Dundee
to America
Dundee
to America
Dundee
is twinned with Alexandria in the USA, and the name is found
in many parts of the USA: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York,
Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin.
Birthplace
of the following:
Francis
Bannerman (b.1851), who emigrated to the USA with his parents
in 1854 and finally settled in Brooklyn in 1856. He was a
noted merchant and an authority on war weapons and military
supplies. He was acknowledged as the founder of the military
goods business in America.
Williamina
Paton Fleming (1857-1911), an astronomer who emigrated to
Boston at the age of 20. She discovered many new stars and
variables as well as writing many valuable works on the subject.
She died in Massachusetts.
Samuel
Johnston (1733-1816), whose family emigrated to America in
1736 and settled in North Carolina. He became a lawyer and
was a member of the Continental Congress 1780-1782. He was
also the 6th Governor of North Carolina, a US Senator 1789-1793
and Justice of the Supreme Court 1800-1803. He was highly
valued for his wisdom.
Dr.
John Lining (b.1708), who left his homeland and settled in
Charleston in 1730, where he established a prosperous medical
practice, which lasted more than 30 years. He was also one
of the first experimenters in electricity. In 1753 he published
his "History of Yellow Fever", the first description
of the disease to be published in America.
James
MacDonald (1906-1991), who did sound effects and voiceovers,
(including the Chipmunks and latterly Mickey Mouse) for Walt
Disney productions for 40 years.
James
Mackintosh, who emigrated first to Canada in 1817, where he
became a bookseller and binder. He then settled in America
and was one of the founding fathers of Davenport, Iowa. He
also explored the unpeopled prairies before opening a dry-goods
store and becoming a leading businessman. He served on the
first jury empanelled in Iowa State and was also Iowa's first
official bookbinder. He was killed in the Civil War.
David
Meekison (1849-1915), who emigrated to Napoleon, Ohio in 1855
where he became a printer. He served in the US army 1866-1869
and later became a banker and established Meekison Bank in
Napoleon in 1886. He was Mayor of Napoleon 1890-1897.
Frances
(Fanny) Wright (1795-1852), a Reformer and Abolitionist. She
was heiress to a large fortune, having been orphaned as a
child but went to the USA in 1818 and founded a short-lived
community for freed-slaves at Nashoba, West Tennessee in the
late 1820's. She settled in New York in 1829 and was one of
the early suffragettes and developer of the women's movement.
She died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1852.
