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In 1795
David Scott, was
a soldier in the
Angus Volunteers when he and Sarah
Jean
Dalgity were married in Forfar,
Angus,
Scotland. David left
Scotland to join the Royal
Artillery first
as a gunner in Woolwich England, and eventually was
posted as Sergeant David Scott to Halifax,
Nova Scotia in 1801. Despite meeting tragic
circumstances there, the family became
established in North America. A
Family from Forfar is the central narrative
telling of their life and that
of their descendants. There has now been ten
generations since their arrival and HomePort
attempts to share
the ongoing story.
Fàilte - or welcome, in Gaelic. |
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The work of brothers Dr. Walter Dill Scott (1869-1955), a President of Northwestern University, Dr. John Adams Scott (1867-1947) a Northwestern Classics Professor, continue to have an influence through their published work. Homeport is pleased to host biographies, pictures and links to their work. Scott of Northwestern the biography of Walter Dill Scott, has been out of print for many years but is available in web format on HomePort, as is the magazine article called Northwestern's Number One Alumnus. |
| Articles
by
Rev.
John R. Scott (1909-1958) - Starting in a log cabin
with a
saddle
horse in the Canadian North, Rev. Jack Scott's ministry in
the United
Church
of
Canada included the east and west coasts of Canada, as
well as Scotland and
naval
chaplaincy. Included is a brief
biography. |
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The discovery of connections between two main family branches is told through Finding Lost Connections: Thomas F. Scott as well as a biography of Thomas Forester Scott (1822-1910).Thomas was a leading Pittsburgh, Methodist layman; the obituary of his wife, Martha (Taylor) Scott (1824-1908) provide additional family information. |
| Annie Elizabeth Scott (1857-1936) and Alice Sterling Scott (1862-1945) lived as maiden aunts on a Nova Scotia farm after Annie left her teaching career. Despite the limitations living as unmarried sisters, their dreams were not circumscribed by their own village. Annie's art and the quotations she recorded from literature indicate broader interests. They became integral to the farm operation and influenced their nephews, Rev. Jack Scott (1909-1958) and Frederic Charles Gilmore Scott (1911-2010) to lives of social and political action. The Kitchen of Ideas is a brief look at the roles women like Annie and Alice played in influencing a generation credited with advancing the social conscience within Canada. |  |
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A picture hangs in our home which was given to me in 2000. At that time, only one of the people in the picture was know. I recognized two more individuals from historic pictures, and the search began to learn the rest of the names. Scanned and placed on the website, I received a call one day in November 2004 from an unknown relative in Boston who had discovered the picture on the website. An identical copy of the picture hung on her wall and it was her father, grandmother and her great grandparents that were included in the picture. The other were related to these individuals. Thus began a new connection with another branch of the family. Read about the picture of the Boston Scotts, c1910. |
To a child, the discovery of a real sword in the attic of our home in Wolfville Nova Scotia, was an exciting childhood mystery. It became an object of great interest and I asked if I could place it in my bedroom. I knew little of its history - it was years later, I learned from my uncle how my father had first acquired it. Still the sword in the attic had not much known history, until with the help of military historians we were able to fill in more blanks and the artifact took on new meaning. This was a sword from the 1790's - British military issue of the time as our family progenitor would have worn this exact model. Following the trail of ownership, it is very possible that Serg. David Scott's Royal Artillery sword had remained in family hands for over 200 years. |
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Alexander Dill Scott (1860-1945) established himself in California in 1883, moving from Nova Scotia by train, with a group of Nova Scotia relatives and neighbours. Documentation of the journey was recorded. "Dill" as he was known, named the community where he settled and his life in the village of Novato, CA in 1906 was documented by his son Alger Scott in a Christmas album sent to his grandmother in Nova Scotia. The thirty images at the dawn of home photography move beyond the artificial studio poses and tell of everyday events in the town, family store and their home, providing a documentation of family and village life in Northern California in 1906. |
The story of Alexander Dill Scott's daughter, Jessie Helen Scott, and her childhood in both Nova Scotia and California is told through her biography, in pictures and through a Christmas story called 1894-95 Concert in Ste. Croix. |
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Although a verified
link
to the
ancestors of Sir
Walter
Scott of Abbotsford, (1771-1832) has eluded research,
family
tradition of 200 years maintains that a connection existed
between
Serg.
David
Scott who was married in Forfar in 1795 and Sir
Walter.
Whether
the connections was kinship through a shared ancestral
line, or
more
distant clanship - remains a mystery, yet the quotation of
Sarah Jean Dalgity, the widow of Serg. David Scott,
remains clear
"always remember Sir Walter Scott was a relative".
Over
the years
several family
members have been named Walter Scott, carrying on the name
within the family. Although personal
documentation before the 1700's is rare,
those with an interest in ancient Scott lines may find
the, Border
Clan
Scott genealogy
which covers 29 generations over 900 years, of interest.
The derivation of the Scott surname is told through an
article on the Scotts
of
Buccleuch. We were pleased to join family members
in Scotland for Clan Scott reunions in 2009 and 2014,
and to stay in Abbotsford the home built by Sir Walter.
We hope that others will take advantage of these
opportunities to experience Scotland among family and
clan members; Clan Scott discussions are
already underway with Abbotsford staff regarding the
celebration of Sir Walter's 250th birthday in 2021.
Hoping to see you there.
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| As a
regular columnist for Stag & Thistle the
publication of Clan Scott Society , I
would encourage people to consider membership in Clan
Scott Society. |
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