John Bremner (1815 - 1880)

Born 26 Jun 1815 in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Died 1 Dec 1880 at age 65 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland

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Biography

John Bremner was the Minister of Glenbuchat, Aberdeenshire from 1863 to 1880.

Henderson's Aberdeenshire epitaphs: It is told by an old parishioner on one occasion, when Rev. John Bremner was preaching, a mason seated in the gallery of the church fell asleep. The minister had been remonstrating with a few of his people on their failings, and, waxing eloquent, he shouted at the top of his voice."It is easily known when the Devil is at work in the church!". Whether it was the power of his voice or the thud of his hand on the pulpit, a portion of the plaster on the roof of the loft gave way and fell upon the unconscious sleeper, who thus rudely awakened cried out- "Aye, aye! Rin boys!" . Subsequently on being asked to explain, he told that he had being dreaming that his men were building a wall, and seeing it falling he shouted to them to run for their lives.

Sources

• The Innes Tree
• LIBINDX online
• Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Synods of Aberdeen and Moray, 1926, page 128.
• Aberdeenshire epitaphs and inscriptions : with historical, biographical, genealogical, and antiquarian notes / by John A. Henderson, 1907.