(St. Duthus) (1000-1065)

OK, I ain’t no saint BUT………. The ‘football’ team in Tain, the village of which St. Duthuc is the Patron Saint, has ‘St. Duffus’ on their jerseys. Yeah, try to buy one! I have……… no dice!

St. Duthuc, born in Tain, is said to have predicted a raid by the Danish Vikings, saving many lives in the area.

Tain is the oldest Burgh in Scotland (first charter in 1066). The Chapel of St. Duthuc was a point of pilgrimage for many years. When King Robert the Bruce was in retreat, he sent his wife and daughter here for ‘safe keeping’ but the forces of England violated the sanctuary of the church and took the women captive. Bruce’s daughter was hung over a castle wall, in England, in a cage for 7 years. His wife, the daughter of an Irish nobleman, fared a wee bit better.

 St. Duthuc reputedly died in Ireland but his remains were returned to Tain where they were interred in St. Duthuc’s Colligate Church in the 14^th century. Around 1560, during The Reformation, the church ‘disappeared’. Bummer!

Gordon D. Duffus

   From: <0301565@rgu.ac.uk> To: Subject: Hello Date: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:58 AM Hello i am Stefannie Isobel Sutherland, and i was wondering if there is a chance u may be able to tell me if these people r my ancestors?? Tel me information u might need and i'll get back to you with the details that way u may be able to tell me! i am 17 by the way my family is from Peterhead (Sutherland family that is) This would be much appreciated Thank You Stefannie Sutherland

Dear David,
"Butt Sicker" isn't Latin for Sutherland :-(
The slogan is in Auld Scots. "Sicker" means "Sure"........... I don't recall what "Butt" means....... something like 'always' I think. I'm working on it & shall reply to Bonnie (& you) when I get a definitive answer. How could I forget this stuff?
I got a great reply today from a Heraldry website when I posed the Butt Sicker question. The guy RAVED about the Duffus Website & wanted to know why you hadn't applied for Arms from The Lord Lyon. I told him that I would mention it to you.
More later,
Slainte,
Gordon


David Duffus wrote:
 

 

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From: David Duffus

To: Angelface2261@aol.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:35 PM

Subject: Re: Duffus stuff, Motto?

 

Thanks Bonnie!

 

Butt Sicker is Latin for "Sutherland." I'm passing your message on to Gordon Duffus in Chester, Virginia. Gordon is the official historian for the Sutherland Clan.

 

Please let me konow if your family has any historic documents they might want to contribute to the site, e.g. family histories, old letters which you can scan in and email to me.

 

I am sending out CD's with a copy of the Duffus site to Australian Duffuses. If your family would like to receive one, please send me your parents names and address.

 

Best wishes,

 

David Duffus

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From: Angelface2261@aol.com

To: davidduffus@greenvillenc.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:38 AM

Subject: Duffus stuff, Motto?

 

Hi,
My Name is Bonnie Duffus and I live in Australia, I'm 14 yrs of age and i find all of my background amazing.  I have actually visited Duffus town plus the castle.  I love the site, but am a bit confused by the motto, "Butt Sicker" What does it actually mean???  I would really like to know.  Hope you'll reply soon, thank you very much.
From Bonnie

 

Hi David: I must confess that I have not checked the web site for some time and do not know if you are still uploading info. I received some information from England which gives us names of all my ancestor (William Duffus's), brother & sisters, plus his parents and grandparents. This would be new to the records previously provided. Si if you want this let me know and I will send it on. So how are you, I bet the Duffus reunion in Scotland took alot of your time. Jack Duffus Weiss tells me he enjoyed it. I wish I could have made it. Any plans in the future for another? My mother turned 85 in September and was doing fine until January when she had some problems. She did have a mild heart attack, but after 12 days of tests and monitoring they did an angiogram and found it was only some restriction in two minor arteries and that the thre main arteries of the heart were fine. It is treatable with medication and there was no damage, so it really was the best outcome possible. I have been in touch with our Australian cousins of late too and even involved with the Cunard connection with the QEII retiring from service to North America but the new Queen Mary II coming to Halifax in September. I hope I get an opportunity to go on board. My new friend is Chairman of the Cunard Steamship Society so I hope he has some pull. Ironically, he owns the Duffus House Inn in Baddeck, which was a fluke, as he did not know of the connection at the time he bought it. As a boy in Montreal his family was close to the NA manager of Cunard and John had inherited his extensive collection of Cunard memorabilia. Hope all is well with you. Hoe to hear from you. Graeme Duffus

Received a good website tip from a Moray Rootsweb member this am:

www.oddquine.co.uk/register.htm

It's a list ("Russell's Morayshire Register: 1852") of all of those in
Moray, broken down by town/parish, who were elegible to vote for Members
of Parliament in 1852.
Among those listed were:

Elgin:
Alexander Duffus, Farmer, 237 High St.
Alexander Duffus, Cabinetmaker, 11 South College St.
James Duffus, Cabinetmaker, Jenkin's Close 50 High St.

Forres:
John Duffus, Plasterer, Caroline St.
Alexander Duffus, Plasterer, North Back St.

St. Andrew's-Lhanbryd:
Alexander Duffus, Farmer, Tyockside

Slainte,
Gordon


 

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