Stunning the Punters

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Front) In memory of James Maizland, who died at Millhall, 26th Feb’y 1855, aged 88 years. Also his spouse, Janet Duff, who died at Millhall, 2d March 1857, aged 84 years. Also their daughter Elizabeth, who died at Millhall, 15th Oct’r 1858, aged 58 years. Also their grand-daughter Isabella Maizland, who died at Borgue Village, 31st May 1865, aged 6 years and 11 months. Also their daughter Isabella, who died at Millhall, 15th December 1885, aged 77 years. Also their son Douglas, who died at Borgue Village, 23rd February 1893, aged 82 years. Also their daughter Janet, who died at Millhall, 28 May 1899, aged 92 years. Also Grace McConnell, wife of the above Douglas Maitland, who died at Borgue Village, 28th Sep. 1910, aged 91 years. East) To the memory of John Sproat, M.D. third son of the late Thomas Sproat, Brighouse, having practiced his profession for many years in Melbourne, Australia, he returned to his native parish and died on the 28th August 1856, aged 52 years, Also Eleanor May Sproat, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Sproat, Brighouse, who died 13th April 1918, aged 85 years. Also Elizabeth M.R. Sproat, daughter of Alex'r Sproat, Brighouse, who died 26th Aug. 1929, aged 77 years. Scottish immigration accelerated after the 1717 Transportation Act established service in the colonies as a punishment for criminals, who were sent to spend 7 to 14 years in America in lieu of imprisonment or execution at home. Erected by John Neil, in loving memory of his wife, Janet Manson, who died at Brighouse, 6th Sept. 1899, aged 50 years. Also James, their third son, killed in action at Vimy Ridge, France, 9th April 1917, aged 36 years, Also Robert, their youngest son, killed in action in France, 29th July 1918, aged 30 years, interred at Oulghy-le-Chateau, S.S.E. of Soissons. “They died that we might live.” Also Mary Thompson, his wife, who died at Boatcroft, 15th June 1923, aged 52 years. Also the above John Neil, who died at Glenlochar, 12th November 1935, aged 85 years. In memory of John Sproat, in Conchieton, who died 23rd Sept'r 1829, aged 63 years. Also of his children: Alexander Sproat, died 26th July 1801, aged 7 months. Samuel Sproat, died 31st Oct. 1804, aged 9 months. Margaret Sproat, died 22nd Feb. 1824, aged 19 years. Samuel Sproat, died 25th Oct'r 1825, aged 10 years. Isabell Sproat, died 23rd Aug't 1829, aged 21 years. Also Isabella Thomson, spouse of the above John Sproat, who died at Ingleton of Kelton, 3rd March 1862, aged 88 years. In memory of Mary Sproat, born at Conchieton 3rd Oct. 1807, died at Fleet St., Gatehouse, 6th Dec. 1884, aged 77 years. John Sproat, his son, died at Gatehouse, 19th July 1890, aged 80 years.

Important facts about the history of Scottish Immigration to America and US laws that effected the migrants from Scotland are contained in the following Facts Sheet and history timeline. West) In memoriam. Near this place lie interred the remains of Thomas Sproat, eldest son of Thomas Sproat at Brighouse, having passed many years as a colonist in the parish of Ballarine, near Geelong, Australia, he returned to his native country in the year 1855, and died at Moffat, on the 30th day of January 1859, aged 60 years. A week later, the police arrested Mrs de Melker and charged her with the murder of all three men. Public interest in the De Melker case grew, and the newspapers gave the story a great deal of coverage. The Turffontein chemist from whom she had bought the arson that killed her son, recognized De Melker from a newspaper photograph as being Mrs D.L. Sproat, who had signed the poisons register, and went to the police. In memory of John Barber Sproat, 'Duncroft', Twynholm, late in Lennox Plunton, born at Balmangan, Borgue, 3rd April 1876, died 3rd October 1959. Also Elizabeth Reid Kirkwood, his wife, born at Drumbuie, Beith, 7th July 1884, died at 'Duncroft', 14th June 1962. Also Elizabeth Eden of Gatehouse of Fleet, their daughter, born at Lennox Plunton, 27th May 1913, died at Kirkcudbright, 18th January 1994. In this final piece, whilst a man is considering his own suicide, he falls asleep and dreams that he has killed himself and travelled to another planet where people live in harmony and remain undefiled by evil. However, over time, his own presence defiles these people and he believes he can only redeem them by offering himself as a sacrifice for their sin. Yet he is met with hostility and is treated as a madman. The man is only reconciled by believing that humanity is not fundamentally evil, but has only fallen from grace. It is a story of its time, in that it reflects much of the Orthodox Church’s effect upon the Russian nation. He concludes by compassionately imploring his onlookers to love one another, even as we should love ourselves.Erected by William Patterson, London, in memory of his father Thomas Patterson, who died at (illegible font) 22nd Oct. 1821, aged 66 years. And his brother David, who died 12th Feb 1805, aged 12 years. Also in affectionate remembrance of his mother, Elizabeth Brown, who died 11th Feb’y 1827, aged 69 years. Also the said William Patterson, who died at London, 9th Nov 1831, aged 49 years. In 1932 Daisy de Melker gained a bizarre kind of status when she became the second woman to be hanged in South Africa and, still to this day, young children are threatened into good behavior by the mere mention of her name. The first known Scottish immigrant, Robert Sproat, sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Scots started coming to the United States in significant numbers in the late 1700s, when political upheavals and social changes at home displaced many Scots and sent them searching for a better home. Presbyterian Scots sought religious freedom in the colonies, and families who lost their land when the clan system collapsed hoped to start over somewhere new. Each of the plays contained an astonishing range of characters. In Berkoff’s Master of Cafe Society, it’s the frustrated out-of-work actor munching and slurping his way through a ritualistic breakfast till one can smell the bacon and feel the clawing of greasy pan bread on the palate; the Neanderthal father, with his fag-soaked voice and inarticulate philistinism; the down-trodden, ever-so-proud-of-her-son mother; and a hideous parade of sleazy agents and actresses. George Dillon performs this trio of adapted short stories with electrifying verbal and physical precision. Harry is a typical Steven Berkoff loser, and the first monologue Master of Cafe (in its stage premiere) is the story of his breakfast. The nameless narrator of Robert Sproat’s Stunning the Punters is an ex-skinhead recalling a racist graffiti spree. In Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man we hear of a dream-world of innocence and caring, and the brand this leaves upon a suicidal wretch. Dillon’s experience with Berkoff material is brought to bear on the other two pieces without smothering their own respective tones; the Dostoevsky piece is an emotional tour de force. Stunning the Punters is a breathtakingly arrogant name to give to a show; it is also entirely accurate. Ian Shuttleworth, THE INDEPENDENT, 20 August 1990

You have been found guilty of the murder of your son, Rhodes Cecil Cowle. Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence of death on you?” A hushed silence fell over the court.Daisy de Melker was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central Transvaal (now Gauteng), and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. She is historically the second woman to have been hanged in South Africa. In loving memory of Alexander Hamilton, who died at Balmangan, Borgue, 9th January 1901, aged 49 years. Also Annie Findlay, his wife, who died at Hall, Auchencairn, 12th June 1909, aged 49 years. Lured by promises of money, land, and freedom, many Scots joined the American revolutionary army to fight against the British. This so alarmed the British that they outlawed emigration to North America during the Revolution. After the U.S. won its independence, Scottish immigrants continued to make up a significant portion of immigration in North America.

In loving memory of Lt. Colonel Alexander Blair, 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, (Watson's Horse), Indian Armoured Corps, born 22nd November 1911, died 19th February 1959.

In March 1909, about eighteen months after Fuller's death, Daisy married William Alfred Cowle, a plumber in Johannesburg. She was 22 and he was 36. The couple had five children, four of whom died. The first two were twins who died in infancy; their third child died of an abscess on the liver; and the fourth suffered convulsions and bowel trouble and died at fifteen months old. Their last, and only surviving child, Rhodes Cecil, was born in June 1911. [ citation needed] First murder: William Cowle (first husband) [ edit ] Daisy de Melker (aged 46 years) was condemned to death by hanging. The sentence was carried out on the morning of 30 December 1932 at Pretoria Central Prison.

One said: “I remember Robert. He was a very private person, tall, slim, always clean and well dressed. He wore his hair quite long but tidily. Interesting, brief US Immigration History for kids and children, schools, homework projects on Scottish Immigration to America Each monologue draws a sensitive and involving portrait of a character at odds with society. Steven Berkoff’s Master of Cafe Society avoids the cliched send-up of the ‘resting’ actor and opts for a sad and touching study of the meaninglessness of unemployment. Robert Sproat’s Stunning the Punters dares to look at society’s complicity with racism, while Dostoevsky’s The Dream of a Ridiculous Man– Dillon’s tour de force – is a passionate humanitarian treatise. In memory of Margaret Roy, wife of James Campbell in Meikle Ross, who died on the 8th October 1848, aged 33 years. Also George Campbell, their son, who died on the 19th October 1848, aged 13 days. Also the said James Campbell, who died at Meikle Ross, on the 2nd October 1852, aged 49 years. Alexander Campbell, son of the said James Campbell, who died at Kiora, near Ararat, Victoria, Australia, Aug. 21st 1870, aged 24 years. And James Campbell, who died at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, August 15th 1871, aged 28 years. In memory of James McTaggart, who died at Torrs of Kirkcudbright on the 21st of January 1832, aged 75 years. And his wife, Mary Sproat, who died 29th May 1829, aged 57 years. Also of the following, their children: Mary who died March 1817, aged 7 years. Margaret, who died 14th April 1817, aged 21 years. Isabella, who died 17th July 1829, aged 34 years. John, who died 8th January 1830, aged 32 years. Alexander, who died 13th May 1833, aged 29 years. Also James McTaggart, who died 17th August 1847, aged 46 years. Isaac McTaggart, who died at Ottawa City, Upper Canada, 18th Dec. 1864, aged 57 years. Also William McTaggart, who died at Underwood on 5th May 1868, aged 52 years. Also Eliza Cunningham, spouse to George McTaggart , who died at Overlaw, 6th October 1872, aged 55 years. Also George McTaggart, of Overlaw, who died at Castle Douglas, November 19th 1878, aged 74 years.

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In 1993, a television mini-series was made about Daisy de Melker, with Susan Coetzer in the title role. [7]