Freskin's name appears only in a charter by King William to his son, William, granting Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus, Kintrae, and other lands in Moray, "which his father held in the time of King David".
Balfe was the son of James Balfe and Sara Sutherland his wife, daughter of the last Lord Duffus, was born at Sallybrook, Drumcondra, Ireland.
Shirlow was educated at various state schools and Scotch College, Melbourne, and went to work first at Haase Duffus and Company, printers, and then in 1889 with Sands and McDougall.
The school's catchment area includes the nearby villages of Burghead, Hopeman, Cummingston and Duffus.
DJ Sure Shot, stage name for the hip hop musician Mark Duffus of the group Blak Prophetz