| Daviot is located north-west of Aberdeen, near to Inverurie and
Oldmeldrum,
and is one of the many parishes of Aberdeenshire, now part of the
Grampian region. |
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| James Clark was Reverend
and schoolmaster in Daviot, Aberdeenshire in 1841. He is recorded in the !841 Census as a schoolmaster, aged 40,
living at the Schoolhouse, Daviot with his family. |
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| Daviot Church |
| (photograph by Barclay Craig 2005) |
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| Education in Scotland during the early 19th century was thought
to be better
than in England due to the establish of schools in each parish. James Clark was the schoolmaster at the school in Daviot. The schoolmaster was often the clerk of the Kirk (church)
who prepared local records. |
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| Daviot
School |
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| Many Clark family members have named their houses, businesses
or premises after Daviot. |
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Location of Daviot, Aberdeenshire
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| A map showing the location of Daviot in Aberdeenshire |
(Daviot, Aberdeenshire should not be confused with another
village of Daviot, near Inverness, in Scotland.) |
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1841 Census of Daviot, Aberdeen
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| Living at the Schoolhouse, Daviot, Aberdeen. |
Surname
|
Forename
|
Sex
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Age |
Occupation |
Born |
| Clark |
James |
M |
40 |
Schoolmaster |
Aberdeenshire |
| |
Elspet |
F |
14 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
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William |
M |
12 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
| |
David |
M |
9 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
| |
Anne |
F |
7 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
| |
George |
M |
5 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
| Anderson |
Janet |
F |
20 |
Female servant |
Aberdeenshire |
| Thomson |
Robert |
M |
15 |
Agricultural labourer |
Aberdeenshire |
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| James Clark (d. 18th August 1849) and his wife Catherine Clark,
nee Lyon, (died
17th April 1836) are both buried at Daviot, Aberdeenshire. |
ANESFHS Monumental Index for James
and Catherine at Daviot.
Full ANESFHS
Monumental Inscriptions (gravestones) in Aberdeenshire.
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James's youngest son, George (d. 30th June 1866), his eldest daughter Elspet (Elsie) who married William Barclay
and died 19th April 1877, are also buried at Daviot. |
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| The parish is bounded N and NE by Fyvie, E by Old Meldrum, SE by
Bourtie,
SW and W by Chapel of Garioch, and NW by Rayne. |
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Adjacent kirkyard/parishes to Daviot are:-
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Bourtie |
| L |
Chapel of Garioch |
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Culsalmond |
| CL |
Fyvie |
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Insch |
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Keithhall |
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Kinkell |
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Kintore |
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Logie Mar |
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Millbrex |
| C |
Monymusk |
| L |
New Machar |
| C |
Oldmeldrum |
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Udny |
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Woodhead/Fyvie |
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| (note C=likely relevant Clark families, L=likely relevant Lyon families) |
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| Full ANESFHS
Monumental Inscriptions (gravestones) in Aberdeenshire. |
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| see also - “The History of the Parish of daviot” by George H. Sinclair
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Administrative/Biographical History
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| The estate of Mounie, situated 3 miles north west of Oldmeldrum,
Aberdeenshire, was in the hands of the Seton family from 1714 until
1970, when Mounie Castle was sold and the family papers deposited
in Aberdeen University Library. |
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| For details of the family's history see George Seton, History of
the Family of Seton (Edinburgh: Constable, 1896) and Dorothy Johnston,
Letters and Papers of the Setons of Mounie, Aberdeenshire, including
the Papers of Dr James Anderson (1739-1808), AUL MS 2787 , Reports
and Surveys of Archives in Northern Scotland Northern Scotland , 5
(1982), 71-79. Scope and Content Mounie estate papers Inventories,
1716 - 1835; deeds of title, 1690 - 1847; maps, surveys and valuations,
1771 - 1859, including plans and sketch of Mounie Castle, 1859; legal
papers, 1700 - 1891, including papers relating to the claim of Glack
to use the mosses, 1700 - 1864, and papers relating to the Fingask
and Glack marches, 1771, 1871, 1891; rentals and papers concerning
leases, 1763 - 1901, including valuations and inventories of bigings
and houses let on the estate, 1703 - 1735; estate and household accounts,
and miscellaneous financial papers, 1714 - 1832; receipts for public
burdens, 16th c - 1865; correspondence concerning estate management,
principally from James Allan, factor, to Alexander Anderson Seton
(1770 - -850), 1797 - 1852, including some rentals and accounts; papers
relating to Daviot church, stipend, schoolhouse and burdens of heritors,
1723 - 1893. |
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