally powerful king. We are also told that
Columba needed interpreters to speak to the king, clear
evidence that the Picts did not speak the Celtic language
of the Irish and Scots (or at the very least not the Gael
version of the Celtic tongue). King Bridei also defeated
the Scots, in battle against their king Gabran, and laid
waste to the Scottish holdings in the west. Had he
pressed on and expelled the Scots from Argyll, Scotland
may still be Pictland or Alba today."
There is a much
earlier Irish legend that has a royal fugitive
fleeing from Ireland to the Pictish court at a time
when they shared a common language. Languages develop and
diversify over the centuries. In the 12th century
Geoffrey of Monmouth translated the history of the kings
of Britain from what he claims were ancient books in
the Welsh (British-Celtic) language. According to this
account the founder of Britain was a prince of Trojan
descent whose name was Brutus. So the
name (Brutus-Brude-Brodie) seems to have had
a traditional use amongst both Pictish and Celtic
tribes in Britain dating back to the founding hero
remembered in the Welsh annals. Brutus may not have
been an individual but may instead represent
the name used by a group of Israelite immigrants
(as in the "B'nai Berith", or
"Berit(h)ish"). Yet "Brutus"
may equally come from the title of the earliest
colonizing "king or kings of the British" -
real name(s) long forgotten. There is now evidence
that the fall of Troy actually occurred close to the time
of the Captivity of Israel, and there's likely to be
a link between those events and the arrival of the
"Brutus" colonists because Israel, as
distinct from Judah, was always very involved with trade
and alliances with the Gentiles.
There could easily have been a colony
or military contingent in Troy which found itself
with no place to call home after
the defeat of both Troy and Israel. Brutus ruled
over the entire realm of Britain and Albany according to
Geoffrey, which would account for the survival
of the name amongst the Picts. This would make the
name Brodie very ancient indeed - in fact the first
British-Celtic name of them all. It would also be of
Hebrew origin, with the meaning of "covenant" -
or originally - "covenant man".
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