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| Topic Started: Dec 13 2010, 01:54 PM (1,161 Views) | |
| steve | Dec 13 2010, 01:54 PM Post #1 |
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====== by weeshamrock ====== Worked alongside Brother Walfrid in establishing Poor Children's Dinner Tables and the foundation of Celtic. Was Headmaster of St. Mary's School in the Calton. ====== by michaelmckeown ====== Just a pot shot here. Would it be possible he is located beside Brother Walfrid? I mean, not the same lair, but in the same Cemetary as all the Brothers would be buried in Mount St Michael’s in Dumfries? Has anyone checked this out? If not, I will take this one up. Cheers. ====== by SaintMartin ====== Will get back to you asap on this one MMcK. |
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| wee shamrock | Aug 19 2011, 05:32 PM Post #2 |
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Brother Dorotheus worked alongside Walfrid in establishing the Dinner Tables and was headmaster of St Mary's School and I think also St. Alphonsus. I think his (actual) brother was also a Marist Brother serving in the East End at the same time - definitely someone we should try and find out more info about. From the Wiki: The Marist Headmaster of St Mary’s School in Abercromby Street, it was Dorotheus who first spotted the abilities of Walfrid when he was sent to teach in the school. Dorotheus supported and encouraged the Irishman’s various charitable schemes before Walfrid was given his own new school to manage, Sacred Heart in Bridgeton. When Walfrid started the Poor Children’s Dinner Table in Sacred Heart, Dorotheus took up the idea and was soon providing dinners for over a thousand children per week in the Calton. He assisted Walfrid in bringing the biggest teams in Scotland to play challenge matches in Bridgeton with all proceeds going to the Dinner Tables. These experiences, combined with the Scottish Cup success of Hibernian, persuaded the two Marists of the potential benefits in starting up a club of their own to take advantage of the football craze sweeping the nation and their community – and to provide regular sustenance for the most needy in their parishes. The role of Dorotheus in assisting Walfrid has often been overlooked. |
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| wee shamrock | Aug 19 2011, 05:43 PM Post #3 |
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Suggestion that Brother Dorotheus, before becoming a Marist, went by the name of Currie or McKay: Genforum |
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| Dianogah | Aug 20 2011, 05:17 PM Post #4 |
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That would make this guy 'Brother Thomas Aquinas' |
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| Dianogah | Aug 20 2011, 05:30 PM Post #5 |
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On ancestry, i find 3 "public stories" (although blank) when i search for Dorotheus They are
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| Dianogah | Aug 20 2011, 05:37 PM Post #6 |
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I've emailed the contact on the genlist forum. Here's hoping! |
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| wee shamrock | Aug 20 2011, 06:56 PM Post #7 |
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Well in D. The original Celtic biographer, Dr. Handley, also wrote a history of the Marist Brothers in the UK (or mebbes Scotland). Think I've got come copied pages somewhere which gave some detail on Dorotheus' life, will look them out. |
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| Dianogah | Aug 20 2011, 08:33 PM Post #8 |
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| Dianogah | Aug 20 2011, 08:35 PM Post #9 |
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| viewpark_tims | Aug 20 2011, 08:44 PM Post #10 |
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If that is a birth in 1855 then that is the only year that Civil Registration in Scotland provides a multitude of data on the birth certs which gives a great insight into the family |
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