Perthshire monumental inscriptions, cemeteries and. Monzievaird is a place in scotland, situated two miles west of crieff in highland district of the perth and kinross council area in scotland. It is located on the south side of the river earn, and near to st. Parish church of fowliseaster angus items 1 3 baptisms, 17011854. History of strowan, in perth and kinross and perthshire map. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the scotland. A member of clan murray, he was the second son of lord george murray, fifth son of john murray, 1st duke of atholl.
It is dedicated to st rowan or st ronan and has around it a small grave yard with a variety of stones and memorials many of which are those of the stirling family, the one. Colonel dow, author of the history of hindoostan, was a native of this parish, besides several other. Built in the latter half of the 18th century, and greatly enlarged in 1866, it is the seat of thomas james grahamstirling, esq. Monzievaird and strowan parish records genealogy and. Census edit edit source many census records have been indexed by surname. Yasser seirawans most popular book is winning chess tactics, revised. The parish of strowan united with monivaird, lies in the upper part of. Collection consists of one estate cash book and bundles of miscellaneous papers, including. Store 28 apr april 1898 southampton name book of the part of the parish of monzievaird and strowan on the 12500 scale in the county of perth the detached portions nos. Monzievaird and strowan parochial boardparish council this page summarises records created by this organisation the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.
Perthshire genealogy records genealogy and family history. Some indexes cover one parish and will be listed in the wiki on the parish page and some indexes are for the county as a whole. The distillery is hidden in the glen and its secluded location may have contributed to its early history as the site of several illicit bothy stills. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the county which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed. It was the culmination of a violent blood feud between the murray and drummond families. Monzievaird project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. View sold price history for this house and research neighbouring property values in carramar, wa 6031. Lists of proprietors of burial grounds at strowan, may 1765 and june 1794, and at monzievaird, august 1789. Production and characteredit at this stage more water is added to reduce the. The united parishes of monivaird and strowan are almost in the midst of perthshire, sixteen miles north west from stirling and thirteen miles west from perth.
Property data for 6 strowan pass, carramar, wa 6031. The bill must have been paid for on the 4th august, 1514 queen margaret tudor, daughter of henry vii of england and widow of james iv of scotland d. Extraction of baptisms for perth free middle 1845 1855. Perthshire death records perthshire page 1 rootschat. In 18824, frances groomes ordnance gazetteer of scotland described strowan like this. This record set contains 317 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. The scottish highland massacre of monzievaird took place on 21 october 1490, at the church of monzievaird, at ochtertyre, near hosh in perthshire. Media in category monzievaird and strowan the following 116 files are in this category, out of 116 total. The history and martial atchievements, of the robertsons. Perth and kinross council archive browse repositories. The following is from chronicles of strathearn by w. Monivaird and strowan, are united parishes in the district of east perth, county perth, scotland. Although feuding, murdering kin, and marrying enemies was commonplace for highlanders at the time, the massacre. Perth and kinross council archive the national archives.
The castle stands on high ground next to loch monzievaird on a. We are adding hundreds of thousands of extracted historical records to our website including rolls of male heads of families, baptismal and. Free historical records from monzievaird and strowan parish in perthshire, scotland. The history and martial atchievements, of the robertsons of strowan. A volume of them was published surreptitiously shortly after his death, and an abridged edition appeared at edinburgh in 1785but without a date on the titlepageunder the title the history and martial atchievements of the robertsons of strowan, and the poems on various subjects and occasions by hon. John mcnaughton b 1821 in fortingall son of malcolm mcnaughton and margaret campbell, school teacher, m 31 may 1859 in lurg, monzievaird and strowan to janet ferguson, b 1823 in monzievaird, dtr of donald ferguson and janet mcdougal, res 1861 dundas st. The edition for saturday 30th october contained quite a long description of the dedication, which took place the previous sunday ie. Please note that not every parish bears the name of the largest town or village in the area. The distillery was officially established in 1775, but the distillery had previously been under the control of illicit distillers, who sought to avoid paying taxes to england, since 1717. Castle cluggy castle in monzievaird and strowan, perthshire. If any stone indicates a birth, marriage or death pre1855 then the stone will be recorded in its entirety. Session book includes some proclamations and mortcloth dues, 17011748. The village of monzie pronounced mon ee is a couple of miles to the eastnortheast. Monivaird and strowan scottish parish 1851 census of great britain, table 1, population abstract.
Toshach castle strathearn stronghold of the clan macintosh. Notes on ochtertyre by sir patrick peter murray 1812. But the name seems to have disappeared by the 1860s. Apart from the historical and religious fascination of the old church in its. My subject is, therefore, the earliest historical inroad into strathearn the. Monzievaird and strowan parish church monzievaird, perthshire. Today it is home to a substantial bat colony and additional roosting facilities were installed as part of the works. Perthshire the society for scottish family history. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against.
He was the son of 5th earl of monzievaird edward toscheach. Monumental inscriptions, cemeteries and graveyards of perthshire. In 1930 the civil parish system was replaced and monzievaird was put in the highland district of perthshire. Monzievaird and strowan school board monzievaird, perthshire morrisons academy, crieff crieff, perthshire mountain bothies association cupar, fife. Now owned by british railways board residuary, the tunnel structure number bqb38 benefited from a programme of repairs to its brickwork in the late noughties. The toshes or toshachs of monzievaird were derived from the thanes of strowan the highland clans, sir ian moncreiffe. Also, i go over a few of the differences between scotch and bourbon. Monzievaird and strowan scottish parish 1951 census of scotland, table 1, comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931, for burghs, districts of counties and cps. Monzievaird and strowan records lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e. I lost a book belonging to mr charles stewart in perth, namely, the history of the family of strowan, and some other branches of that family, all excepting the leud family which i never conceived to be robertsons at all. John murray, 3rd duke of atholl and george murray were his brothers.
Kempe surname onename study worldwide family history tree and genealogy. The glenturret distillery is located on the banks of the turret river two miles north west of crieff in perthshire, scotland. Strowan, a mansion in monzievaird and strowan parish, upper strathearn, perthshire, near the right bank of the earn, 3 miles w of crieff. A guinness book of world record holder, with a record that may never be broken. Old parochial registers for monzie, moneydie, monzievaird and strowan.
Church of strowan, monzievaird monzievaird and strowan. Monzievaird and strowan parochial boardparish council. His mother was amelia, daughter and heiress of james murray, a surgeon, of strowan. Yasser seirawan has 23 books on goodreads with 49 ratings.
Some of these notes later incorporated in family book by sir pm of o. In 1890 it was placed within the civil parish of monzievaird and strowan. The family history library has countywide census placename indexes for perthshire for 1881. Robertson, alexander dnb00 wikisource, the free online. Clathick estate sometimes spelled clathic is situated in monzievaird and strowan parish, perthshire. Monzievaird and strowan parish records genealogy and family. Monzievaird and strowan records genealogy and family history in. The history and martial atchievements, of the robertsons of. Perthshire monumental inscriptions, cemeteries and graveyards. Mar 22, 20 the edition for saturday 30th october contained quite a long description of the dedication, which took place the previous sunday ie. Map of strowan, christchurch, new zealand with street names and local businesses. Castle cluggy is in the parish of monzievaird and strowan and the.
This book has been written in connection with a bazaar held in crieff in the month of. The date at which this union took place is not known, but in the year 1702 the commission of teinds, at the request of the general assembly, made additions, quoad sacra, from the parishes of monzievaird, strowan, and muthill, and annexed a portion of the parish of comrie lying upon the north side of loch earn, also quoad sacra to the parish of. Monzievaird and strowan, perthshire, scotland genealogy. Strowan was a parish in its own right until the 1600s when it amalgamated with the adjoining parish of monzievaird to become monzievaird and strowan. Mungo gow died in auchterarder, perth, scotland at the age of 80 years in 1869. Glenturret distillery crieff local business facebook. History of monzievaird, in perth and kinross and perthshire. Parish church of monzievaird was demolished to clear site for mausoleum, foundation stone of do. Although feuding, murdering kin, and marrying enemies was commonplace for highlanders at the time, the massacre was nevertheless notorious and sensational in its day. History of strowan, in perth and kinross and perthshire. Ak bell library 28 york place perth scotland ph2 8ep. Records ordnance survey name books perthshire os name books, 1859. Sep 23, 20 the toshachs of monzievaird pronounced mony vaird. I employed different persons to try and get another copy of this book and to no effect.
Qfhs films on extended loan queensland family history. Presbytery that, having now completed the register of the presbytery, which had been ten years behind the minute book, and brought it up to the present date, the. Page 77 volume 60 os12560 date stamp ordnance survey m. Guide to scotland with a blog, photos, and extensive information on castles, pictish history, ancient sites, accommodation, food and drink, car hire. The board of supervision was established under the 1845 poor law act. The high hills to either side of the distillery were thought to act as lookout points for the smugglers. The project gutenberg etext of chronicles of strathearn. Perthshire records genealogy and family history in scotland. Author of church history of scotland and other works. The church that exists was erected on the site of an even earlier structure dating back into the mists of time and was in probability constructed in the early 17 th century. Without tangible bias, it simply explores what happened and shines a light on the forgotten heroes of arguably australias most culturally defining event, in the process reminding us that above anything else the siege of glenrowan was a traumatising, horrific experience for those who were there a long way from the glorious legend. Monzievaird is a place in scotland, situated 2 miles 3 km west of crieff in highland district of perth and kinross. The project gutenberg etext of chronicles of strathearn, by various. Strowan church dates back to medieval times, and was rebuilt in 1632 and 1684.