Just stumbled on this post this morning when I was working on genealogy. Gordon B. Meldrum was a first cousin of my great grandfather John N. Robertson (Gordon's father was John's mother's brother). I have visited his memorial in Mumford Cemetery, and had assumed that his brothers had just chosen the words from "Faded Coat of Blue" as it was a popular song of the time whose words were appropriate--it's amazing to think that possibly it was written with Gordon in mind!

I don't know how much my great grandfather would have been aware of his cousins in the U.S.--he was born near Aberdeen Scotland in 1837 and emigrated to Canada in 1871; he died in Burford, Ontario in 1913.

Thanks for the interesting post, Teacher Sue!
Liz