Benefactor

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Isabel Hunter

Dates: 
Died approx 1648

Nothing is known of this woman, other than that she was the widow of John Dawson, and that she left a bequest to assist plague victims.

Unlike many of the mortification boards, Isabel Hunter's board displays no crest. She was not part of the aristocracy.

Sources
Aberdeen Before 1800, A New History
See Chapter Three, particularly page 86 and footnote 106.

Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone

Title: 
Lady Burnett of Leys
Dates: 
1764-1849

She was the daughter of Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone and Mary Elphinstone. She married Sir Robert Burnett of Leys in 1785. Their family home was Crathes Castle. They had nine children. Sir Robert died in 1837.

In 1838, Lady Burnett founded a school in Banchory, which had an average attendance of 65 pupils.

She died in 1849.

Elspet Donaldson

Dates: 
Born approx 1615. Died 9 July 1685.

Elspet Donaldson married James Milne, merchant burgess of Aberdeen on 8 July 1641. He died 14 Nov 1677. She died 9 July 1685. They are buried in St Nicholas graveyard.

Katherine Rolland

Dates: 
Christened 18 May 1589. Died 25 Dec 1659.

Katherine Rolland was the youngest of five children of John Rolland of Disblair and Nanse Duwe. In addition to the family home at Disblair, the Rolland family owned a twin gabled house in Castle Street, Aberdeen. This building, known as Rolland's Lodging, was demolished in 1935.

Sources
Silver City Vault
Photo of Rolland's Lodging, Katherine Rolland's family's town house.
Merchant and Craft Guilds by Ebeneezer Bain, p144

Isobel Donaldson

Other names: 
Her married surname was Duncan.
Dates: 
died approx 1678

She was married to John Duncan and had the following children; Isobel, baptised 1639, Jean, baptised 1643, Bessie, baptised 1649, Rachel, baptised 1653, John, baptised 1658, all in Aberdeen. Her husband predeceased her.

Isobel Couts

Dates: 
died approx 1636

The executor to her will was her sister's son, Patrick Dovie, burgess of Aberdeen.

There is a reference in her will to the Jaffrey family, to which she may have been related.

Katherine Mar Fairburn Bibby

Other names: 
Her maiden name was Wink.
Dates: 
Born approx 1883.

The wife of Herbert Carless Bibby, Katherine Mar Fairburn Bibby gave her house Blackfriars Haugh to Elgin when the family moved to Mombasa, Kenya. It was used as a pre-nursing centre, but is now a hotel, the Mansion House Hotel.

Sources
"Right Up Your Street in Elgin" by John G. Sutherland

Mary Elmslie

Other names: 
Her maiden name was Calder. Her surname is sometimes given as Emslie.
Dates: 
1780- 9 Nov 1868

Mary Elmslie was left a wealthy widow in 1833. She purchased two acres of land on the west side of Aberdeen, and built and endowed the Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum. This institution housed fifty girls, who were trained for domestic service.

Sources
Fraser and Lee, "Aberdeen 1800-2000; A New History" p331.

Janet Wallace

Other names: 
Her maiden name was Weir.
Dates: 
1835-1902

Janet Weir was the daughter of John Weir, farmer, Dunbeath and Janet Baird. She was born on 1st September 1835 at Old Monkland, Lanarkshire. She had a twin brother, William, who may have died in childhood.

Janet Weir married David Wallace on 23 April 1857. The couple had five children, one of whom died in infancy. David Wallace purchased the Glassingall estate in 1875. Janet was widowed in 1877. Between 1889 and 1893 she was the driving force behind the restoration of Dunblane Cathedral.

She died in 1902.

One of her grandsons, Euan, was the first husband of Idina Sackville.

Katherine Duff

Title: 
Lady Drummuir
Other names: 
Both her maiden and married names were Duff.
Dates: 
born c. 1669, died 1758.

Katherine Duff was the daughter and heir of Adam Duff of Drummuir. However, when she inherited the estate it was burdened with debt. The Duff family encouraged her marriage to Alexander Duff, who paid off the debts. Alexander Duff served as M.P. for Inverness. The couple had a large family. Alexander Duff died in 1726. Their eldest son, Robert, was weak-minded, and Katherine Duff managed the estate on her son's behalf.
Lady Drummuir was noted for her charity and carried a purse full of coppers to give to the poor.

Sources
Historic Inverness, by A.G. Pollitt
Published 1981. See pp 96-99
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