Greetings from Alexandria, VA

**Jerry** · 20th September 10, 04:40 AM

Welcome to the forum from rural Amelia County. Why don't you join us for a meet up at The Williamsburg Scottish festival on October 2nd? Link to Ern's thread below:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...estival-61256/

**Chas** · 20th September 10, 11:09 AM

Hello John,

Welcome to XMarks from the other side of the Atlantic in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

**mrtackytn** · 20th September 10, 11:38 AM

Welcome to X-Marks - from Music City, USA - Nashville, TN !!

**Kiltman** · 20th September 10, 09:20 PM

Welcome from Eastern Washington State.

**Elliottrohan68** · 22nd September 10, 08:10 PM

Thanks Bill really looking forward to it - Have my Kilt and just uesterday ordered Belt,Buckle, Crest Badge & Balmoral from Matt @ STC - So Im well on my way - Will order Elliot Modern @ Meadow Games

**Elliottrohan68** · 22nd September 10, 08:13 PM

Thank you all for the warm greetings I look forward to a great time here on X Marks The Scot and Im sure I will be asking plenty of questions as I am just beginning my journey of being a wearer of the Kilt so again thanks
John

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**macshorty** · 22nd September 10, 09:10 PM

From right down Route 7 in Reston. Have you been to the Kilted Nation yet?

**2nd to One** · 22nd September 10, 09:19 PM

from Kent, Ohio!

**GaRebel211** · 22nd September 10, 09:34 PM

Welcome to the Rabble, from Athens, Georgia

**Mike_Oettle** · 26th September 10, 06:35 AM

Hi, John, and welcome to X Marks from the bottom end of Africa.
I have read that your surname comes in (at least) four different spellings [Eliot, Elliot, Eliott and Elliott].
One of the officers in my kilted regiment was an Elliott (his first name is Dale) whose family had lived in the Border region of the Eastern Cape for well over a century. He was a partner in a family business (a law firm that also did auctioneering) named Elliott Brothers (the original Elliott Brothers were, I think, his great-grandfather and great-granduncle).
He had two uncles who were partners in a town called Cathcart, while he was at the original branch, in Queenstown. When his younger brother joined him, it was the first time in the history of the family that there were two pairs of Elliott brothers in the firm.
Dale later left the family firm to become a full-time artist (painter). This had been a hobby when he was practising as a lawyer and auctioneeer, but such a successful one that his wife was able to run an art shop in Queenstown (quite a feat for a town that size).
For about two decades he had a studio in Knysna, where he hosted painting courses (his lawyer daughter discovered a hidden talent there), but he has now retired to Cape Town.
Regards,
Mike