Translations

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Compeired = Appeared
Defunct = Deceased
Deponed = Testified
Diet = Meetings or examinations
Dittay = Statement of the charges
Fencibles = A soldier called up for home defence.
Liferentrix = A female life renter
Merk = a certain weight of gold and silver estimated in monetary terms and used as a money of account from early times with the value of two thirds of Scottish pound, or 13 shillings and 4 pence Scots. A silver coin of this denomination was coined at intervals from the reign of James VI in 1578 to that of Charles II
Mertimes = The Feast of St Martin, Nov. 11th
Pannells = Accused on trial
Presbytery = An ecclesiastical court made up of the minister and one ruling elder from each parish or congregation within a designated area
Presbyterian = This form of government, instituted by Calvin in Geneva in 1541, was introduced into Scotland by John Knox in the First Book of Discipline (1560) and reaffirmed by Andrew Melville in the Second Book of Discipline (1578), and after various vicissitudes was established as the official policy of the Church of Scotland in 1690 and confirmed by the Act of Union in 1707
Relict = Widow
Sederunt = The word used in minutes to introduce the list of names of those present at a meeting
Synod = One of the courts of the Presbyterian Church, consisting of the body of ministers and elders who are members of the Presbyteries in the province, and two representative members from each of the neighbouring synods. In the smaller bodies, the Free Presbyterian and Reformed Presbyterian Churches, which have no General Assembly, the Synod is the supreme court
Tack = A lease, tenancy
Whilk = Whole or Which
Aberdeen University Graduates 1860-1900 PDF Print E-mail

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Roll of Graduates, University of Aberdeen, 1860-1900
General Editor: Peter John Anderson, M.A., LL.B., Librarian to the University.



CRUICKSHANK, Adam Lind Paterson, M.A. 1889; M.B., CM. 1893.
S. of James C
b. Tyrie, 29th Apr. 1868.
Resident Medical Officer, British Hospital, Buenos Ayres ; Fraserburgh.

CRUICKSHANK, Alexander, LL.D. 1882.
S. of Professor John C. [LL.D. Mar. Coll. 1834];
b. Aberdeen, 21st Sep. 1819.
M.A. (hon. dist.) Mar. Coll. 1840.
Of very considerable scientific attainments, he was, owing to physical infirmity, unable to follow a profession.
Died in Aberdeen, 23rd Oct. 1897. 1st April 1898 his sister. Miss Anne Hamilton Cruickshank, being desirous of perpetuating his memory, founded and endowed the CRUICKSHANK Botanical Garden in Old Aberdeen for the furtherance of University interests and the public good.

CRUICKSHANK, Alexander, M.B., CM. 1896.
S. of Alexander C
b. Maud, Aberdeenshire, 1st July 1875.
Hatton, Aberdeenshire ; Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.

CRUICKSHANK, Alexander Brown, M.B., CM. 1899.
S. of George C
b. St. Nicholas, 24th July 1869.
Ilford, Essex.

CRUICKSHANK, Alexander Thomas, *M.A. 1891.
S. of James Smith C
b. Auchterless, 28th Feb. 1869.
Member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, admitted 1897.

CRUICKSHANK, Andrew, *M.A. 1899.
S. of Andrew C.
b. Old Deer, 8th Feb. 1878.
Assistant Master, Grove Academy, Broughty-Ferry, Forfarshire.

CRUICKSHANK, Andrew Henderson, M.A. 1881.
S. of George C.
b. Rathen, 16th Apr. 1858.
Incumbent, Episcopal Mission Church, Kenmore, Perthshire.
Died in Edinburgh, 2nd April 1887.

CRUICKSHANK, Brodie, M.A. 1866; *M.B., CM. 1869; M.D. 1877.
S. of Rev. James A. C. [M.A. King's Coll. 1823]
b. Mortlach, 18th July 1847.
Staff Assistant Surgeon, Army, afterwards Surgeon, Army Medical Department, 1st Apr. 1871 ; resigned 15th Aug. 1877. Nairn.

CRUICKSHANK, Charles Burr, M.A. 1893.
S. of Peter C. [M.A. 1865, q.v.].
b. Liff and Benvie, 11th Feb. 1872.
Chief electrician to the West India and Panama Telegraph Company.

CRUICKSHANK, Duncan Mearns, M.A. 1862.
S. of Robert C. [M.A. Kings Coll. 1824];
b. Dyce, 1st Jan. 1843-
Assistant Master, High School, Ernakolam, Cochin. Principal, Pachaiyappa's Coll., Madras. Principal, Rajah's Coll., Ernakolam,
retired 1903.

CRUICKSHANK, James, M.A. 1864.
S. of James C.
b. Huntly, 1843.
Died in 1866, whilst studying for the Indian Civil Service.

CRUICKSHANK, James, M.A. 1885.
S. of John C.
b. Daviot, 2nd Dec. 1864.
Principal, Royal Naval School, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hants.

CRUICKSHANK, James, M.A. 1888.
S. of James C.
b. Ellon, 18th Jan. 1866.
School Master, Glamis ; Robert Gordon's Coll., Aberdeen ; Kincardine
O'Neil ; Head Master, Public School, Aboyne.

CRUICKSHANK, James Bell, M.B., CM. 1893.
S. of John C.
b. Airlie, 11th Nov. 1871.
Manchester.

CRUICKSHANK, John, D.D. 1866.
Born, Fordyce, Banffshire.
M.A. King's Coll. 1827.
Murray Lecturer, King's Coll., 1827.
Minister of the Church of Scotland, ordained 1828.
Held charges in Quebec and Ottawa.
Minister of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, 1850.
Died in London, 13th June 1892, in his 90th year.

CRUICKSHANK, John Rodgers, M.A. 1883 ; *B.D. 1885.
S, of Alexander C.
b. Dyce, 29th Aug. 1861.
Minister of Stobo, Peeblesshire, 1891.

CRUICKSHANK, Peter, M.A. 1865.
S. of Peter C.
b. Methlick, 1844.
Head Master, Public School, Tarves, Aberdeenshire.
Died there, 19th Dec. 1902.

CRUICKSHANK, Robert, M.A. 1879.
S. of Alexander C.
b. Monymusk, 16th Aug. 1857.
Incumbent, afterwards Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, 1889.

CRUICKSHANK, Robert Watson, M.B., CM. 1895.
S. of Alexander C.
b. St. Nicholas, 16th Apr. 1870.
Eynsham, Oxon.

CRUICKSHANK, William, M.A. 1877.
S. of Andrew C.
b. Forgue, 27th June 1856.
Minister, F.C., Cluny, Aberdeenshire, 1883 ; F.C.,
afterwards U.F.C., Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, 1885.

CRUICKSHANK, William, M.B., CM. 1893.
S. of Alexander C.
b. Musselburgh, 31st Aug. 1871.
D.P.H. 1894; M.D. 1903.
Droitwich, Worcestershire ; Mozambique, East Africa ; Rotherhithe, London.

CRUICKSHANK, William, M.A. 1896 ; *B.D. 1899.
S. of James C.
b. Newhills, 29th June 1871.
Minister of Leslie, Aberdeenshire, 1903.

CRUICKSHANK, William Grant, M.A. 1875.
S. of John C.
b. Alves, 25th June 1853.
English Master, The Listitution, Dollar.

CRUICKSHANK, William Lewis Howe, M.A. 1897,
S. of James C.
b. Keith, 11th Dec. 1870.
Head Master, Public School, Premnay, Aberdeenshire, 1902.


* An asterisk placed above a degree means that the degree was obtained with honours.

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