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Thanks for the photo, we also have two other reports for George, who appeared to be an excellent student, one was signed by a Thomas Morrison and the other by an Edmund Boyd... I found a wonderful caricature of Thomas but nothing for Edmund..

....Thomas Morrison (d 1898) was Rector of the Free Church Normal Seminary 1852-1898.

Educated at King's College Aberdeen, Morrison became Rector of the Free Church School in Inverness before coming to the Seminary in Cowcaddens Street. He was the author of the Manual of School Management and The Scotch Training Colleges. In 1875 Morrison was elected President of the Educational Institute of Scotland.

Morrison's son Thomas succeeded him as Rector 1905-1908, and his brother Donald was the Rector of Glasgow Academy.

Reference: Mitchell Library, 920.04BAI
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

... Just for your information, George did not take up the teaching profession, he went on to study medicine at Glasgow Uni ...
George Valentine of Girvan Ayrshire. M.B. Glasgow. and C.M. 1873 (Uni Glasgow)

Many thanks I will take a look see what I can find... PV

On 25th November 1914 my husbands great Granduncle John Lauder French, a Wine and Spirit Merchants Manager, and a single man, is recorded as dying aged 45 at 32 Scotia Street Glasgow.

I was just googling the address and this Rootschat subject popped up... Hope you had success

Patricia
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I was hoping to find parents for Jean Watson. David and Jean named their first child John LAUDER Hislop and John had a preference for the surname Lauder... so I have been searching for a Watson/Lauder connection, I have located a marriage contract between an Alexander Watson and a Jean Lauder on 11th November 1767 with the marriage recorded in Cockpen on the 15th November.  Alexander from Kelso and Jean from Cockpen. Amongst their children was a daughter named Jean 1777 -   However, I have doubts about Alexander and Jean as trees on Ancestry connect this Jean to Sir Robert Lauder and as tempting as it may be I can't commit to this line without more evidence of which I am struggling to find.
Am I missing another marriage between a Watson and a Lauder?

Patricia

Hello ColC . thanks for the response. On the 1861 census David is recorded as being born Whirn (?) in 1791 living in Ladhope However his death cert says he was aged 80 at death making DOB 1788 father recorded as James Hislop no mother.. son John L Hislop present. Wife recorded as Jane Watson, she has also been recorded as Jean. I can only find a Jean Watson born to Alexander Watson and Jane lauder but not convinced this is the right person, I thought perhaps someone else may have a different idea on this couple.

Patricia