Brief Life History of William
William Doherty was born in 1807, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland as the son of Charles Doherty and Margaret Cameron. He married Ruth Connell about 1828. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. He died after 22 November 1870.
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- William Docherty in household of Robert Docherty, "Scotland Census, 1871"
- William Docherty, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
- Wm Dougharty, "Scotland Census, 1851"
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1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Liam, Brendan, Kieran, Dermot, Niall, Aileen, Cahal, Colum, Connor, Conor, Eamon, Eoin.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochartaigh ‘descendant of Dochartach’, a byname from docarthach ‘hard-hearted’, apparently from do + cartach ‘not loving’. Doherty is the usual Anglo-Irish spelling; compare Scottish Docherty and Manx Daugherty .
History: In Ireland, the Ua Dochartaigh family were chieftains in Donegal: chiefs of Ardmire (Raphoe), then lords of Inishowen and kings of Cenel-Conaill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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