Spring Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Invergowrie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Invergowrie, situated 2½ miles West of Dundee, in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Said to have been a royal point of embarkation, at which King Alexander I planned to build a palace, Invergowrie was gifted to the monks of Scone in the Middle Ages. Its church, now known as Dargie Church, was allegedly founded by St. Bonifacius in the 8th Century and in the ancient churchyard are two large stones known as the Yowes of Gowrie. Invergowrie toll house stands nearby on the south side of the former Perth to Dundee turnpike road.
George Matthews Hutton was born on 28th January 1891 in Invergowrie. His father was James Hutton, an architect, and his mother was Margaret or Maggie Calder, a teacher at the Orphanage on Broughty Ferry Road. They were married in 1876. Aside from George and the three girls they also had a son called James Gray Hutton. They lived at Cedar Villa in Station Road) which was designed and built by dad James. Sadly he didn’t get to live there for very long as in a tragic accident James Hutton senior drowned whilst swimming at Montrose. After the father’s death, Margaret and the 5 children moved to 304 Perth Road and then on to Blackness Avenue in Dundee. All 5 children attended Invergowrie Primary School and then Harris Academy, with James going to Dundee High School in 1898. George then studied as a Civil Engineer at Dundee Technical College until 1913. He joined the army in 1914 or possibly early 1915. At first he was a Corporal with the Scottish Horse, then transferred to the Black Watch and was then commissioned to the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant. After his transfer to the Royal Engineers he was involved with building roads in Salonika and water supply in France under the C R E Calvary Corps. Sadly his brother James, who had moved to London, England, and joined the London Scottish regiment was killed in November 1914. George was demobbed in early 1919 and returned to the City Engineers Officer and to his mother’s house on Blackness Avenue, where he lived in June 1921. He was married to Annie Kidd MacKenzie from Downfield. They went on to have six children over the next 14 years; James, Margaret, George, Elizabeth, Kenneth and Ronald. The couple moved to Hospital Wynd and then on to Albany Terrace and finally Burn Street in Downfield. By 1929 George was listed as being an assistant to the City Engineer in Dundee. George oversaw what was to be the start of a great period of change for Dundee. and died in January 1954 at the age of 62.
Alexander Clayhills of Invergowrie was born on 14th of January 1796 and died on 18th of June 1865, he was the second child of James Menzies Clayhills, born 1753, died 1825, and Henrietta Henderson Kinloch, born 1764, died 1861. The couple married in Edinburgh on 4th Dec 1785. Although having inherited his father’s estate, together with the mansion of Invergowrie House, Alexander Clayhills, of Invergowrie would appear also to have had a town residence at different times, within Dundee. The family of Clayhills of Invergowrie has a long history going back to the 17th century, although not in a direct line. They include prominent merchants in Dundee and members of the Guildry Incorporation. In the 18th century. Alexander Clayhills was a Justice of the Peace for the Dundee District of the County of Angus. Through this, he was involved in the establishment of a Patriotic Fund for the Widows and Orphans of Fallen Soldiers in 1854. His charitable works were numerous. In the previous year, he had been a subscriber to the Dundee Public Buildings Association. He was a Harbour Trustee, as well as assisting in the proceedings involved in the building of a Corn Exchange and People’s Hall for Dundee, in 1856. He was also involved with the collection of subscriptions for a memorial to the Prince Consort in 1862. Alexander Clayhills died 18 June 1865, at the age of 69, at Invergowrie House. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip