walter dennistoun

[Forfarian]

It is indeed.

Patrick Sellar's grave is less than 10 miles from where I live.

Walter Dennistoun Sellar's father was born in Golspie and died in Dumfries.

He himself was born in St Andrews and buried at Rescobie. He was taken to Clocksbriggs on his way to be buried, and I remember Clocksbriggs as an active station and level crossing on the Forfar-Arbroath railway line. There is a rather garbled family story that my late grandmother gave up driving a car after her very first attempt, which ended rather ignominiously when she and an unfortunate cow tried to use the Clockbriggs level crossing at the same time, but I was never able to establish the truth or otherwise of that story because it was one of many topics she refused to speak about .... nothing like getting off-topic, is there?

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3151124
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/215654

[Skoosh]

There are tales of guys visiting Sellar's grave at Elgin to pay their "Respects!" 

Skoosh.

[Forfarian]

So I gather; I think the definition of 'respects' in this case may be a little more elastic than what one normally understands it to mean.

I also see that someone has left a candle in his memory of FindAGrave.

[MonicaL]

 Strange coincidence therefore to find a Loch/Sellar connection at this house in the 1930's?
 Dennistoun was an old Glasgow family with a suburb named after them, possible connection?

Walter's grandfather was Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill, from the noted Glasgow family. Alexander's daughter Eleanor was the one who married into the Sellar family (William Young Sellar). Some notes here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dennistoun

Monica

[Skoosh]

Cheers Monica, went to school in Dennistoun, now apparently regarded as one of the trendiest places to live!
 Unusual for Glasgow, the Walkinshaws of Barrowfield & the Dennistouns had Jacobite sympathies, doesn't seem to have done them any harm however!

https.gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou052.htm

Bests,
Skoosh.

[lyndsey86]

Thanks to everyone for replying, very interesting information. I am wondering if anyone can help with a Dr Richardson who lived in Drylaw house, looked on the valuation rolls but they only go up to 1940 on S/P.

[Skoosh]

Yes Lyndsey, I knew Dr Richardson, he told me the Drylaw story, will send a PM to you!

Skoosh.

[MonicaL]

The world is certainly small, Skoosh!

Monica

[MonicaL]

Can I ask, was Dr Richardson the Assoc Prof Dr Stan Richardson at Edinburgh Uni (Mathematics)? If so, there an obit for him here https://issuu.com/thejournal/docs/the-journal---edinburgh-issue-007

Monica