Earlier this summer I visited Bonskeid to remember Robert Fowler Barbour who died in infancy. He was the first of the family to be buried in the [private] Bonskeid burial ground:
It was Robert’s grandfather, George Freeland Barbour of Bonskeid who created the family burial ground. It sits high above the river Tummel and has a winding path up to it. This is a sketch of Robert’s grandfather. He has a kindly face.
15 July 1884, Edinburgh Review: a giant Ash tree:
5 June 1891, Montrose Standard: seven years after Robert’s death, his father died as a result of tuberculosis:
Reverend Robert William Barbour (1854-1891): who also has a kindly face:
Robert William Barbour: His early life involved a close relationship with his grandmother Mrs Stewart Sandeman. Growing up a shy, inward looking boy, something happened in a way of crisis which propelled his religious life. He visited Bonskeid often and for a short while lived there with his wife Charlotte Rachel. In February 1891 he travelled to France, first to Mentone, though he was very weak, and then to Aix-les-Bains, where he died. His ashes were buried in the West Wood at Bonskeid alongside his infant son Robert
Nephew of Rev William Barbour: Dr Robert Freeland Barbour [1904-1989]:
