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Oor Ain Folk

By Roz, on November 25th, 2006%

One of the items we received last week was the book “Oor Ain Folk” by the Hon James Inglis. It’s subtitled “Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot Auld Times” and was published in 1894.

I’ve finished reading it and enjoyed it very much. It concentrates on James’s father, the Reverend Robert Inglis, and his part in the “Disruption” of the Scottish Church in 1843, as well as a collection of anecdotes about his family and other characters in and around Glenesk (or Lochlee). Most (non-family) anecdotes seem to revolve around whisky, the drinking of . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk

November 25th, 2006 | One comment

Thomas Chalmers and John Knox

By John, on November 4th, 2006%

Just noticed on Friday night that two of Rev. Robert Inglis’ sons, John Knox and Thomas Chalmers, shared their first names with two notable Scottish churchmen. John Knox is known as the father of the Church of Scotland and may have been a “hero” of the Rev. Inglis while Thomas Chalmers started the Free Church in 1843. Rev. Robert Inglis was probably one of the 470 clergyman who broke away from the general assembly and joined him (in the 1851 census he is living in the Free Church Cottage and occupied as a Free Church Minister).

November 4th, 2006 | Leave a comment

Alexander Brand Inglis

By Roz, on October 31st, 2006%

Task: To consolidate and confirm data regarding Alexander Brand Inglis

The weekend threw up loads up extra information on the Inglis family, which John dealt with. I chose therefore to take what we had learnt from secondary sources on the internet (especially rootsweb.com) and build up a better and more solid picture of Colin Inglis’ father Alexander Brand Inglis.

Firstly, looking at the rootsweb.com data from the other researcher I realised that we had his birth date and baptism date mixed up, so we rectified that. He was actually born on 26th January 1839. Also, according to the rootsweb.com . . . → Read More: Alexander Brand Inglis

October 31st, 2006 | Leave a comment
 
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