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Robert Burns

... descended from Walter Burnes of Glenbervie. Their great-greatgreat-great-grandfather and Robert Burns, our national poet, were third cousins. It is from Bogjurgan that the family, now rendered famous by the genius of Robert Burns, sprang. ...

Published: Friday 19 January 1979
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 146 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Robert Burns

... Robert Burns. O, infinite capacity for song, Heart-stirring, mirth-provoking pipe of Pan, That beralded the brotherhood of man, And championed peasants in redress of wrong Thou sweet discourser of immortal song, By loving kindness swayed for brither man ...

Published: Friday 23 January 1914
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Robert Burns

... Robert Burns. [By DorLy Ross, Laurencekirk.] Surely there was never such another character as “Auld Coila’s Bard,” Robbie Burns? Where in all the pages of fiction or history can we find another being whose life is so interesting, so romantic, so brilliant ...

Published: Friday 30 January 1914
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1747 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DESCENDANT OF ROBERT BURNS

... DESCENDANT OF ROBERT BURNS There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr Charles Burness, Craigwell bank, Inverbervie, who died at the age o ninetv-four vears, The funeral was U« -l'l;'r\i'l- (‘hul.'vh,\’;ml M Gill officiated. and the Rev. Neil For ...

Published: Thursday 15 March 1934
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ROBERT BURNS CONNECTION

... ROBERT BURNS CONNECTION Through his father’s mother, who was a Burness, he is cfirectly descended from the grandparents of Robert Burns. His maternal great-grandfather was a minister and became the first Free Church minister at Edzell after the Disruption ...

Published: Friday 22 March 1974
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Robert Burns and the North-East—Continued

... Robert Burns and the North-East—Continued BOGJORGAN, Glenbervie, was the home of Walter Burnes, the first paternal ancestor of the poet of whom anything is known, This thatched building, now a pigsty, is said by some authorities to have been the original ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1936
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 210 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

THE FAMILY TREE OF ROBERT BURNS

... THE FAMILY TREE OF ROBERT BURNS Robert Burns (born January 25, 1759, at Alloway, near Ayr; died July 21, 1796, at lumfries) was the son of a native of Kincardine, William Burnes, and a Carrick woman, Agnes Broun, From his father, it has been ...

Published: Friday 13 January 1939
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 159 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Scotland’s Brightest Star Robert Burns 1759-1796

... Scotland’s Brightest Star Robert Burns 1759-1796 Through spoken word and lovely lyric song Kindled by flame within the poet's heart, God chose to bring a message from above To children of the Race in every part. His voice—ithe voice of wisdom when he ...

Published: Friday 23 January 1953
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 128 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

“T 0 THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF ROBERT BURNS ”’

... “T 0 THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF ROBERT BURNS ”’ STONEHAVEN STATION HOTEL CLUB’'S TRIBUTE Y ‘{ Al e wy \ o 2 At the top table at the Stonehaven Station Hotel Club’s Burns Supper on Friday were (left to right): Mr €. C. kaston, MrsS llor James Wood, Mr John ...

Published: Friday 27 January 1961
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 236 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ROBERT BURNS AND HIS FAMILY LINKS WITH KINCARDINESHIRE

... ROBERT BURNS AND HIS FAMILY LINKS WITH KINCARDINESHIRE Read About His Present-Day Stonehaven Descendants In An Article Specially Researched And Written For The Leader by ARCHIBALD WATT on Page 9. Flanked by Mrs J. W. Christie, who carried it in, and ...

Published: Friday 19 January 1979
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

‘“ Mearns Leader’’ Burns Souvenir ROBERT BURNS AND THE NORTH-EAST

... ‘“ Mearns Leader’’ Burns Souvenir ROBERT BURNS AND THE NORTH-EAST A.\IID the spate of Burns oratory which this season annually finds sweeping the English-speaking world only passing reference, if even that, is made to the deep-rooted connection of our ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1936
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

ROBERT BURNS WAS NOT AN ALCOHOLIC SAYS MONTROSE SPEAKER AT EDZELL

... ROBERT BURNS WAS NOT AN ALCOHOLIC SAYS MONTROSE SPEAKER AT EDZELL A company of 130 attended a Burns supper held by Edzell Social Club in the Glenesk Hotel on Tuesday evening. Proposing ‘“The Immortal Memory”, ex-Provost J. Butchart, Montrose, said that ...

Published: Friday 28 January 1966
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 161 | Page: 8 | Tags: none