Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish Music, of Greyfriars Bobby, the famous Skye Terrier Statue and Gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the top of Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish dog who became known in 19th century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, John Gray, known as Auld Jock, until he died himself on 14th January 1872. A year later, Lady BurdettCoutts had a statue and fountain erected at the southern end of the George IV Bridge to commemorate him. A red granite stone was erected on Bobby's grave by The Dog Aid Society of Scotland, and unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester on 13 May 1981. Greyfriars Bobby, born May 4, 1855, died January 14, 1872, was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. John Gray who died on 15 February 1858 was commonly known in popular culture as Old John, Scots: Auld Jock, was a gardener who came to Edinburgh in 1850 with his wife Jess and son John. He avoided working in a workhouse by joining the Edinburgh City Police as a nightwatchman. Around this time he looked after Greyfriars Bobby. Bobby would follow John Gray whilst he was at work. According to records, policemen were obliged to have watchdogs with them. John Traill claimed that John Gray was a farmer who regularly visited his coffee house at the one o'clock gun, though this might have been embellished as Traill didn't own the coffee house until four years after John Gray died. Gray reportedly died of tuberculosis on 15 February 1858 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. The monument statue is Edinburgh's smallest listed structure. Greyfriars Bobby is the title of a 1912 novel by Eleanor Atkinson based on the true story of the dog Greyfriars Bobby. The novel has been adapted into two films: Challenge to Lassie and Greyfriars Bobby. Both films starred Donald Crisp. The 1961 Walt Disney film Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog was also based on this book. This novel is written from the pointofview of the dog, Bobby, and uses Scottish dialogue as the novel is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.