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Rev John Spence Ewen

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Rev John Spence Ewen

Birth
Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death
16 Sep 1941 (aged 68)
Liberton, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial
Liberton, City of Edinburgh, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 55.9137389, Longitude: -3.1616315
Memorial ID
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FES, Vol 8, p 33:
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, D.D. (Aber- 1928 deen, 1st April 1936), Junior Mathematical Master, Robert Gordon's College, 1898; Headmaster, Lonmay School, 1902; Cullen Secondary School, 1906; Chaplain to 9th Seaforth High landers during Great War; was Chaplain to Edinburgh Police, 1926; trans, from Buccleuch 5th Dec. 1928; died 16th Sept. 1941; was a noted Highland athlete in his younger days.
His sons John Clifford Spence, Education Officer, B.B.C., killed mountaineering at Brevart, Switzerland, 21st July 1935;
Alastair Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Animal Husbandry, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 02 April 1902, p 4:
EWEN-MILNE —At the Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 29th ult.. the Rev. G. W. Stewart., Parish Church, Aberdeen, assisted the Rev, James Forrest, John Spence Ewen, M.A., schoolmaster, Lonmay, Mary Jane, eldest daughter John Milne, slater. George Street, Aberdeen.

Died at Liberton Manse.
FES, Vol 8, p 33:
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, D.D. (Aber- 1928 deen, 1st April 1936), Junior Mathematical Master, Robert Gordon's College, 1898; Headmaster, Lonmay School, 1902; Cullen Secondary School, 1906; Chaplain to 9th Seaforth High landers during Great War; was Chaplain to Edinburgh Police, 1926; trans, from Buccleuch 5th Dec. 1928; died 16th Sept. 1941; was a noted Highland athlete in his younger days.
His sons John Clifford Spence, Education Officer, B.B.C., killed mountaineering at Brevart, Switzerland, 21st July 1935;
Alastair Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Animal Husbandry, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 02 April 1902, p 4:
EWEN-MILNE —At the Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 29th ult.. the Rev. G. W. Stewart., Parish Church, Aberdeen, assisted the Rev, James Forrest, John Spence Ewen, M.A., schoolmaster, Lonmay, Mary Jane, eldest daughter John Milne, slater. George Street, Aberdeen.

Died at Liberton Manse.

Inscription

JOHN SPENCE EWEN, D.D.
MINISTER
OF LIBERTON KIRK
DIED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1941
JOHN CLIFFORD SPENCE
HIS SON
MARY JANE MILNE
WIFE OF DR. EWEN
DIED 21ST JANUARY 1964



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