Brief Life History of Archibald
When Archibald Gibson W.S. was born on 8 August 1760, in Edinburgh, Scotland, his father, John Gibson, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Mary Nimmo, was 30. He married Grizell Hogg on 20 September 1785, in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Midlothian, Scotland in 1841. He died on 9 April 1845, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 84.
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- Archibald Gibson - 1841 census
- Archibald Gibson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Archibald Gibson, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son, hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland, having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin, see Giblin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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