Artist
Records tagged with Keywords: Artist
Jessie M King
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 16 July 2012 - 3:04pm
Revised: 19 November 2014 - 2:32pm — admin
Other names:
Jessie M King; Mistress E. A. Taylor; Jessie M. Taylor; Jessie Marion Taylor
Dates:
20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949
Jessie was born at the Manse in the Parish of New Kilpatrick , Dunbartonshire (now Bearsden, part of Glasgow) on 20th March, 1875, daughter of Reverend James Wat(t)ers King (Church of Scotland Minister at New Kilpatrick Church) and Mary Anne Anderson (married on 6th April, 1869),
Dorothy Dunnett
Submitted by admin on 4 March 2012 - 10:05pm
Revised: 9 March 2012 - 2:30pm — admin
Title:
OBE
Other names:
Maiden name: Halliday
Dates:
Born 25 August 1923, died 9 November 2001
Dorothy Halliday was the daughter of Evelyn Millard, and Alick Halliday, a mining engineer. She was educated at James Gillespie’s High School, Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art. From 1940 to 1946 she was assistant press officer for Scottish Government Departments and worked for the Board of Trade in Glasgow. In 1946 she married Alistair Dunnett (1908–98), author, playwright and editor of The Scotsman from 1956. They had two children. From 1950 she was a professional portrait painter.
Violet Jacob
Submitted by Scottish Senior... on 13 November 2011 - 9:12pm
Revised: 9 March 2012 - 2:17pm — admin
Other names:
Maiden name Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine
Dates:
Born 1 September 1863, died 9 September 1946
Born at the family home, the House of Dun, near Montrose, Violet was the eldest of three surviving daughters of Catherine Jones, and William Henry Kennedy-Erskine, 18th Laird of Dun.
Catherine Watson
Submitted by Scottish Senior... on 13 November 2011 - 8:57pm
Revised: 3 May 2012 - 11:53am — admin
Other names:
Kate
Dates:
Born 1870, died 28 July 1889
Catherine Watson, daughter of Henry Watson, shipbroker of Glasgow, swam out to sea to rescue two boys and a girl, the sons and daughter of a solicitor of Melrose (Mr Curle), who had been swept out to sea by the tide at North Berwick. She had just been bathing herself and was dressing when she tried to rescue the children, but died in the attempt. The children were saved by the coastguard.
