A history of the Stenhouse family
Stenhouse, Bruce1999
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This is an important new publication not only for those interested in the family of Stenhouse, of Fife origin, as it also includes much absorbing historical information. Join Commander Joseph Russell Stenhouse in command of the 'Aurora' as part of Sir Ernest Shakleton's last expedition to the Antarctic and see how they survived being held firm in the pack ice for nine long months. Travel with Dr John Maitland Stenhouse up the Nile in the Egyptian royal yatch to Assouan with Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, Prince Leopold and Princess Ena. Meet Empress Eugenie, the widow of Napolean III. Witness the horrors of the First World War with major Herbert Wilson Stenhouse. Anthony Maitland Stenhouse's influence on the early Mormon Church in Canada was important and he created problems for the LDS Church by advocating polygamy and was the cause of a change of law in Canada. Stenhouses went to India in 1822, to Australia in 1839, to Canada in 1855 and to New Zealand in 1865. Another Joseph Stenhouse built many famous sailing ships at Woodyard, Dumbarton, Scotland. Witness the last days of Lieutenant William Stenhouse in Dominica where he saw the combined fleets of France and Spain under villeneuve ready for action which Nelson later fought. Our knowledge of this family starts when Robert, William and John Stenhouse each acquired a portion of the lands of Dunfermline Abbey on the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1560s. Their descendants were originally mostly farmers, and later became soldiers, doctors, bakers and merchants.
Main title:
A history of the Stenhouse family / by Bruce Stenhouse & Denis Stenhouse.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Scottish Genealogy Society, 1999.
Collation:
xi,343p : coat of arms, geneal. tables, map ; 30 cm + 1 computer disk
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0901061735
Local class:
FH/STEFH920STE
Language:
English
BRN:
3434755
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