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Biography Details

Reference No.:
  NM111872
Surname:
  MCKINNON
Forename(s):
  JOHN "THE ROTHESIAN"
Maiden Name:
  
Occupation:
  INSPECTOR OF THE POOR & POSTMASTER & AUTHOR & POET
Date of Birth:
  1865
Place of Birth:
  ROTHES
Father's Name:
  ALEXANDER MACKINNON MASON
Mother's Name:
  MARGARET RIACH
Biography:
  BROTHER OF JAMES & JANET & ROBERT MACKINNON WROTE UNDER THE PSEUDONYMS "NINO JUNIOR" & "THE ROTHESIAN"

Marriage Details

Spouse's Name:
  
Date of Marriage:
  
Place of Marriage:
  
Married by:
  
Marriage Narrative:
  

Death Details

Date of Death:
  03 MAR 1900
Age:
  34
Headstone Ref:
  Du50
Place of Death:
  POST OFFICE ROTHES
Parish Register:
  
Death Narrative:
  INTERRED IN DUNDURCAS CEMETERY

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper
Description
 Date
 Page/Column
MNE
poem "To Rothesians"
15/12/1883
5/1
MNE
poem "To Rothesians abroad"
04/10/1884
5/7
MNE
poem "Ode to the laureate" & receipt of letter of acknowledgement from Lord Tennyson
27/11/1886
4/5
MNE
winner of "Moray & Nairn Express's" New Year poetry competition
01/01/1887
4/5-6
MNE
poem "Mary"
13/07/1887
5/5
MNE
poem "Song"
20/10/1888
2/5
MNE
poem "The miller"
10/11/1888
7/3
MNE
poem "Go, cruel maid"
24/11/1888
6/4
MNE
poem "In yon dell doon bye"
29/12/1888
2/4
MNE
poem "A lilt"
16/03/1889
2/5
MNE
song "The village"
08/06/1889
2/6
MNE
song "The farmer's daughter"
15/06/1889
2/4
NS
poem "In memoriam"
05/07/1889
2/7
MNE
song "To a little girl"
26/10/1889
2/3
MNE
poem "Rothes in darkness"
23/11/1889
2/7
MNE
poem "Oor ain auld shire"
01/03/1890
1/3
NS
poem "In memoriam"
05/07/1890
2/7
NS
poem "After a visit to Burn's cottage"
29/11/1890
6/3
NS
poem "On things in general"
04/04/1891
6/3
NS
poem "Saturday night at the merchant's - a Braefoot sketch"
27/01/1894
8/4
NS
poem "Sonnet"
27/01/1894
6/5
NS
poem "Sonnet"
27/01/1894
3/3
NS
poem "At the school"
10/03/1894
6/3-4
NS
appointment as inspector & collector by Rothes Parochial Board
26/05/1894
5/2
NS
poem "Sonnet - with Keats"
02/06/1894
5/5
BA
purchase of property at Seafield Square, Rothes, from representatives of the deceased William Watso-n
7/6/1894
5/1
NS
purchase of property at Seafield Square, Rothes, from representatives of the deceased William Watso-n
9/6/1894
5/3
BA
appointment as postmaster at Rothes
16/08/1894
5/1
NS
installation as postmaster at Rothes
18/08/1894
5/3
NS
poem "Expelled - a Braefoot sketch"
10/11/1894
3/1-2
NS
publication of "Braefoot sketches"
3/04/1897
3/1-2
NS
"Poems to Willie"
09/04/1898
7/5-6
NS
"In memoriam; William Souter, MA"
10/09/1898
3/3
NS
essay "A wet holiday"
24/12/1898
5/5-6
NS
"To the skylark"
09/09/1899
2/6
COURANT
death
06/03/1900
5/6
COURANT
obituary
06/03/1900
5/2
NS
obituary
10/03/1900
6/5
NS
death
10/03/1900
1/1
NS
tribute by Rothes Parish Council
17/03/1900
8/2

Miscellaneous Articles

Date
Description
Biographies
1908
biography and photograph in "The Northern Scot Christmas number" p26-27 - L 079
Miscellaneous
2008
copy of gravestone inscription in "Monumental inscriptions Dundurcas Churchyard parish of Rothes (formerly Dundurcas) & Macallan Churchyard parish of Knockando (formerly Elchies) & Fochabers, Mosstodloch and Mulben war memorials" p14 compiled by members of Moray Burial Ground Research Group - L 929.5
Photographs & Illustrations
1897
Illustration (Portraits - MacKinnon) - n
Works By
1908
"Braefoot sketches" - L 941.223 ROT